Month: May 2019

Our school was visited by Ofsted in January 2022 and graded a GOOD school. The full report can be read under ‘Ofsted reports’

2021-22 Ashbourne Primary Sports Success Autumn term has been packed with competitive school across school from the infants to the juniors. A round up of everything the school has been involved in can be found by following the link.

School will be closed tomorrow 29.11.21 due to the heavy snow and icy conditions.

Congratulations to the players in the tag rugby team – silver medallists! The team beat Wirksworth Juniors in a close game 3-2 to steady their nerves in their first game. Osmaston proved a formidable force in the second game handing Ashbourne a 4-0 loss. Mr. Clark soon motivated the players again to sweep Hope aside […]

We are increasingly concerned at the number of children in both infants and juniors who have been talking about the games from Squid Game, a popular Netflix show that is highly inappropriate for primary age children due to the high levels of violence portrayed. Please be aware that children are accessing scenes from Squid Games […]

Sporting successes in the face of a disrupted 2020-21 are detailed in summary via the following link. Thank you to the school community for continuing support of the school’s PE offer especially in such difficult circumstances. https://www.ashbourneprimary.co.uk/sporting-success-2020-2021/ Mr. Peach

The teaching staff have now undertaken a round of assessments to check what the children can remember from their live lessons and what needs to be taught in the summer term. The good news is that the children who consistently attended the live lessons have not lost any learning and many have made progress. Well […]

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The government has released some additional guidance for schools last night in light of the increased risk level regarding Covid-19. Here are some of the reminders and changes for Ashbourne Primary School. If anyone in your household (or support bubble) has symptoms, please keep all members of the household at home.There have been some instances […]

Please see our newsletter section for information for parents about our full September opening arrangements.

29th May 2020 Dear Parents, After receiving conflicting guidance from the Local Authority, we are now able to go ahead as planned with our small group provision for year 6 from 10th June. This is alongside our provision for pupils in the key worker/vulnerable/SEN group. Our thinking has had to take careful account of staff, […]

Wider Opening of Schools Dear parents and carers, Yesterday afternoon, Headteachers received guidance from Derbyshire Local Authority regarding the wider opening of schools. This guidance stated that we should only remain open to pupils who are in the ‘Key worker or Vulnerable’ group. We have continued to be open to these pupils throughout the ‘school closure’ […]

Ashbourne Primary School is currently closed except for a small number of pupils who meet the criteria. Numbers are being kept to a minimum in order to keep both pupils and staff safe. Wherever possible, please keep your children at home. Home learning tasks are being set on the year group pages on the website. […]

QEGS have opted to cancel all Inter-School sport events with immediate effect until at least the beginning of June. This will also be reviewed pending new revelations regarding the Covid-19 outbreak. There will be NO Primary Matinee Performances of Legally Blonde – This week No KS1 or KS2 Dance Festival Days or performance evenings No […]

Coronavirus latest guidance: If your child has a •new continuous cough and/or •high temperature please keep them at home for a week. •this action will help protect others in your community whilst they are infectious. Government advice: •plan ahead and ask others for help to ensure that you can successfully stay at home. •stay at […]

The funeral of Miss. Nicole Barnett will take place on Friday 20th March. Due to the number of staff wishing to attend the funeral, Ashbourne Primary will be closed on this day. I would like to thank parents for their kind messages and cards. Thank you for your understanding during this difficult time.  

Miss Nicole Barnett, our Midday Supervisor and Wraparound Care Assistant, died in hospital yesterday. This is obviously very sad news. She will be missed by the staff and pupils in our school. Our thoughts and condolences are with her family and friends. It is likely that Ashbourne Primary will close for the funeral and we will […]

This week we have been visited by the Life Education Bus. We have been learning how to keep our body and mind healthy and make good decisions for our mental and physical health.  

Saturday 4th January saw the annual running of the Derbyshire Cross Country Championships. This year the event was held at the notoriously muddy Shipley Park, Heanor. In recent years, athletes from the school have battled against club athletes and found much success. This year was no exception! In the Under 11 Girls’ race, six Ashbourne […]

Year 1 and 2 have been hatching chicks!

17 of our girls attended a ‘This Girl can’ workshop. They took part in a variety of sporting activities and had lots of fun! The girls were praised for meeting the Spirit of the Games values of teamwork, respect, passion, determination, self-belief and honesty.

The PTA disco will take place on 10th October 2019 3:15 – 4:15 infant disco 4:30 – 5:30 junior disco £3.50 per ticket.

