LKS2 Artist Study – Mackenzie Thorpe
LKS2 are learning about Mackenzie Thorpe. Y3PB were so inspired by Mackenzie that they emailed him to tell them about the feelings his art evokes and how inspired they are. 🤩🎨 We were very lucky to receive this wonderful video in reply. Mackenzie has shown us some ‘top tips’ for using pastels and we will be sending […]
Aston Hall Tree Planting! 🌳
Aston Hall Eco Councillors, and many of their grown ups from home, had a great time planting a variety of brand new trees around our school field this week. The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) has offered free trees to schools and communities in Sheffield, Doncaster, Barnsley, and Rotherham. Supporting the South Yorkshire Mayor’s pledge to plant 1.4 […]
#LetGirlsPlay International Women’s Day Football Session
On Friday, 8th March, it was International Women’s Day. As part of Barclays’ initiative #LetGirlsPlay, we hosted the biggest-ever football session, where all children across the school got the opportunity to take part in fun football games and matches. Teamwork, great skills, and most importantly, smiles were all on show. 😃⚽ Last week also saw […]
WORLD BOOK DAY 2024! 🌎📚
We had a wonderful day celebrating WBD on Thursday. The children looked amazing dressed up in their wacky and wonderful outfits. The children enjoyed: 📖 A ‘teacher swap’ where they listened to a different teacher read a book 📖 A golden ticket hunt around school 📖 A ‘Find Wally’ game at break time 📖 Lots […]
Maths Measurements
Y1/2MH have moved on to measuring in Maths. We have been using a ruler to measure different items correctly around the classroom and we have also been comparing length and height. We have been using centimeters and meters to measure items and judging which would be the correct measurement to use.Â
Emile Spelling Competition
This week, the children have been taking part in a spelling competition through Emile. We have all been really impressed with how many children have taken part in this – some children have correctly spelled over 2000 words in three days which is fantastic! As a result of their incredible efforts, we achieved first place […]
Proud Podium Superstars 🌟
This week, we’ve had some more visitors to the Proud Podium for a wide range of reasons. Tommy and Tobias in EYFS have been spending lots of their time being creative in the workshop and have made some amazingly thoughtful creations. Tobias created a Supertato themed bus linked to the book they’re reading this week, […]
A Greener Future for Aston Hall
This week, FS2 had a great chat with Dave, the Project Manager from Genfit who is responsible for installing solar panels on our school’s roof. Dave explained how the panels would generate electricity for the school and showed us the excavator used to deliver the panels to the roof. We were amazed by how high […]
May the odds ever be in UKS2’s favour
Y5 and Y6 have had a fantastic time taking part in our very own Hunger Games! We began on our launch platforms with our bags held in the centre cornucopia, waited nervously for the countdown and then were off! Some alliances held strong, some saw betrayals and other people headed off alone, ready for battle. […]
Careers Curriculum – A Special Visitor to our assembly
This afternoon we welcomed a special visitor to school. Gully mouse and some staff from Gulliver’s Valley Theme Park visited as part of our monthly careers assemblies. They spoke about all the different jobs and careers that are needed for a theme park to run, and gave us a glimpse behind the scenes at the […]
