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• Friday 17 June 2022 Holly Class - we found a Bog Baby! What a lovely week we have had in Holly Class!
• Thursday 16 June 2022 Acorn - The Bog Baby The Acorn children have coped extremely well with the disruption of having a new class room built.
• Thursday 16 June 2022 Hawthorn wb 13th June Well, it has been getting hotter and stickier in Hawthorn class this week, and not just the weather!
• Thursday 16 June 2022 Oak Class Summer 2 Week 2 This week we found out who won the business Enterprise challenge.
• Wednesday 15 June 2022 Willow - WC 13.06.2022 This week, as part of our DT lessons, the children designed their own magnetic toy.
• Friday 10 June 2022 Holly Class - Not a Stick! Welcome back Holly class! I can't quite believe this is our final term of this school year.
• Thursday 9 June 2022 Oak Class - Business Enterprise Finale Wow - what a first week back to school it has been!!
• Thursday 9 June 2022 Hawthorn wb 6th June Another busy week in Hawthorn class! The children have come back after the holidays, full of energy and ready to learn.
• Thursday 9 June 2022 Bug's Big Trip This week, we have started work on the Wildlife Trust's 30 Days Wild programme.
• Thursday 9 June 2022 Beach Clean Elliott has been on holiday to Fistral Beach.
• Wednesday 8 June 2022 Willow W/C 6th June 2022 This week the children carried out a Science Investigation to test the amount of friction of different surfaces.
• Friday 27 May 2022 Acorn - The Queen's Hat The Queen's Hat story gave an excellent start to our work on Her Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
• Friday 27 May 2022 Willow - W/C 23rd May 2022
• Thursday 26 May 2022 Hawthorn wb 23rd May
• Thursday 26 May 2022 Holly Class - The Queen's Hat What a wonderful week we have had, all leading up to celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee!
• Thursday 26 May 2022 Oak Jubilee Week We have been in full flow this week in preparation for our Jubilee Street Party.
• Friday 20 May 2022 Willow W/C 16th May 2022
• Friday 20 May 2022 Major Glad Major Dizzy
• Friday 20 May 2022 Oak Class Summer 1 week 4 After all the excitement of our residential, this week could have been rather uneventful - but no - Oak Class is never uneventful!!
• Friday 20 May 2022 Hawthorn wb 17th May
• Thursday 19 May 2022 Holly Class - Major Glad, Major Dizzy
• Monday 16 May 2022 Condover Day 3 We had a lazy start to Day 3, having to wake up most of the children by 6.30am - a big improvement from Thursday's very early start.
• Friday 13 May 2022 Willow -w/c 9th May 2022
• Thursday 12 May 2022 Acorn - Peepo What a busy week we have had!
• Thursday 12 May 2022 Hawthorn wb 9th May
• Thursday 12 May 2022 Holly Class - stepping back into the past... We have loved looking at and hearing the children talk about their wonderful family trees this week.
• Thursday 12 May 2022 Condover Day 2
• Wednesday 11 May 2022 Condover Day 1 After a very wet start we were in blazing sunshine by mid afternoon just in time for our activities to start! Click to read more.....
• Monday 9 May 2022 Bug Hunting in the Wood Our Year 1 children had great fun bug hunting this week.
• Friday 6 May 2022 Ashton Players
• Friday 6 May 2022 This week in Holly Class... It has been a short but busy week, as always, in Holly Class!
• Friday 6 May 2022 Willow - W/C 02.05.2022 Last Friday we visited a local farm in Grafton. The children learned about land use in our local area. As we made way to the farm, the children sketched maps of the local land.
• Friday 6 May 2022 Ashton Cricket News
• Friday 6 May 2022 Year 4 and 5 Football Tournament
• Thursday 5 May 2022 My Family, Your Family This week, we have been celebrating our families.
• Thursday 5 May 2022 Hawthorn wb 2nd May
• Wednesday 4 May 2022 Oak Class Farm Visit and Business Enterprise The first 2 weeks of this short half term have whizzed past as we have had so much fun!
