Ashcombe Primary School

Welcome to Ashcombe Primary School

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We hope our association with your family will be a long and happy one for the benefit of your children.

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Latest News and Upcoming Events

Watoto Choir

We were extremely lucky to have a special performance from the Watoto Choir this morning. They got everyone up on their feet dancing and singing along - even the staff! Thank you Watoto - you were amazing!

Thanks Co-Op!

Six pupils accompanied the school Bursar Mrs Brand to the new Cooperative store on Milton Road today to officially open the new store.

The children were shown around the store by its Manager Zac and other Cooperative staff.

The Cooperative Manager can be seen presenting Mrs Brand with a cheque for £250 as a thank you to the school for helping them to celebrate the opening.

Swimming Gala

On Friday the 8th of December a group of year 5 and 6s were chosen to take part in a swimming gala, at Hutton Moor, against 18 other schools. We placed 15th overall with a score of 105. One of our year 6 boys (Ethan) came 1st in the 25m front crawl. Everyone who took part did a very good job and they even got told off for being too supportive. The people who took part were Ethan, Jasmine, Lyla, Ashley, Kieran B, Kieran H, Charlotte, Darcy, Harry, Marina and Zoe.

By Mia, Lyla and Ella

Tag Rugby Report

Tuesday afternoon saw a group of Y3 and Y4 children head to Becket School for a Kaleidoscope Tag Rugby Tournament. The team had only had one training session before the tournament but were eager to play rugby.

Our first match was against Hutton and unfortunately we didn't get off to a winning start, losing 7 - 4. There were lots of great runs from Austin and Liam, as well as some excellent tries from them both too.

Ashcombe regrouped and came back stronger against Worle Village, coming away with an 8 - 3 victory. Nicole played a key part in the game and created lots of space with some good passing. Ava ran over the line to score a try too - the first of many during the afternoon.

Next up for Ashcombe was a evenly matched encounter with the hosts, Becket. Both sides showed good skill and a 3 - 3 draw was a fair result to both teams. Tommy and Logan both showed good skill in this game and grabbed some crucial tags!

Our penultimate game was against St Martins which featured a number of club team mates for the Ashcombe team. This didn't put them off and they came out on top, winning 4 - 2. Some great running from Ciaran and Sophie helped the team to victory.

Christ Church were our final opponents and they proved a tricky one at that with some super speedsters playing on the wing. However, some great play between Domayiah and Max ensured that the winning try was scored and we emerged 2 - 1 victors.

Mrs G would like to thank Mr Godfrey at Becket School for hosting an excellent tournament and congratulate all who took part. Everyone played well as a team and showed good sportsmanship. A special mention should also go to Mrs Shepherd for being an excellent support from the sideline and taking great photos.

Land Girls

Year 5 girls became members of the Women's Land Army for the day to learn about and celebrate the crucial contribution that women made to the war effort.
They worked hard, digging, clearing and planting in the allotment. The girls cheerfully sang war songs as they worked and were treated to a mid-afternoon cup of tea (with rationed milk!).

Feathery Friends

Year 2 had a great morning meeting Misty the Barn owl and her keeper Ian. We learnt lots of interesting facts about owls. Click here for more photos and videos.

Amazing Mummies

4KG had so much fun mummifying fish yesterday.
There were 4 fish and we had a competition to mummify them. We got into groups and we all had different parts to do. The fish looked amazing when
we finished them. We learned all about the different processes during mummification.

Written by Nive and Eden

Meeting the Mayor

Today three of our Y4 pupils had the fantastic opportunity to meet The Mayor in the Mayor's Parlour in Grove Park.
Back in July we took part in Weston Horticultural Society's 'Plant a Wheelbarrow' competition. All entries were judged by members of the society and the top three winning wheelbarrows (of which Ashcombe came 2nd) were displayed at the Weston flower show in Grove Park in August.

Here you can see Lucy, Oscar and Max receiving their awards from the Mayor. The pupils also had the opportunity to look at some of the treasures kept at the Parlour and even try on the ceremonial robe and hat!

The Big Bad Wolf

Year 1 have had an exciting few weeks. After learning ‘The three little pigs story’ the children followed a map around the school to find the characters from the story. Unfortunately, the children could not find the Big Bad Wolf. To help search for him, Year 1 made wanted posters for the wolf and displayed them around the school as well as inventing different ways to safely capture the wolf.

Luckily, Mr Clark was able to catch the Big Bad Wolf and brought him over to see Year 1 where they asked him lots of questions.

Are you eligible for free school meals?

All children in Reception, YR1 and YR2 are entitled to receive the universal infant free school meal, however schools can get extra funding if parents are in receipt of certain benefits, therefore please still try the checker below.

By completing an assessment below you can quickly check whether your child is eligible for free school meals. It takes only a few minutes and you'll get an answer straight away.

If you are eligible you need to print or save the eligibility letter to take to your school.

Please note that both parents may need to check eligibility separately. If you have more than one child checks will need to be made for each individually.

Entitlement runs for one term. You will need to apply every school holiday.

CLICK HERE TO BEGIN YOUR ASSESSMENT (THIS MUST BE COMPLETED BY EXISTING FREE SCHOOL MEAL FAMILIES TOO)

Ofsted Parent View

Parent view is a website created by Ofsted to collate parents & carers views of each school. The online facility means that parents can log on at any time and record their views of the school by answering 12 simple questions. These views can be amended at anytime in the future as parents/carers views change.

Parents/carers can also use the website to read the views of other parents of their child’s school or of other schools in the local area.

To access Parent View and complete the simple survey click here