School:
Ashton, Church of England
Primary School

Contact:
Sue Campbell ( Head Teacher )
Ashton Church of England Primary School
Roade Hill
Ashton
Northampton
NN7 2JH
Tel / Fax: 01604 863189
email: Bursar@Ashton.Northants-ECL.gov.uk
web site: www.ashtonceprimary.ik.org
School Governors Meeting
21 April 2010
Ashton Church of England Primary School have introduced a new Community Service into their school calendar. At least once a term they hold their School Assembly in the church and would love any of the village community to join them. Refreshments are served afterwards.The 2 assemblies, they have held in church since January, have been very impressive and gives the children a wonderful opportunity to share their skills and thoughts with the village community. Do come along.
The next Church Assembly is on June 17th. Please contact the school or look
out on the village notice boards for the time.
School News
January 2010
Ashton Church of England Primary School
We had a disrupted start to the term with snow and ice but were fortunate to be able to keep the school open as we have sufficient local staff to cover.
The opening of 'Bron's Banner' was very well attended by children and their families and they all enjoyed seeing the result of their sewing. A special 'thank you' must go to Pat Nevison who did all the hard work on behalf of the school.
A service led by Junior children last month was again well attended by parents and the community and this will be a regular event.
Our tea and mufti day to raise funds for Haiti was a great success and over £230 was raised which is amazing for the size of the school. Thank you to everyone who contributed to and attended the event.
Anyone who passed the school last Monday morning may have been surprised to see a 'dragster' in the playground. This came from Santa Pod and was part of the Infant class topic of 'Journeys'.
On Friday 12th February the Junior class will be holding a 'Chembakoli Tea Party' to mark the end of their topic on India. Members of the community are welcome to join us.
Sue Campbell
Headteacher
01604 863189
School News:
November 2009
Ashton Church of England Primary School
We welcomed 42 children into school in September including 8 reception infants. Together with Laura Higginbottom our new infant teacher there were a lot of new faces although it was lovely to see so many siblings of current pupils. Everyone has settled in well and in October we welcomed Ginny Alecock as our new administrator/bursar.
We were sad to see Beryl Humphrey leave ‘Mums and Tots’ after many years but were able to persuade Laura Neville to take over. She is known to many as one of our part time teachers as well as being a regular at the tots group with her son. We must say a big ‘thank you’ to Beryl for all her hard work and enthusiasm over the years.
Those of you who passed the school during the holidays probably wondered what we were having done- was there anywhere else the school could possibly build? Two days before school was due back we were also wondering whether we would be ready for the first day of term but following an amazing clean up job by our builders the hall was ready for use as a classroom. At the end of September we were able to move back into our extended junior classroom with a lovely view of the church. The entrance area has been lightened by lifting the roof and new cladding and fascia boards mean the ‘temporary’ building is virtually maintenance free. We also have a ‘quiet room’ off the hall which has already proved to be extremely useful for meetings, violin lessons, small group work and sick children!
We look forward to seeing lots of you at our ‘bonfire night’- please support our parent’s association who do such a fantastic job of raising money for those extras that can’t be bought from the school budget.
Sue Campbell
Headteacher
01604 863189