Latest news at Ashmount School......

• Celebration for Early Years graduates

  Wed 11 Jul 2018

  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.

   

• New venue proves a huge success for Summer Fayre

  Tue 10 Jul 2018

  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.

   

   

• Heatwave doesn't hamper Sports Days

  Fri 06 Jul 2018

  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.

   

• Pupils have a 'bow' at archery

  Fri 06 Jul 2018

  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.

   

• Students shine in singing spectacular

  Thu 05 Jul 2018

  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.

• BMX fun at Ellesmere College

  Sat 30 Jun 2018

  Students from Class 8 had the unique opportunity to go to a BMX jam at Ellesmere College this term.

   

  The children rode two and three wheel bicycles around a BMX track and enjoyed practicing their skills with a professional BMX rider.

   

  There was music, the sun shone and the children surprised themselves with how confident they were on the various bicycles. Many made great progress throughout the day, as a result of the professional guidance given.

   

  We were particularly proud of one student who rode on the complex terrain BMX track.

   

• All green in the garden

  Thu 14 Jun 2018

  As part of our new playground developments, a gardening area has been designed for the Primary department to complement the Senior’s growing area. The children have been growing vegetables and herbs and are very proud of how everything looks and smells.

   

  The children have grown a large number of beans and enjoyed tasting them. They have also been involved in a whole school potato growing competition and have been proud of the results.

   

  The skills and learning that can be accessed in the gardening area is extremely valuable and the children have loved watering the plants and exploring their stages of growth.

   

  Senior students have also benefitted by using the produce in their meal planning.

   

• Ashmount Early Years Team named winners of Parental Engagement award

  Mon 21 May 2018

  Congratulations to our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) class team who have been named winners of Leicestershire and Rutland Sport’s ‘Parental Engagement’ Award.

   

  The award was presented to the school at Leicestershire and Rutland Sport’s Early Years Physical Activity, Health and Well Being Conference held at the King Power Stadium on Saturday 19^th May 2017.

   

  The awards recognise Early Years settings’ achievements in incorporating physical activity, health and wellbeing into their environment.

   

  Our EYFS team were named winners of the award in recognition of their commitment to showing exceptional attempts to engage with parents/carers and ensure that children stay active beyond the early years setting and into their home life.

   

  Thanks to all of our parents and carers for their continued support and engagement.

  

• Ashmount pupils achieve success at Regional Disability Championships

  Thu 03 May 2018

  Congratulations to all of our students who represented Ashmount School at the Typhoo East Midlands Regional Disability Championships and Leicestershire and Rutland Sports Disability Championships at Saffron Lane Athletics Stadium today. 

   

  Our students achieved the following finishes: 

   

  1st place in the 11-14 year old girls 100m 

  1st place in the 11-14 year old girls Long Jump 

  1st place in the 15-18 year old girls Long Jump

  2nd place in the 15-18 years old boys 200m

  2nd place in the 11-14 year old girls 200m 

  3rd place in the 15-18 year old boys 800m 

  3rd place in the 11-14 year old girls 800m 

  3rd place in the 11-14 year old girls Long Jump

   

  The results of the boys and girls Shot put and Javelin are due to be announced shortly.   

   

• Parent Coffee Mornings

  Mon 30 Apr 2018