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It has proved to be another extremely successful year for Ashmount. Our Ofsted inspection judged the school to be 'Outstanding' for the third time in a row in January, and we were named as a National Support School by the Department for Education in March. Other highlights have included our pupils being invited to perform at The Curve and De Montfort Hall, and achieving success in a range of sporting events held throughout the year.
However, as always, we are most proud of the personal achievements that our pupils have made this year—from those pupils that have developed greater confidence with their communication skills to those that are now able to access our local community with greater independence. None of these achievements would have been possible without the continued support of our parents and carers, and this is best demonstrated by the record numbers of parents and carers who were able to attend our summer fayre and sports days this term. We would like to wish all of our pupils and their families a very happy summer holiday.
David Deacon
The summer holiday weather has beaten us, date-wise, this year—but it was lovely to see so many parents and friends supporting our sports afternoons recently, enjoying both the weather and the great sporting achievements! Well done to all our pupils and thank you to everyone who came along to support them.
This has been a term, post Ofsted, in which Governors have been able to relax a little and participate in the more enjoyable elements of governance at Ashmount. We've been able to come into school to see pupils participating in the ‘Shine’ performance, and to see the excited anticipation prior to fun trips to Twycross Zoo and Twin Lakes. And sometimes, in amongst monitoring and meetings, our visits are made more exciting by learning about awards achieved, such as the Primary Sports Development Award, or invitations to join end of term celebrations as we say goodbye to students progressing to the next phase of their educational life.
These are the parts of governance where we can see the development and enthusiasm of our students, celebrate the non-stop dedication and hard work of all our staff—and also recognise how much support in these less typical activities is given by parents and carers. Your help, involvement, and constant ' back up' in all school achieves is invaluable.
Thank you everyone for all your efforts, in so many different ways, in supporting school working with our students—they really are recognised and so very much appreciated.
And from the Governors—we wish you all a wonderfully relaxing summer break, in this very untypical but welcome hot weather, and look forward to seeing everyone refreshed and raring to contribute to another very successful year in the life of Ashmount school!
Jean Lewis
Chair of Governors
Our Early Years pupils marked the end of their first year at school with a special graduation ceremony.
Parents were invited to the celebrations where each student, wearing a robe and mortarboard, was presented with a special scroll—and a video of each child’s ‘special moments’ was played.
The ceremony was followed by a party with a celebratory cake.
Thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Summer Fayre - our most successful yet.
The event raised almost £3,000 and included a charity car wash, tombola, raffle and various other stalls and refreshments.
This was the first time the annual event has been held at Ashmount School having previously been hosted by a local pub.
Special thanks go to Loughborough firm Polypipe who donated the cash prize in the raffle, and to our parents who organised the charity car wash.
Ashmount had two successful sports days, with a record number of parents and grandparents coming to support our students.
The weather was extremely hot for both the primary and secondary events, but this didn’t hamper the students’ performance or enjoyment.
The sports days were based around competitive and non-competitive style activities including Wet and Wild, Crazy Quoits, Skittles and penalty shoot-out. These were followed by flat races, which involved all students, including the wheelchair users.
Brothers and sisters also joined in the fun! The children wore team colours, created a team chant and made banners to support their friends.
It was a fantastic team effort and all the staff worked extremely hard to ensure a fun celebration of physical activity.
Our aim is to continually develop our children physically and provide them with new and exciting opportunities.
This term we welcomed an archery specialist from Beaumanor Hall to come and run short workshops for our pupils to try the new sport.
The children in our primary department loved having a go and the joy on their faces when they hit the target was wonderful. Key Stage 1 children also had a go with specially designed lighter bows, and the instructor was extremely impressed with our children’s behaviour and ability.
Performers from the Sinfonia Viva orchestra have been working with a group of our pupils on a collaborative musical project—culminating in a performance at De Montfort Hall last month.
Publicly recognised for its work with young people and adults, Sinfonia Viva works alongside a wide range of partners on bespoke creative musical and performance opportunities for groups around the UK, and is dedicated to both the artistic and social impact of its education and outreach work.
The Shine Project is part of a wider multi-school project, with the orchestra working in small workshops within our school.
The children have loved the opportunity to engage with the musicians and play instruments as part of an orchestra. They learnt a number of songs and loved singing as part of a huge, inclusive choir—both within school and at the theatre.
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