Latest news at Ashmount School......

• Another generous donation from Motorline Direct

  Thu 11 Jun 2015 Dave

  The school would like to thank Motorline Direct of Shepshed for yet another generous donation to The Ashmount Appeal. For each car sold an amount is donated to The Appeal. On Thursday 11th June we went to the salerooms and received a cheque for £2,600.23. The photo shows four of our students receiving the cheque from two of the Motorline Direct salesmen.

  What these quarterly payments have meant for us is that we have been able to extend the external canopies to the primary side of the building. This work has been undertaken to the same high quality as the original installations by Broxap Ltd. This means that our primary aged children can learn and play directly outside their classrooms in all weathers.

  

• Coast to coast bike rider

  Mon 08 Jun 2015 Dave

  Des O'Connell, husband of Ashmount teacher Sandra, will be riding from Whithaven to Newcastle on Thursday  11th June with The Round Table. All proceeds to The Ashmount Appeal. You can sponsor via his Just Giving page at

    https://www.justgiving.com/Des-O-Connell1

   

  Good luck Des - we are right with you!!!

• Kids Olympics at Ashmount

  Wed 06 May 2015 Dave
  On Wednesday 6th May our Primary department took part in our second Kids Olympics. Organised by sports apprentice Lauren and the Primary staff the event was enjoyed by all of the children despite some unseasonal weather. Support from L.S.U. Action helped make the event a success.

  

• 3M challenge entrants

  Thu 23 Apr 2015 Dave

  This year Ashmount  students have entered in 4 of the 3M innovation challenge competitions. We have two entries in the Super Food Challenge from class 8 and Class 4. We have also entered the Eco Tech Challenge and the Make it Move Challenges. In the past we have done well and won prizes in this exciting 3M competition. Judging will take place over the next week and there will be a prize awards evening (which we hope to be at!) on May 22nd

  You can read all about the 3M Innovation challenge at http://solutions.3m.co.uk/wps/portal/3M/en_GB/Young_Innovators/Home/Challengeslabel/Super_Food_challenge/#.VTjntSFVhBd

   

  STOP PRESS - TODAY WE HAVE HEARD THAT OUR MAKE IT MOVE ENTRY HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A FINALIST!!  WELL DONE TO THE TEAM

   

  Good luck to all of our entrants.

  

• Maggi Alphonsi visits Ashmount

  Mon 20 Apr 2015 Dave
  On Friday  17th April England Women's rugby captain Maggi Alphonsi visited us at school. Maggi told the children in assembly about how she captained the England team to win the Rugby World Cup in France in 2014. Maggi has now retired from rugby and taken up shot putting for England. She also promotes sport and tours schools with her inspirational message.

  

• Stars attend Ashmount event

  Wed 25 Mar 2015 Dave

  On 23^rd March our fantastic multi-sensory room was officially opened by members of the Wooden Spoon charity  who helped to raise the £14,5000 to pay for it. The Wooden Spoon is a rugby based charity who fund raise for similar causes.

  The room was opened by the current Leicester Tigers team captain Ed Slater, who then enjoyed joining children for an interactive session in the room where he learnt how the various effects enhance learning. Ed was joined by another Tigers legend Bleddyyn Jones (now with BBC Radio Leicester) and members of the Wooden Spoon committee. An unexpected special guest was ex Tigers and England captain and Tigers Chief Executive Peter Wheeler. As a member of The wooden Spoon Society Peter joined us for a tour of the school and saw how our new building has helped achieve our consistently outstanding results for our students.

  We would like to thank The Wooden Spoon Society for their sponsorship of the multisensory room and for their continuing support for the school.

  

• Thanks Motorline Direct

  Fri 13 Mar 2015 Dave
  On Friday 13th March our friends at Motor line Direct of Shepshed presented us with another cheque. It was for £2,176.40 and goes toward The Ashmount Appeal, specifically to complete the external canopies over the primary play areas. This is another in series of cheques from Motorline Direct and we continue to thank them for their generosity in donating every time a car is sold.

  

• World Book Day

  Thu 05 Mar 2015 Dave

  We had a great World Book Day on March 5th with all students and staff dressing up as characters from books, or stories. We worked on literacy themed topics then finished the day with a whole school parade and judging of costumes in the hall. Thanks to all mums and dads who helped with the fantastic costumes. A great fun, reading and learning day for all!

  A few pictures give you some idea:

  

• First year celebrations

  Tue 10 Feb 2015 Dave

  On Friday 30th January we celebrated a year in the new school on Thorpe Hill. We were delighted to welcome back Matt Hampson and all the money raised on the day went toward his Get Busy Living appeal. Students and staff dressed up and in a special afternoon assembly we had examples of what each class had done to raise money for Get Busy Living ranging from bike rides to car washes to putting Dave and David in baked beans!

  A great day to celebrate a great first year - thanks to everyone who took part. See some of the pictures below.

  

• Volleyball victory

  Mon 09 Feb 2015 Dave

  Congratulation to members of the Ashmount staff team who recently joined with colleagues from Elizabeth Woodville Primary School, Groby, to take part in the Leicestershire and Rutland Sport Volleyball Tournament, held at Rushey Mead School, Leicester. The team won four out of their five games to place them second in their heat and third in the competition overall.