• Tuesday 3 May 2022 Visiting Old Friends! We visited the ducklings in their new home, on our way to Forest School this week.
• Friday 29 April 2022 Oak Class - w/b 25th April 2022
• Friday 29 April 2022 Willow - W/C 25th April 2022
• Thursday 28 April 2022 Hawthorn wb 25th April
• Thursday 28 April 2022 Acorns - Super Duper You!
• Thursday 28 April 2022 Super Duper Holly Class!
• Monday 25 April 2022 PTFA Easter Eggstravaganza!
• Thursday 7 April 2022 Acorn - Chicken Licken
• Thursday 7 April 2022 Oak ... and there goes the Spring Term!
• Thursday 7 April 2022 Willow - W/C 4th April 2022
• Thursday 7 April 2022 Happy Easter from Holly Class!
• Thursday 7 April 2022 Hawthorn wb 4th April
• Thursday 7 April 2022 Key Stage 2 Small Schools Swimming Gala Evesham Swimming Gala Success !
• Thursday 7 April 2022 Governor update April 2022
• Monday 4 April 2022 Envirominnies plant a tree for the Queen's Canopy
• Monday 4 April 2022 Reception explore the wood!
• Monday 4 April 2022 PFA Easter Art Competition
• Friday 1 April 2022 This week in Holly Class...
• Thursday 31 March 2022 Acorn - The Princess and the Pea
• Thursday 31 March 2022 PFA - Easter Egg Hunt and Celebration
• Thursday 31 March 2022 Oak Class Spring Term 2 Week 6
• Thursday 31 March 2022 Hawthorn wb 28th March
• Wednesday 30 March 2022 Willow - Poetry Plate and Seedlings
• Wednesday 30 March 2022 Poetry Plate 2022
• Friday 25 March 2022 Holly Class - poetry performances
• Friday 25 March 2022 Oak Class Spring Term 2 Week 4
• Friday 25 March 2022 Little Litter Warriors
• Thursday 24 March 2022 Jack and the Beanstalk The sun has shone this week and we have been thoroughly enjoyed playing outside.
• Thursday 24 March 2022 Willow - Assessment Week and Litter Picking!
• Thursday 24 March 2022 Hawthorn wb 21st March Hawthorn Class have been working hard again this week!
• Wednesday 23 March 2022 Raising funds for school
• Monday 21 March 2022 PFA Easter Egg Hunt
• Friday 18 March 2022 Tree planting in the village - Envirominnies
• Friday 18 March 2022 Tree planting in the village - Class Holly
• Friday 18 March 2022 Tree planting in the village - Class Hawthorn
• Friday 18 March 2022 Science Week in Holly Class
• Friday 18 March 2022 Willow wb 14th March
• Thursday 17 March 2022 We're Going on a Bear Hunt
• Thursday 17 March 2022 Science Week in Oak Class
• Thursday 17 March 2022 Hawthorn wb 14th March
• Friday 11 March 2022 Oak Class Spring 2 Week 2
• Friday 11 March 2022 Reception class 2021-22 plant a tree
• Friday 11 March 2022 Willow wb 7th March
• Friday 11 March 2022 Holly Class - Don't Spill the Milk!
• Friday 11 March 2022 Supporting Teams4U - Ukrainian Refugees Appeal
• Thursday 10 March 2022 Acorn - Don't Spill the Milk!
• Thursday 10 March 2022 Hawthorn wb 7th March
• Friday 4 March 2022 A busy week in Holly Class! We have had a wonderful and busy week back in Holly Class after the half term break.
• Thursday 3 March 2022 Hawthorn wb 28th February
• Thursday 3 March 2022 Acorn - Mr Wolf's Pancakes Pancakes have been a key feature of this week’s learning.
• Thursday 3 March 2022 Oak Class Spring 2 Week 1 It has been great to be back to school this week and we have been straight back to work getting stuck in to our new themes and areas of learning.
• Thursday 3 March 2022 Willow's World Book Day and more! Willow Class have enjoyed this first week back after half term and have all come back well rested and keen to learn!
