Safer Internet Day 2024 💻
Before half term, our classes engaged with various activities for Safer Internet Day. EYFS and KS1 watched videos and spoke about how to always tell a trusted adult if something on the internet scares or frightens us. They watched a cartoon video that helped them understand emotions that we might feel when using the internet and what […]
Aston Hall Y5/6 qualify for the Sports Hall Athletics South Yorkshire finals
We shared previously how our team of 20 Y5/6 children had an amazing time and did so well at the Rotherham School Games Sports Hall Athletics tournament last week. The results are now in, and out of 30 schools in Rotherham, our children finished 2nd overall and have qualified for the South Yorkshire finals to be […]
Y5 Rotherham School Games Skipping Festival
Well done to our Y5 children who represented our school amazingly well on Friday at the school games skipping festival with Chris and Adelle from Skipping Schools. They listened carefully and had a great time. Reggie and Harry even brought a huge skipping rope back to school to use as sports leaders, ready to pass on some […]
Money Matters 💷🔍
This half term, we have continued with our Money Matters lessons which help children become financially literate. KS1 have been thinking about what influences their spending choices while KS2 have been working out which deal is the best value and how to calculate the unit price of items in order to compare more easily.
Year 3/4 Sketching Skills
All great art starts with a sketch – Da Vinci owned 100’s sketchbooks filled with ideas. Pencils are a great way to sketch ideas quickly or make beautiful, detailed drawings. Y3/4, with an artist eye looked closely at objects that are important to them. Fab team!
Gong Hei Fat Choy – Happy Lunar New Year!
Our FS2 children have been celebrating and learning all about the Lunar New Year this week, leading up to the start of the new year on Saturday. They participated in various themed activities such as writing cards, making money purses, creating fans and decorations in the workshop, building dragons in construction, and cooking Chinese food […]
LKS2 Chinese Music Topic
In LKS2, we have been learning to use pentatonic scales through Chinese music. We enjoyed using the instruments and sharing our learning with each other. 🎼🎹
Y1AP Novel Studies
Y1AP have been working hard in novel study lessons. We have written stories and diaries so far this term. The children LOVED The Tunnel by Anthony Brown and enjoyed writing alternate endings. We then looked at diary’s including Anne Fine’s The Diary of a Killer Cat book. This inspired some hilarious writing! We then wrote […]
Aston Hall Valentines Disco 💘
On Tuesday evening, Aston Hall hosted their termly disco. The disco had a valentines theme and had a wonderful balloon arch made by All Blooming Events. The children had a wonderful time dancing with DJ Aidrian and we managed to raise over £650 for the school. A big thank you to everyone that helped so the […]
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