Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Purple Mash comes to Ashleigh

  Thu 31 Mar 2016

  Ashleigh now has Purple Mash!

   

  Purple Mash is an award-winning website for primary school children. It enables children to explore and enhance their knowledge in a fun and creative way.

   

  With Purple Mash we can:

   

  • Save our work online
  • Your teachers can add comments to your work
  • You can share your work easily online 
  • Homework can be set and marked online
  • You and your parents can see how well you are doing and the progress you are making
  • It works on desktops, tablets, and electronic whiteboards
  • All our information is kept safe and secure
  • It covers all the main subjects
  • It contains thousands of tools and activities
  • It is constantly updated with new topical content
  • It includes access for every child at home

   

  In short, it's amazing!

   

  Click here to go to the Ashleigh Purple Mash zone.

   

  Then, use the login and password your teacher has given you. If your teacher hasn't sent this home yet, they will very soon.

• Kitchen Staff win Gold in Local Authority awards

  Tue 29 Mar 2016 Mr. Matthews

  Everyone already knows how amazing our school dinners are. The kitchen team already have the highest rating possible with environmental health, i.e. a 5* rating. They have now won the highest award given by the local authority, a Gold Award in the Recipe 4 Health competition. Well done everyone!

  If you're a pupil reading this, make sure you tell the kitchen staff how proud you are of them and how fantastic the school dinners are!

  

• FOA Easter Egg Bingo

  Fri 18 Mar 2016 Mr. Matthews

  Everyone looked very smart in their own clothes today. The 'payment' children have made for wearing their own clothes, i.e. Easter Eggs, will be the prizes at tonight's Easter Egg Bingo Eggtravaganza, organised by our superb Friends of Ashleigh members.

   

  Thank you Mr. Conlon for taking charge of proceedings, much appreciated as always.

   

  Good luck bingo players!

• Swimming Gala

  Fri 18 Mar 2016 Mr. Matthews

  Mr Harty and a team of 8 junior swimmers have been preparing for tonight's Darwen School's Swimming Gala for a few weeks now.

  Good luck tonight, we know you'll represent Ashleigh brilliantly!

   

   

  

• World Book Day winning costumes

  Wed 09 Mar 2016

  After a fantastic day of reading and work around books, we finished the day with a special assembly.

  One child from each class was chosen by a panel of staff to win a trip to Waterstones in Bolton where they will be able to choose a book as a prize.

   

  Very well done everyone.

   

  Thank you to the staff who organised it all, Mrs Davies and Mr Harty.

  

• Film Club, is on its way!

  Wed 09 Mar 2016

  A new club for children in Y5/6 will start on Friday 1st April.

  We have had a Film Club in the past, and it was always well attended.

  Please note, it is only for children in Years Five & Six.

   

  Click here to go to the Ashleigh Film Club page.

   

  Click here to go to the 'Into Film' website.

• World Book Day

  Wed 09 Mar 2016 Mr. Matthews

  Happily, the weather has been kinder for our second attempt at World Book Day.

  The children looked truly amazing this morning, so well done everyone, especially our creative and inventive parents! Sat here as Winnie the Poo, it makes me appreciate not being a furry animal suffering with central heating!

   

  

• Readers of the Week

  Wed 09 Mar 2016 Mr. Matthews

  Mr Harty revealed our very first Readers of the Week this morning.

  Every Friday, during the Shine assembly, we will celebrate the fantastic reading that has taken place that week.

  Here are our very first winners.

   

  Click here to go straight to that page.

  

• Y3 choir to take part in the Sing Together concert at King George's Hall

  Tue 08 Mar 2016 Mr. Matthews

  Our wonderful Y3 choir will be singing tonight in the Sing Together concert at King George's Hall, Blackburn. This concert has children coming together from all over the Northwest region, and we are very proud to be part of it. Good luck to everyone involved. Thank you parents for supporting such a brilliant event. The children have worked hard over the last few months getting ready for it and I'm sure it will all pay off tonight. Thanks must also go to Mrs Walsh for organising it all.

   

• Unavoidable closure

  Fri 04 Mar 2016 Mr. Matthews

  Sadly, due to the weather conditions, we had to make the decision at 7.30am, in conjunction with the Chair of Governors, that we had to close today. A number of staff made it in despite the terrible conditions, but we could not operate with the skeleton staff we had available. It wasn’t fair to ask staff to put their safety at risk in order to get to school. The health and safety of pupils and staff are always our first priority.

   

  It’s the first time in 5 years we’ve had a complete closure, and hopefully, there won’t be another for 5 more!