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24th April 2026

Astley Advertiser 257

What a fantastic start to our week with Maths ACE Day on Monday. It was so great to see so many families joining us for our morning activity and getting involved in Maths fun – thank you to Mrs Anderson and team for a great day. Our ACE focus days are such a fantastic way to really enrich the curriculum, delve deeper into a subject and explore creative and fun activities. Reminder that class photos are booked for Tuesday 5th May. This is the day after a bank holiday so please remember smart uniform for all. Lions and Sharks – please bring Forest School kit in a separate bag to change into after photos, and if it is a PE day please bring PE kits in to change into as needed. Polite reminder to please ensure red and yellow star badges are brought back in each week, thank you in advance. Miss Edgeley has chosen our Friyay tunes today – have a great weekend.

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17th April 2026

Astley Advertiser 256

Welcome back team! I hope you all had a fantastic Easter and were able to have some down time with family and friends. We ended last term with a bang on our amazing Science ACE day! The whole day was a real success and we hope all of the children enjoyed it, thank you again to Mrs Hamilton and team for their creativity and hard work. 01263 860212 www.astleyprimary.org.uk office@astleyprimary.org.uk @Astley_Primary This week we have been spending some time reflecting back on what we have learnt and revisiting prior learning, as well as introducing some new topics. Our Turtles have started their swimming lessons and Lions and Sharks have enjoyed getting stuck into Forest School in their first sessions – we can’t wait to see them develop. Please remember to adhere to our uniform policy, including PE and Forest School kits. There should be no large logos, no football shirts and school shoes should be worn on non-PE days (unless in exceptional circumstances.) Please let a member of staff know if you need any clarification or support with this. We are excited about our next focus day – it is Maths ACE Day on Monday! The theme of the day is ‘Maths is fun’, and there will be lots of exciting games and activities happening throughout the day. Children are welcome to come dressed up / mufti / number / maths themed outfits on Monday. Please also join us for an Open Morning session from 8:30am in classes.

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27th March 2026

Astley Advertiser 255

I am SO proud of our Rocksteady bands, who last Friday performed for us in our Celebration Assembly. They all did a fantastic job, and after such a short space of time it was great to see so much talent and confidence on display. Please do sign up via the leaflets handed out if your child is interested in getting involved in Rocksteady next term. Thank you to all the families who joined us for our Friends Bingo event – a whopping £600 was raised for the school! This money will go to a variety of resources and curriculum areas – we will keep you updated, and we are so grateful for your continued support. Another impressive achievement – your generous donations raised £254.85 for Comic Relief! This is including the money raised by our school council stalls last week. Thank you! On Monday our Turtles and Penguins had a special visit and took part in Roman and Greek workshops; it was a brilliant day and the children got completely immersed in history! Great to see. Well done also to our Bears for a great class assembly on Wednesday, they all did a fantastic job. Today we celebrate Science ACE Day – we can’t wait to get stuck into Science and a world of pure imagination, as we travel around different Willy Wonka inspired activities throughout the day. Please join us this morning in classes for a sharing activity. Thank you for your collaboration during Parents Evening this week – working together is so important to us and please remember to contact us at any time if you have questions / issues you would like to discuss. Lions and Sharks start their Forest School sessions every Tuesday after Easter (as well as bears continuing) and Turtles start swimming every Monday. As school is closed over the Easter break, your normal paths to support may not be available so I’d like to remind you of other sources of help you can access. The 'Just One Norfolk' phone line and website are a good place to go - 0300 300 0123 or https://www.justonenorfolk.nhs.uk/ In an emergency, where you believe the safeguarding of a child is at risk, you can call the Children's Advice and Duty Service on 0344 800 8020. Enjoy Mrs Barber’s Friyay tunes today, and have a really lovely Easter break with friends and family. We look forward to seeing you back for the start of the summer term on Monday 13th April.