• Friday 18 February 2022 Holly Class - two special performances!
• Thursday 17 February 2022 Oak Class Spring Term Week 7
• Thursday 17 February 2022 Acorn - The Snail and the Whale We thoroughly enjoyed watching the school dance festival and Year 5 performance of 'A funny thing happened on the way to Camelot'.
• Thursday 17 February 2022 Willow - wc 14 February As we approach half term the children are still busy at work in Willow Class. Lots of learning has taken place in this first half of the spring term and the children should be proud of their efforts.
• Thursday 17 February 2022 Hawthorn wb 14th February This week has been a week of performing as well as learning!
• Thursday 17 February 2022 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Camelot - Year 5 Production
• Thursday 17 February 2022 Year 5 Cross Country @ Prince Henry's
• Thursday 17 February 2022 Ashton Dance Festival On Monday we held our first Ashton Dance Festival to celebrate all the amazing dancing the children have been learning in their PE lessons.
• Friday 11 February 2022 Malvern Trip February 2022 After 2 years without a residential, Y2/3 were thrilled to stay and take part in lots of great activities at Malvern Boundless Outdoors. Lots of fun was had by all and the children were brilliantly behaved, all tried hard and challenged themselves.
• Friday 11 February 2022 Key Stage 2 TT Rockstar Superstars
• Thursday 10 February 2022 Hawthorn w/b 7th February
• Thursday 10 February 2022 Acorn - Storm Whale in Winter
• Thursday 10 February 2022 Oak Class : Spring Term Week 6 This week we have a had a big focus on our mental health and have been joining in with activities to support Children's Mental Health Week: the theme this year being 'Growing Together'.
• Thursday 10 February 2022 Holly Class - a week of wellbeing
• Wednesday 9 February 2022 Willow - W/C 7th February
• Friday 4 February 2022 Cake Sale
• Friday 4 February 2022 Holly Class - Chinese New Year and Number Day!
• Friday 4 February 2022 Oak Class Week 5 Spring Only two weeks to go now until the big performance and the excitement is building!
• Thursday 3 February 2022 Acorn Volcanoes, Chinese New Year and a Sea of Dreams What a busy week it has been. The Sea of Dreams book took us on an imaginary journey ...
• Thursday 3 February 2022 Willow - wc 31st January Yet another eventful week has passed and Willow class very much enjoyed going swimming on Thursday.
• Thursday 3 February 2022 Hawthorn wb 31st January We have been busy being mathematicians, writers, scientists, explorers and good friends this week in Hawthorn class.
• Monday 31 January 2022 Tree identification
• Monday 31 January 2022 Tree identification
• Friday 28 January 2022 Holly Class - Poles Apart
• Thursday 27 January 2022 Oak Class Week 4
• Thursday 27 January 2022 Acorn - Poles Apart
• Thursday 27 January 2022 Willow - w/c 24 January
• Thursday 27 January 2022 Hawthorn wb 24th January
• Friday 21 January 2022 Holly Class - a postcard from Noi There has been much excitement in Holly class this week
• Thursday 20 January 2022 Oak Class Week 3
• Thursday 20 January 2022 Willow - w/c 17 November Willow Class have worked hard this week and enjoyed their lessons.
• Thursday 20 January 2022 Hawthorn wb 17th January Lots of learning has been happening this week in Hawthorn class.
• Wednesday 19 January 2022 Acorn: Lost and Found Penguins have been the focus of the week, this week!
• Friday 14 January 2022 Holly Class - exploring oceans and islands What a brilliant week we have had in Holly Class! Everyone has been eager to learn and worked very hard, it is lovely to see.
• Thursday 13 January 2022 Acorn - Immi
• Thursday 13 January 2022 Oak Class Week 2
• Thursday 13 January 2022 Willow Class - 10th - 14th January 2022
• Thursday 13 January 2022 Hawthorn wb 10th January We've had another fantastic week in Hawthorn class and the children have been fully engaged with their learning.
• Tuesday 11 January 2022 PFA - 80's Disco
• Friday 7 January 2022 Happy New Year Holly Class! Welcome back and happy new year, Holly Class!
