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

• Leavers Assembly

  Tue 18 Jul 2017

  We said goodbye to our talented Y6 class today in a special Leaver's Assembly. They have been a fantastic class throughout their time at Ashleigh. We will miss them very much!

  Don't forget to visit us children, we would love to see you again and hear what you're up to .

• A Sports Day, Finally!

  Mon 17 Jul 2017 Mr. Matthews

  We finally managed to get Sports Day done today! As usual, Mr Harty ran a tight ship, ably supported by Mr Thomson and the rest of the staff. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and demonstrated very sporting attitudes throughout.

   

  Next year, we intend to do Sports Day much earlier on in the term, in fact, I've already pencilled in Wednesday 23rd May 2018 as our first attempt! Fingers crossed we have kinder weather next summer

• Y5/6 children on BBC1!

  Thu 13 Jul 2017 Mr. Matthews

  A BBC camera crew came to school back in March to film our Y6 Money Mentors teaching the rest of Y6 all about budgeting. The BBC1 programme 'Right on the Money' was shown this morning. Go to BBC iPlayer to catch it.

  Our children looked very professional and were real ambassadors for school.

   

  Click here to go to it.

• Sports Day

  Wed 12 Jul 2017 Mr. Matthews

  Very sadly, we had to cancel sports day this morning due to the field being water logged.

   

  A little history about our Sports Days

  Until 3 years ago, an Ashleigh Sports Day took the form of a selection of games, which teams moved round to in turn, accumulating points as they went. The children enjoyed this and there was a slight competitive element to it. On odd occasions when the weather let us down, there was the possibility of using the playground as the games could be adapted to allow for the concrete.

  Over the last 3 years or so, after suggestions from parents and consulting with the school council back then, we changed to a more traditional format. This format is far more competitive and children and parents alike seem to enjoy this aspect of the event.

   

  The weather in the UK, as you know, is unpredictable at the best of times. Although we are very lucky to have a school field, the sad reality is, that it needs a few days of dry weather in order for it to be used safely for Sports Day. Four years ago, school spent £25,000 on having the drainage improved on the field. Before the additional drainage was put in, after a spell of wet weather, it took a week or two for the field to dry out sufficiently, now it takes only a few days depending on the quantity of rain we’ve had.

   

  Last week, the forecast for today and the days leading up to today, was really good. It changed over last weekend, for the worst.

   

  To use the field whilst wet/damp would be difficult at best, but much more significantly, pose a far greater risk to the health and safety of the children. To use the playground is not a viable option either, as the events in the more traditional Sports Day we’ve adopted would be far too risky to do on unyielding concrete.

   

  Currently, the weather forecast for Darwen is as follows:

   

  Wednesday: lovely all day!

  Thursday: dry during the day, rain over night, heavy at times

  Friday: dry during day, rain in early hours

  Saturday: rain in the morning and evening, dry in the middle part of the day

  Sunday: rain in the morning, dry for the majority of the day

   

  It is likely that the field will still be wet on Monday, the last possible day we could attempt sports day. In the event that it is dry enough, we will text parents in the morning to let you know that it is going ahead. Failing this, we will do Sports Day in September. This is very sad, as it means some of the children, Y6, will miss out.

   

  This is the second time in recent years that Sports Day has had to be cancelled due to the weather and condition of the field. Going forward, we will schedule the day far earlier in the school calendar so we have more flexibility with the date in the event the weather doesn’t play ball.

   

  Here’s hoping for a dry, hot and sunny summer!

• Wacky Hair Day

  Fri 07 Jul 2017 Mr. Matthews

  Y5 have organised a Wacky Hair Day today to raise money for Cancer Research, the Rotakids project they are currently involved in.

   

  

• Town Athletics Competition

  Mon 03 Jul 2017 Mr. Matthews

  It's the annual Inter Schools Athletics competition tonight. A team of 24 boys and girls will compete against other schools from Darwen and the surrounding areas. Hopefully we will be blessed with good weather and we know our children will be superb!

   

• End of Year Show

  Mon 03 Jul 2017 Mr. Matthews

  This afternoon Y6 will be performing to the rest of the school their end of the year show, Pirates of the Curry Bean!

  They have been practicing for a few weeks now and are eager to show everyone what they can do.

  There are two performances for parents and family, tomorrow at 2pm and 6pm. Get your tickets from the box office now! (school office)

   

   

  Update...

  The Y6 show was an amazing success. They performed Pirates of the Curry Bean three times, and it got better and better. Some of the best acting and singing we've ever seen!