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Dear Parents
March/April 2013 - Issue
163
DATES FOR THE DIARY
PUPILS BACK
Monday 28th April
Saturday 26th April
Cricket Tournament—Wycombe House
Monday 28th April
ALL afterschool commences
Monday 28th April
Emily Watson - student placement in Year 6
Tuesday 29th April
Year 6 end of exam treat
Tuesday 29th April
NO JUNIOR SWIMMING
Wednesday 30th April
Year 4 - PGL meeting - 8.30am in ICT
Wednesday 30th April
Curriculum Day - Dance
Friday 2nd May
Junior grasshoppers commences
Friday 2nd May
Junior Swimming Gala - 7 to 8pm, Pools on
the Park, Richmond
BANK HOLIDAY
Monday 5th May
Tuesday 6th May
Junior swimming commences
Tuesday 6th to Friday 9th May
Year 6 Cycling Proficiency - am only
Wednesday 7th to Friday 9th May
Year 4 PGL trip to Marchants Hill
Sunday 11th May
LAMDA exams in school hall all day
Monday 12th to Friday 16th May
Year 5 & 6 School Journey to Northern
France / Rest of school Activity Week
Monday 19th to Friday 23rd May
Walk to school week
Wednesday 21st May
School photos - school and sports teams
Thursday 22nd May
Debra the Zebra Assembly
Friday 23rd May
Newsletter home to parents
HALF TERM
Monday 26th to Friday 30th May
Welcome to our last newsletter of the spring term. By the time you
read this the school will have broken up for the Easter holiday and no
doubt you will be looking forward to a somewhat more relaxed pace
and some quality time spent together with your families.
Here at Ashton House we have had a very varied and active past few
weeks ranging from our science week with head-line attraction “the
chicks”! and our very well attended musical concert a couple of weeks
ago, to the Easter Disco last Friday and, still to come at time of writing,
our end of term talent show.
Science week was most ably coordinated by Mrs Lark with each class
enjoying a science-focused timetable for the week. This culminated in
a suitably messy and hands-on activity afternoon in the school hall.
The children were wonderfully animated and it was good to see so
much parental support at this event.
As you will no doubt have already heard, the chicks spent two weeks
with us changing from eggs (!) to adorable balls of cheeping yellow
fluff. The children loved watching them develop and having the
opportunity to handle them very carefully. We were all sorry to see
them leave last Friday but they were fast growing out of their little
nursery. Many thanks to the PTA for funding this most successful
enterprise.
On the 20th March junior pupils put on an excellent musical evening for
their parents and families, playing and singing most confidently in front
of a capacity audience. It was a most enjoyable occasion and I was
extremely proud of them all. I hope they all continue to develop and
enjoy their music making in the years to come.
This year’s PTA Easter disco was once again very well attended with
an incredibly high standard of Easter bonnet which certainly made it
very difficult for our judges. There was a very happy atmosphere and
everyone of whatever age seemed to be having a good time. Please see
overleaf for some colourful photos of the event.
May I wish everyone a very happy holiday and I look forward to seeing
everyone back suitably rested and revived for the summer term on
Monday 28th April.
Mary Grundberg
Head Teacher
HAPPY EASTER
YEAR 6 LEAVERS DESTINATIONS - 2014
Pupil’s Name
Schools Offered
School Accepted
St Bernard’s Grammar School
Zinedine
St James Senior Boys’ School
St Bernard’s Grammar School
Hampton School
Kingston Grammar School
Isleworth and Syon School
Kingston Grammar School *
Notting Hill and Ealing High School*
The Lady Eleanor Holles School *
Tiffin Girls’ School
St Benedict’s School *
Gunnersbury Boys’ School
St James Senior Boys’ School
St Benedict’s School
Upton Court Grammar School
North London Collegiate School
The Henrietta Barnett School
Upton Court Grammar School
Harjeet
St James Senior Boys’ School
St James Senior Boys’ School
Radhika
St Catherine’s School
Surbiton High School
The Green School for Girls
St Catherine’s School
The Green School for Girls
Putney High School
Armani
Putney High School
Notting Hill and Ealing High School
St Catherine’s School
Sapna
Tiffin Girls’ School
Tiffin Girls’ School
Alaina
The Green School for Girls
The Green School for Girls
Imogen
Tiffin Girls’ School
Avani
The Lady Eleanor Holles School
Tiffin Girls’ School
St Catherine’s School
St Catherine’s School
Kingston Grammar School
Putney High School
Hampton School
St Bernard’s Grammar School
Hampton School
Tiffin Boys’ School
Durston House
St Catherine’s School
Riya
Lampton School
Lampton School
Kareem
To be confirmed
To be confirmed
Devan
Hashim
Hibbeh
Nat
Baaz
Deyanjaali
Cherry
Sofia
Molly
Adam
Nikhal
Hampton School
The Lady Eleanor Holles School *
(scholarship)
St Benedict’s School *(scholarship)
Upton Court Grammar School
The Henrietta Barnett School
Upton Court Grammar School
St Catherine’s School
To be confirmed
Putney High School
St Bernard’s Grammar School
Tiffin Boys’ School
St Catherine’s School
EVENTS
National Science and Engineering Week 2014
The National Science and Engineering Week 2014 took place
during week commencing Monday 17th March. All classes
from Nursery to Year 6 participated with investigations and
experiments in their classrooms. On the afternoon of Friday
21st March the children had the chance to exhibit their
favourite activity for all to view. Many exciting, interesting
and sometimes messy displays were set up in the school hall.
The children and staff had great fun taking part in these
science activities.
I would like to say ‘thank you’ to everyone for their enthusiasm and also to
all parents who came along to support this event.