• Friday 7 January 2022 Community News
• Thursday 6 January 2022 Acorn - The Journey We are delighted to welcome 2 new children and Miss Saunders to the school family this term. All have settled in well.
• Thursday 6 January 2022 Happy New Year from Willow Class Happy New Year to everyone in Ashton Under Hill First School.
• Thursday 6 January 2022 Happy New Year From Oak Class Happy New Year from everyone in Oak Class.
• Thursday 6 January 2022 Hawthorn wb 3rd January We were all very happy to see each other when we came back to school on Wednesday.
• Friday 17 December 2021 Merry Christmas - Oak Class
• Friday 17 December 2021 Christmas Activities with Willow Class
• Friday 17 December 2021 Merry Christmas from Holly Class
• Friday 17 December 2021 Governor Update December 2021 Governor Update
• Thursday 16 December 2021 Happy Christmas from Acorns
• Thursday 16 December 2021 Hawthorn wb 13th December Well, we have made it to the last week of term! The children are all very tired but very excited about the up coming Christmas holidays.
• Tuesday 14 December 2021 Ashton First School Nativity 2021 A magical time for our Pre-School; Reception and Year 1 and 2 children
• Friday 10 December 2021 Willow w/c 6th December 2021
• Friday 10 December 2021 Holly class - film stars!
• Thursday 9 December 2021 Acorn A Cluster of Stars
• Thursday 9 December 2021 Oak Class Week 13
• Thursday 9 December 2021 Hawthorn wb 6th December
• Monday 6 December 2021 Electricity Eco Day Sadly, due to the current Covid restrictions, we were not able to work together as a whole school. However, we were determined not to let that stop us.
• Friday 3 December 2021 Oak Class - w/c 29th November I
• Friday 3 December 2021 Willow w/b 29th November As per usual, Willow class have worked very hard this week and should be proud of all of their efforts.
• Friday 3 December 2021 Holly Class - Nativity!
• Thursday 2 December 2021 Acorn - A Snowy Day
• Thursday 2 December 2021 Hawthorn wb 29th November
• Monday 29 November 2021 Forest School - Acorn and Holly
• Friday 26 November 2021 Thank you to all staff, parents and pupils
• Friday 26 November 2021 Willow - w/c 22nd November
• Thursday 25 November 2021 Acorn - Goldilocks visits and there is a kite stuck in a tree!
• Thursday 25 November 2021 Holly Class - Stuck! What an exciting week we have had!
• Thursday 25 November 2021 Oak Film Watching and Making We have had a fun packed week in Oak as promised!
• Thursday 25 November 2021 Hawthorn wb 22nd November
• Friday 19 November 2021 Oak Class - One Kind Word This week we have been focusing on being extra kind to each other and our friends and loved ones outside of school too. We started off wearing odd socks and have been collecting up all the kind deeds we have done recording them in a kindness log.
• Thursday 18 November 2021 Acorn Owl Babies
• Thursday 18 November 2021 Holly Class - celebrating our differences with odd socks!
• Thursday 18 November 2021 Willow Class Anti-Bullying Week and House Cross Country
• Thursday 18 November 2021 Hawthorn wb 15th November We have had a good week in Hawthorn Class.
• Sunday 14 November 2021 Visit from Harriett Baldwin
• Thursday 11 November 2021 Whatever next!
• Thursday 11 November 2021 Maths Week and Rembrance in Oak Class
• Thursday 11 November 2021 Holly Class - Maths week and Remembrance
• Thursday 11 November 2021 Maths Week in Willow
• Thursday 11 November 2021 Hawthorn wb 8th November
• Thursday 4 November 2021 Bonfires, Diwali and Fireworks
• Thursday 4 November 2021 Art and Craft Club - Bonfire Night Art Work
• Thursday 4 November 2021 Willow Class Week 8
• Thursday 4 November 2021 Celebrations in Holly class!