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20th March 2026

Astley Advertiser 254

Well done to our lovely Lions for their super class assembly this week – we are so proud of them and the way their confidence and learning is developing. We have SO MUCH to celebrate today in our final Celebration Assembly of the term. A special well done to our nominated Headteacher Awards, and to all of our pupils who work so hard and achieve so much every week in so many areas across the school. 01263 860212 www.astleyprimary.org.uk office@astleyprimary.org.uk @Astley_Primary 01263 860212 www.astleyprimary.org.uk office@astleyprimary.org.uk @Astley_Primary Today is also our Rocksteady concert – performed alongside our Celebration Assembly! We cannot wait to see our three bands in action, after weekly rehearsals and developing their confidence and skills. I have had the pleasure of seeing lots of their sessions, and I know that our Band Leader, Jamie, is so proud of them and what they have achieved already. Please do join us today from 9:05am in the hall. Pennies are welcome for Comic Relief today as we wear non-uniform. Thank you to School Council for running stalls yesterday to raise extra money – look out on Instagram in the next few days for the grand total. Reminder about Parents Evenings next week -please do make an appointment if you haven’t already. There are no teacher clubs next week – as per the information overleaf (no Reading, Dodgeball, Y6 English/Maths, Handball or Spellings clubs, all other clubs as normal.) New clubs information for summer one will be going out today. Please read the information carefully and look at the clubs on offer. Booking will go live on Tuesday 24th March at 7:30pm (later time to allow for Parents Evenings.) Reminder about the Friends Bingo Event tonight in the hall – doors at 5pm, eyes down for 6pm. Finally – we celebrate Science ACE Day next Friday! Please join us for an Open Morning session from 8:30am in classes. The theme of the day is ‘Curiosity – what’s your Question?’ We are really excited for an ACE jam packed day of fun, learning and exploration as we have a ‘Willy Wonka inspired day’ in a world of imagination. There are dress up ideas in the letter from Mrs Hamilton; children are welcome to dress up as Willy Wonka them or anything Science related. We can’t wait! Mrs Canty has chosen our tunes today, enjoy the weekend.

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13th March 2026

Astley Advertiser 253

Our Bears had a brilliant time on their trip to Snettisham Farm on Tuesday – it was a day of learning, meeting and feeding a range of animals, play and even some sunshine! Thank you so much to all our lovely parent helpers too, for making it such a great day. Thank you to those parents and carers who attended our Year One Phonics session this week – please do let us know if you would like more information, but a resource pack has also been sent home. Our Tigers performed a great class assembly this week – well done to them, we are very proud of their hard work and positive attitudes. They are growing up fast! We look forward to seeing our Lions in action next Wednesday 18th March at 2:45pm, please do join us.

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6th March 2026

Astley Advertiser 252

What a week! It has been a jam-packed ACE week full of opportunity, learning and fun. We hope you enjoyed our Masked Reader challenge – thank you to the staff team and families for getting involved on Instagram! World Book Day yesterday was a huge success; it was great to see children working together and sharing their love of stories. Thank you to Miss Wreford and team for a super day, and as always – families for putting in so much effort with costumes and fun.

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27th February 2026

Astley Advertiser 251

Welcome back team – it has been great to kick start Spring Term Two thinking all about the ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing.’ These are five proven concepts and strategies to help improve our wellbeing, both physically and mentally. The five ways to wellbeing are: Connect, Take Notice, Keep Learning, Give and Be Active. This week we started our week with an active and fun assembly, talking about how we can ‘move our mood!’ Please continue to talk to your children about our learning themes at home.

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13th February 2026

Astley Advertiser 250

I started the week talking all about ‘Empathy’ and how important a skill / value this is. The children showed great understanding and we also linked it to Safer Internet Day which we celebrated on Tuesday. All classes got involved and we explored many areas of internet use, including AI and how we can use this responsibly. Our visitor PC Elliott led an assembly for Key Stage Two and talked all about safety on devices and what to do if we are worried or unsure. It was a really informative and fun day – thank you to Mrs Hamilton for organising.

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6th February 2026

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Well done Team Dolphins on a great class assembly this week – so much learning, talent and confidence on display, we are very proud of you all.

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30th January 2026

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Sharks performed a fantastic class assembly this week – Miss Wreford and the team are so proud of them and the hard work they are putting in across the curriculum. We look forward to seeing our Dolphins in action next Wednesday at 2:45pm.

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23rd January 2026

Astley Advertiser 247

Well done to our Turtles on their class assembly this week; it was great to see everything they have been learning and it was delivered with such confidence. We look forward to seeing our Sharks in action next Wednesday at 2:45pm. Thank you to the Sharks parents who attended the Maths meeting - it is great to have the opportunity to work together in the best interests of the children.

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16th January 2026

Astley Advertiser 246

What a super first full week we have had! Our Tigers and Penguins loved their first Forest School session of the year and have already been learning and practising so many outdoor and science related skills, including making Christmas Tree Tea! Dolphins started their swimming sessions, Sharks have been taking part in Bikeability and our Lions did some checking in with our honey bees; a real hive of activity!

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9th January 2026

Astley Advertiser 245

A very Happy New Year to you all and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas time. It has been lovely to welcome everyone back this term, including some new pupils; we welcome Evelyn, Zion and Pearl to Tigers and Turtles classes.