Mrs A Lark - Deputy Head Teacher
Musical Evening 2014
On 20th March thirty junior children entertained a capacity audience to a varied programme of musical
items, either played on the piano, guitar, flute, recorder and violin, or sung. The children showed
amazing poise and confidence performing in front of so many people and certainly deserved the applause
they received at the end of the event. Well done to all our talented musicians who I hope will go on to
even greater things in the future and a big “thank you” to our dedicated musical staff, led so
enthusiastically by Miss Graham.
Mrs Grundberg
Head Teacher
EVENTS
PTA Easter Disco
The PTA annual Easter Disco at the Thistleworth Tennis Club took
place once again last Friday with an amazing collection of bonnets.
The children, and I am sure parents, put a lot of effort into their creations. They all looked wonderful as you can see from the pictures
here. Thank you to the PTA for organising this popular event.
Mrs Grundberg
Head Teacher
EVENTS
Handwriting Competition
This year’s Handwriting Competition produced some very good
work. The children had to copy a poem in their neatest style, the
older the children the longer the poem.
Certificates were awarded in assembly to the best three entrants
in each class from years 1-6 . The winners from each class were
as follows:
Year 1 – Shakti, Daria, Shrey, Year 2 Sania, Anjali ,Aiyesha,
Year 3 Aidan, Taran, Rasveen, Year 4 – Anoushka, Shania,
Richard, Year 5 – Anisha, Humza Sarthak and Year 6 Alaina,
Imogen, Hibbeh.
These winning entries and other work of a high standard will be entered in a national prep schools competition in
May.
Mrs Stewart - Literacy Co-ordinator
SCHOOL TRIPS
Year 1 & 2 visit Gunnersbury Park Museum
Year 1 - Victorian Kitchens
Years 1 and 2 visited Gunnersbury Museum to learn about how things
worked in the olden days. Year 1 had the opportunity to tour the
Victorian kitchen, laundry room and scullery room. The boys wore waist
-coats and helped with the serving whilst the girls wore aprons and mob
caps to help out in the kitchen. We discovered that things were a lot
harder when everything had to be done by hand and we promised we
would help out at home a little more now that we know how lucky we
are!
Mrs Marlow - Year 1 Class Teacher
Year 2 - Florence Nightingale
On Wednesday 19th March Year 2 visited Gunnersbury Park Museum to take part in a Florence Nightingale
Workshop.
The children were greeted by Miss Nightingale and had the opportunity to take part in role play of her life and
work.
The children dressed up as members and servants of the Nightingale family and soldiers and nurses of the Crimean
War.
They listened carefully to Florence as she explained her story and participated in character to act out scenes.
After lunch there was time to enjoy the children’s playground in the park before returning to school on the coach.
The children enjoyed themselves, behaved very well and were a credit to Ashton House School.
Mrs Stewart - Year 2 Class Teacher
QUIZ
Dear All
The answers to last weeks quiz are:
1.
On a farm a kid is a baby what? A GOAT
2.
How old was Mozart when he wrote his 1st symphony? 8 YRS OLD
3.
What is the largest city in Wales? CARDIFF
4.
The title of whose book translates as “my struggle”? HITLER
5.
Which King married the widow of his elder brother Arthur? HENRY 8TH
And the winners were: Maya - Year 5 and Aidan - Year 3.
March/April - Questions
1.
What to the Roman letter XL present?
2.
What is the capital of Ukraine?
3.
What is the national emblem of Canada?
4.
Can pigs swim?
5.
In which Italian city can Michaelangelo’s David be seen ?
Please email [email protected] with your answer no later than Friday 25th April 2014 SUBJECT TITLE MUST BE - AHS QUIZ. The first 4 correct entries will receive house points.
The answers will be in the next edition of the newsletter - GOOD LUCK!
Ms Quigley and Mrs Stewart - Quiz Team Coaches
CONGRATULATIONS
Walk to School
Well done to everyone who walked in March/April.
Here are the results:
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
0%
77%
33%
93%
25%
38%
Well done Year 4. After the Easter holidays the weather may be warmer, perhaps we could make a special effort to
walk or cycle to school!
Miss Quigley - WOW Coordinator
STOP PRESS
As an addition to the wonderful amounts raised for our Readathon, I would like
to mention Maryam in Year 1 who raised a whooping £110.
Well done!
Mrs Stewart—Literacy Co-ordinator
We have just finished our end of term Talent Show:
1st Place - Kareem and Nikhal
2nd Place - Sapna, Alaina, Avani, Sofia, Molly and Armani
3rd Place - Kenisha
Great performances!
Mrs Grundberg - Head Teacher
G.D.H. TRANSPORT
Transport provided to and from Ashton House School by experienced and qualified, fully
enhanced C.R.B. checked, female driver. Collected from your front door in the morning and
returned to your front door in the afternoon.
Children transported in an up-to-date mini bus with dual seats, 3-point seat belts with
integral headrests and air-conditioning.
Please contact Gaby Dalena for price and availability.
THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON BEHALF OF ASHTON HOUSE SCHOOL BY G.D.H.
TRANSPORT
OPERATING THIS SERVICE SINCE 1995
Gaby—07799 263061
ALL SOCIAL BOOKINGS WELCOME
G.D.H. TRANSPORT
Transport provided to and from Ashton House School by experienced and qualified, fully
enhanced C.R.B. checked, female driver. Collected from your front door in the morning and
returned to your front door in the afternoon.
Children transported in an up-to-date mini bus with dual seats, 3-point seat belts with
integral headrests and air-conditioning.
Please contact Gaby Dalena for price and availability.
THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON BEHALF OF ASHTON HOUSE SCHOOL BY G.D.H.
TRANSPORT
OPERATING THIS SERVICE SINCE 1995
Gaby—07799 263061
ALL SOCIAL BOOKINGS WELCOME

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