• Thursday 4 November 2021 Hawthorn wb 1st November
• Wednesday 3 November 2021 Oak Class Week 8
• Thursday 21 October 2021 Willow - Week 7
• Thursday 21 October 2021 Governing Board changes
• Thursday 21 October 2021 Oak Class Week 7
• Thursday 21 October 2021 Holly class - we are storytellers! Wow, Holly class, I can't believe it is half term already! What a busy and wonderful term it has been with you all.
• Thursday 21 October 2021 Holly and Oak Autumn sunshine fun
• Thursday 21 October 2021 Holly and Oak Autumn sunshine fun
• Wednesday 20 October 2021 The Naughty Bus visits Acorn Class
• Wednesday 20 October 2021 Hawthorn wb 18th October
• Wednesday 20 October 2021 Year 3 and 4 Rugby Tournament
• Wednesday 20 October 2021 Art and Craft Club - Halloween Pumpkins After a sticky start last week, our pumpkins have dried and were ready for the next step.
• Monday 18 October 2021 Oak Winners This week we celebrated some very worthy winners in Oak Class.
• Friday 15 October 2021 Envirominnies - Autumn Term
• Friday 15 October 2021 Holly Class - Naughty Bus
• Thursday 14 October 2021 Acorn Our Favourite Places
• Thursday 14 October 2021 Willow - Week 6
• Thursday 14 October 2021 Art and Craft Club - getting sticky for Halloween
• Thursday 14 October 2021 Hawthorn wb 11th October 2021
• Thursday 14 October 2021 Oak Class Week 6
• Friday 8 October 2021 Willow - Week 5
• Friday 8 October 2021 Art and Craft Club - Our first make!
• Friday 8 October 2021 Oak Class Week 5
• Thursday 7 October 2021 Harvest Festival in Acorn Class
• Thursday 7 October 2021 Hawthorn Class WB 4th October
• Thursday 7 October 2021 Holly Class are the Singing Vegetables!
• Friday 1 October 2021 Governor News 1st October Governing Body Update
• Thursday 30 September 2021 Acorn Big Red Combine Harvester
• Thursday 30 September 2021 Oak Class Week 4 We are now officially half way through this half term and time is whizzing by.
• Thursday 30 September 2021 Willow - Week 4
• Thursday 30 September 2021 Hawthorn Class WB 27th September
• Thursday 30 September 2021 Holly class - exploring our village
• Monday 27 September 2021 Holly and Hawthorn village walk
• Monday 27 September 2021 Holly and Hawthorn village walk
• Friday 24 September 2021 Oak Class Visit Acorn and Holly.
• Friday 24 September 2021 Oak Class Visit Acorn and Holly.
• Friday 24 September 2021 Oak Class Visit Acorn and Holly.
• Friday 24 September 2021 Willow week 3
• Thursday 23 September 2021 Acorn Class - Making friends with Beegu
• Thursday 23 September 2021 Oak Class Week 3
• Thursday 23 September 2021 Holly Class - A visit from Beegu!
• Thursday 23 September 2021 Hawthorn Class WB 20th September
• Friday 17 September 2021 Adventure into Kingdom of Streudel
• Wednesday 15 September 2021 Acorn Errol's Garden Inspired by the book, we have been scientists and looked closely at runner beans, conkers and apples. We have also had great fun learning new songs and have started work on Dough Disco.
• Wednesday 15 September 2021 Oak Class Week 2
• Wednesday 15 September 2021 Willow Portraits in Nature
• Wednesday 15 September 2021 Holly Class - a super start!
• Wednesday 15 September 2021 Hawthorn Class WB 13th September
• Saturday 11 September 2021 Welcome back to school
• Friday 10 September 2021 Oak Self Portraits
• Friday 10 September 2021 Week 1 in the new look Oak Class
• Thursday 9 September 2021 Welcome back to Acorns
• Friday 23 July 2021 Welcome to Mrs Holdsworth and September's new reception children
• Friday 23 July 2021 Mrs Stephenson's retirement street party
• Friday 23 July 2021 Thank you all, from Mrs Stephenson
• Tuesday 20 July 2021 Governor News July 2021
• Monday 19 July 2021 Year 5 Leavers Assembly /docs/Teaching_and_Learning/Year_5_Leavers_Assembly/Time_capsule_Photo_presentation.pptx
• Friday 16 July 2021 KS1 Sports Day
• Thursday 15 July 2021 Key Stage 2 Intra House Rounders Today we had great fun taking part in an intra house rounders tournament trying to win the Rounders House Cup. Ruby House were keen to take the double after their sports day victory yesterday, but the other three houses worked very hard to take the title for themselves! 
