Welcome to our new WMIM Ambassadors!
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Welcome and congratulations to our newly appointed WMIM school Ambassadors. Billy, Eliza, Beatrice and Eve met with Gemma, from WMIM this week. After a welcome induction our Ambassadors were presented with their welcome packs and excitedly awaited for, WMIM pin badges. Our Ambassadors are eager to get started on promoting positive wellbeing throughout our school and have […]
EYFS ‘Mystery Reader’ Project
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EYFS have started a ‘Mystery Reader’ project. Each week on a Friday afternoon, a family member to someone in our class comes into school to read everyone a story. We don’t know who it is, so before they enter we have to figure out some clues to see if we can guess who it is. […]
Y3PB Online Author Event
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This week, we had an online meeting with Swapna Haddow, author of the Dave Pigeon and Bad Panda books. She shared some of her stories with us, tips for writing and how to plan our own stories using 3 objects found around the classroom.
Welcome to Aston Hall EYFS!
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EYFS have had a fantastic first few weeks at school! They’ve all settled in brilliantly and are following the Aston Hall Way already. We’ve enjoyed getting to know each other, making new friends and choosing to play in many areas. Well done FS2!
Year 5/6 Online Author Event
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Year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to meet the author Annelise Gray via video chat last week. We really enjoyed learning about her novels and how her interest in history and horses has inspired her stories.
Year 2 work on their reporting skills
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Over the last week Y2GD have been researching meerkats and learning about the features of non-chronological reports. We sorted facts into different sub headings by using our amazing reading skills and came up with our own question sub headings, such as “where do they live?”. We also played a vocabulary game that helped us to learn technical […]
BeeBot Computing
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The children in Y1AP enjoyed have really enjoyed their recent computing lessons. They have been learning to programme BeeBot to travel across the mat.
Jeans for Genes Day 2023
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On Friday 22nd September, pupils and staff at Aston Hall took part in Jeans for Genes day, raising money for this great charity. The Jeans for Genes campaign raises awareness of the daily challenges faced by those living with a genetic condition and raises money to fund projects that make a tangible difference to the lives […]
Rotherham Schools Inclusive Cross Country Event
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The children in LKS2 had an amazing time at our Rotherham Schools Inclusive Cross Country Event last week. We even had a winner in the boys 8 and under medium distance race. Well done everyone! https://www.astonhallschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_0993.mov
Extended schools – Macrame & Cross Stitch club
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Mrs Wall started her new Macrame & Cross Stitch after school club last week. The children enjoyed learning new skills and completing their weekly project. Children at Aston Hall get access to a wide range of free extra curricular activities. This half term’s clubs include STEM crazy science club, street dance, young voices choir, tennis and […]