WINNERS! WINNERS! WINNERS! These ten quad kids athletes have pulled off the biggest sporting coup in the school’s history! Words cannot really describe the pride we feel for these pupils in their efforts today but I will give it a go… They won the right to represent Derbyshire Dales at the Derbyshire School Games from […]

Ashbourne 2.5k/5k Run In The Park – Fun Run – Sun 7th July We are pleased to support Ashbourne Running Club’s Ashbourne Half Marathon and 2.5k/5k ‘Run in the Park’ Fun Run. Please find attached the entry form for the ‘Run in the Park’ taking place on Sunday 7th July as part of the Half […]

We’ve made some exciting new developments to our EYFS outdoor learning environment with the addition of some wonderful new resources. We now have a fantastic climbing frame which is perfect for our younger children. The exciting new log climbing frame develops the children’s key physical skills while encouraging imaginative play as they relate the frame […]

We will be offering our successful ‘Smart Rider’ cycle safety training next half term. Please follow the link for more information or download the attached letter and reply with your interest. https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/transport-roads/road-safety/bicycles/child-cyclist-training/smart-rider-cyclist-training.aspx Smart rider letter pdf Mr. Peach

Our new PRAISE videos showcasing our PRAISE values are available to view via the link below. PRAISE at Ashbourne Primary

Huge congratulations to Maggie who won the KS2 Derbyshire Dales competition to design a Fairtrade chocolate bar wrapper as part of Fairtrade Fortnight (25th February – 10th March). Maggie’s design is on display at Derbyshire Dale District Council offices in Matlock for the next week along with other winners from around the Dales. The judges […]

Another exceptional achievement to celebrate at Ashbourne Primary today. Julia in Year 6 was presented with her prize for winning the Premier League Writing Stars Poetry Competition. All of the children in Year 6 were given the task of writing a poem about diversity. I’m sure you’ll agree that Julia was a very deserving winner! […]

Another successful Bake off at Ashbourne primary!

All of these children and Miss Durose took part in the British Heart Foundation swim and in total raised £3587! This was the highest amount raised by any school! We were presented with a plaque and the three pupils who raised the highest amounts received certificates.

Our Reception children have been learning all about Chinese New Year.

Our Reception children completed a traffic survey on Cokayne Avenue – Well done everyone!

20 pupils have been awarded a PRAISE pupil badge in assembly today to recognise that they meet the school PRAISE aims all of the time. For a complete list, please visit our PRAISE page on the website.

Good attendance is important at Ashbourne Primary School. If a child’s attendance is a cause for concern, please see the flyer to show the process that we take. Attendance Flyer

This week, we have all been on the Life Bus! We have met Harold the Healthy Giraffe and we have been learning all about healthy eating, our body, friendship, feelings and making good decisions.

Private School Fund Account

Our lovely ladies in the school kitchen have been busy raining money for a defibrillator. Cllr Simon Spencer contributed too!

These pupils are our Change4Life Ambassadors. They have attended a conference to learn all about nutrition, exercise and how to spread the word to the rest of school.  

Cross Country Champions!

Friday 25th January 2019 at 2:30pm – all welcome!

For PTA events, please see the website calendar or Class Dojo

We are delighted to be able to offer the chance to some Year 6 pupils a cycle safety scheme. The course is aimed at introducing cycling road safety skills to children aged 9+ and will be led by Mr. Peach. A downloadable letter is available at the following link. https://www.ashbourneprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Smart-rider-letter-1.pdf

May news 2018

We will remain closed on Friday 2nd March.

Unfortunately we will remain closed today due to the weather conditions. We are unable to get enough staff into school.

Sports Competitions and News 2017-18

parents evening march 2018

We have organised a series of workshops for parents. 89% of our pupils have access to the internet at home but only 50% have internet rules set at home. 54% of year 5 and 6 children have a social media account and 79% of infants own a tablet. This affects all year groups so please […]

Please check the school calendar and the Class Dojo for all the PTA events for this year.

Please see our gallery for nativity photos.

Please visit the link below for our after school clubs in January/Spring 1 half term. Thursday – Y5/6 Glow in the dark Dodgeball 3:30pm-4:30pm £4 per session 6 week block (£24 total) Friday – KS2 Y3/4/5/6 Sportshall Athletics 3:30pm-4:30pm £3 per session 5 week block (£15 total) https://www.ashbourneprimary.co.uk/information-for-parents/school-clubs/ Mr. Peach

Please see our parent view page for results and comments.

November news 2017

Sports Competitions and News 2017-18

reception parent workshops

parents evening oct 2017

Diary dates newsletter

Click the link below to see competition reports and pictures.   https://www.ashbourneprimary.co.uk/sports-competitions-and-news-2017-18/   Mr. Peach

morning arrangements reminder

Please note that the Local Authority have asked us to take additional INSET days on 30th and 31st October. The children will return to school on Wednesday 1st November after the half term holiday.

September newsletter