Latest news at Ashmount School......

• Ashmount Shortlisted for National SEN School of the Year Award

  Mon 20 Feb 2017

  Ashmount has been shortlisted for the ‘SEN School of the Year’ award in the ‘Shine a Light Awards 2017’

   

  The Shine a Light Awards is a flagship event in education and healthcare calendars. They began in 2011 years ago as part of Hello, the national year of communication campaign.

   

  The awards are run by The Communication Trust and Pearson Assessment, and celebrate schools, teams, young people and individuals who champion innovative work and excellent practice in supporting children and young people’s communication development.

   

  Gareth Gates, singer-songwriter and musical theatre star, has been revealed as the host of the 2017 Shine a Light Awards that will take place in London on 23 March 2017.

• Early Years Foundation Stage Class 'Highly Commended' at Sports Awards

  Thu 09 Feb 2017

  Our Early Years Foundation Stage class was shortlisted and then received a 'Highly Commended' award for Leicestershire and Rutland Sport's (LRS) 'Most Active Setting Award' at their inaugural Celebration Event held on Thursday 9th February at the Leicester Arena.

   

  This award is for those Early Years settings demonstrating that they are committed to promoting the health and well being of its children through excellent implementation of Purposeful Physical Play (PPP) in an effort to get their children moving.

   

  Class teacher Hollie Smith and her team was shortlisted for the award for their use of weekly forest, swimming and multi-sensory sessions and visits into the local community as a means of promoting the physical health and well being of the pupils in their class.

   

  Pictured below is Class Teacher Hollie Smith (third from left) collecting the award.  

  

• Ashmount Staff Team Presented with Workplace Health Award

  Thu 09 Feb 2017

  Leicestershire and Rutland Sport (LRS) hosted their inaugural Celebration Evening, in partnership with De Montfort University, on Thursday 9th February, at the Leicester Arena, home of the Leicester Riders.

   

  The evening celebrated the significant impact that sport and physical activity has made to improve people's lives, through the work of LRS and its partners. The breadth of work undertaken by LRS and in partnership with all local authorities, schools, national governing bodies of sport and the voluntary sector, to make sport and physical activity more accessible, was showcased.

   

  Hosted by Ian Stringer, BBC Radio Leicester Reporter/Commentator and local sport and physical activity advocate Gaynor Nash, the evening included the presentation of a number of awards.

   

  Pictured below are representatives of the Ashmount staff team collecting the award. 

   

  The Ashmount Staff Team was presented with the ‘Workplace Health Award’. The Workplace Health Award aims to recognise workplaces who have fully engaged with Workplace Challenge by encouraging staff to take part in national activity log challenges and the LRS competition programme. It is awarded to workplaces who truly value the health and wellbeing of their employees.

   

  Pictured below are members of the Ashmount staff team collecting their award from previous GO GOLD Ambassadors Grace Garner (currently of Wiggle High5 Cycling) and Jonny Walton (Team GB athlete at the 2016 Rio Olympics) and LRS Chair Andy Reed OBE. 

  

• Personal Transport Applications

  Mon 06 Feb 2017 School Manager

  Leicestershire County Council is introducing a new Personal Transport Budget (PTB) scheme to the families of children with SEN that are eligible for transport assistance through the council.  The scheme is due to start in September 2017.

   

  This follows a successful Personal Transport Budget pilot that started at Melton Birch Wood School in September 2016, that has received positive feedback from the participating families.

   

  A Personal Transport Budget is a regular cash payment designed to help families get their SEN children to school, it is an alternative to transport being provided by the Council, and would allow families to make arrangements to better suit their own personal circumstances.  The link can be found through the 'Useful Links' on our 'Community' pages.