• Thursday 15 July 2021 Key Stage 2 Intra House Rounders
• Thursday 15 July 2021 Acorn Class - 2nd July : planning our sleepover adventure
• Wednesday 14 July 2021 Acorn Class go to a 'West End Show'
• Wednesday 14 July 2021 Our magical adventure to the Kingdom of Strudel
• Wednesday 14 July 2021 Our magical adventure to the Kingdom of Strudel
• Wednesday 14 July 2021 Key Stage 1 Sports Day
• Wednesday 14 July 2021 Key Stage 2 Sports Day (Oak)
• Wednesday 14 July 2021 Japan
• Wednesday 14 July 2021 Key Stage 2 Sports Day (Willow)
• Wednesday 14 July 2021 Year 5 Leavers Celebration Meal
• Monday 12 July 2021 Jabberwocky Poetry Study
• Monday 12 July 2021 Japanese Tea Ceremony Today we had a very special visitor come to visit Oak class, to tell us all about the traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony.
• Friday 9 July 2021 Year 2 Picnic party
• Friday 2 July 2021 Bikeability This week the Year 5 children took part in Bikeability - the road safety programme for riding bicycles safely. They worked in small groups and had training sessions on the playground and the roads in the village.  They had a brilliant time and came from each session bursting with enthusiasm and confidence, sharing stories of what the had learnt. They all looked very smart in their cycle helmets and thoroughly enjoyed this experience.
• Friday 2 July 2021 Japanese Art To support our Geographical learning in our new topic on Japan, we have been looking at Japanese art this week in Oak Class.
• Wednesday 30 June 2021 Willow - A busy week in Willow Class!
• Monday 21 June 2021 Governor News
• Sunday 20 June 2021 Governor Updates 2020-2021
• Friday 18 June 2021 Acorn Class bakers
• Friday 18 June 2021 Boat Building in Acorn Class
• Friday 18 June 2021 Rocktopus with Classes Acorn & Hawthorn
• Friday 18 June 2021 Rocktopus with Classes Hawthorn & Acorn
• Wednesday 16 June 2021 Science-Electricity in Willow Class
• Wednesday 16 June 2021 Rocktopus with Oak Class
• Wednesday 16 June 2021 Rocktopus with Willow Class
• Friday 11 June 2021 Year 3 Visit Overbury Estate On Friday 11th June, Year 3 went on a visit o Overbury Estate to learn all about how they manage and look after their environment. It was perfectly linked to our current topic which covers living in a more sustainable way, as this is how the farm and its estate are run.
• Wednesday 9 June 2021 Butterflies in Hawthorn Class
• Monday 7 June 2021 Class Hawthorn Grass Blowing Orchestra!
• Wednesday 2 June 2021 Hawthorn class making a disgusting sandwich
• Sunday 30 May 2021 More pirate adventures
• Tuesday 25 May 2021 Year 4 and 5 trip to Croft Farm
• Tuesday 25 May 2021 Year 4 and 5 trip to Croft Farm
• Friday 21 May 2021 Rope Map
• Sunday 16 May 2021 Acorns help plant the school grounds
• Friday 14 May 2021 Pirates!
• Friday 7 May 2021 Caring for the School Grounds
• Friday 7 May 2021 Special Places - Visiting St Barbara's Church
• Friday 30 April 2021 Minibeast hunting in the meadow
• Thursday 22 April 2021 Acorn at Forest School
• Friday 19 March 2021 Acorn Chicks
• Wednesday 13 January 2021 Message from the Chair of Governors Suffice to say 2021 has not started as anyone would have hoped.

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