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19th December 2025

Astley Advertiser 244

We have had a super week rounding off Astley Christmas! We are very proud of our Bears, Lions and Tigers for their Christmas Show performances. It is easy to forget how young they are, and to see how much hard work and practise has gone in is brilliant. A big well done to the staff team here for making the magic happen and to families for your ongoing support

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16th December 2025

Astley Advertiser 240

We had such an amazing Art ACE Day on Monday! Each class took part in a variety of enriching activities linked to the theme ‘Community’ and it was so lovely to welcome families in before and after school. Thank you to those who attended and continuing to support our school. A big thank you to Mrs Borley for coordinating such a successful day, and to the helpers we had in school.

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16th December 2025

Astley Advertiser 241

Well done to Penguins class for their assembly this week; it was lovely to see their learning and term so far. Turtles and Dolphins have both been out on trips this week. Turtles had a fantastic day at the Time and Tide Museum and Dolphins experienced an enriching day at West Stow. Thank you to the parents and carers who attended and the team for making our trips possible.

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16th December 2025

Astley Advertiser 243

We are still absolutely buzzing from our fantastic Friends Christmas Fair! If ever there was a way to showcase our community and special team spirit – last Friday was it. The team of Friends, helpers and everyone who contributed went absolutely above and beyond, and did it all with such positivity and a can do attitude.

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16th December 2025

Astley Advertiser 242

We have loved kicking Christmas off here at Astley – with sparkle and festive spirit in full swing! What better way to round off the week than with our Friends Christmas Fair. The fun begins after school in the hall, and we can’t wait to see as many of you there as possible supporting our community. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped in any way, it really is appreciated. Christmas card boxes are located by the office and in Hastings building, if children wish to send cards to their friends. Please ensure that the child’s name and class name / year group are clear on the envelope, thank you in advance.

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14th November 2025

Astley Advertiser 239

On Tuesday we held a poignant Remembrance Service. Thank you to Mr Dart for playing ‘The Last Post’ and for all of your kind donations to our fantastic Year 5 poppy sellers, Edie and Lottie!

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7th November 2025

Astley Advertiser 238

We have loved being back and have spent this week recapping our ACE Expectations – ‘Be Ready, Show Respect, Try Your Best’ and how we can maintain these high standards in and around school. We have also been recapping the British Values and discussing how important these are to our everyday lives.

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23rd October 2025

Astley Advertiser 237

We have had a super last week of the half term, with our lovely Bears treating us to their class assembly. We are very proud of them all and their developing confidence and ACE skills. School Council also held a fantastic whole school assembly on Monday, teaching us all about the British Value ‘Tolerance.’ Well done School Council!

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17th October 2025

Astley Advertiser 236

Well done Tigers class for a fantastic class assembly this week! We all thoroughly enjoyed it and we are so proud of you all and the joy you brought to the stage – well done!

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10th October 2025

Astley Advertiser 235

A big thank you to Mr Dart and team for yet another fantastic Astley Apple Day; the perfect start to the week! It was a superb showcase of our wonderful community, thank you to all those who attended and supported.

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3rd October 2025

Astley Advertiser 234

We have had a super week of learning here at Astley! Our Sharks are having a fantastic time at Hilltop on their residential and are making so many memories together, whilst challenging themselves and enjoying a range of experiences; we can’t wait to hear more when they are back. Thank you to our Penguins this week for stepping up and taking on some important roles and responsibilities.

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26th September 2025

Astley Advertiser 233

Happy European Day of Languages (EDoL)! Today we celebrate EDoL through the theme – ‘Languages open hearts and minds.’ Mr Dart has planned an exciting day exploring how languages can empower us and enable us to communicate and understand other cultures. Classes will spend all day completing various activities using a range of skills through art, music and more!

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19th September 2025

Astley Advertiser 232

On Monday Miss Wreford spoke to the whole school about ‘British Values’ - Democracy, The Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance.

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12th September 2025

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Our learning theme this week is ‘supportive’; I have been so impressed with the children and how they have been working together this week, helping each other and showing such ACE learning behaviours. All classes have settled in really well, which is so lovely to see.

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5th September 2025

Astley Advertiser 230

A very warm welcome back to you all; to our existing families, to new families joining us part way through their school journey and to our lovely new Bears. I hope you all had a great summer! It is exciting to welcome Mrs Borley and Miss Edgeley to our teaching team, and Mrs Cleall to our support staff team.

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6th June 2025

Astley Advertiser 224

Welcome back to the last half term of this academic year! We have a busy one lined up with lots of exciting events happening – please ensure you are familiar with the dates overleaf. We welcomed the Soul Space team into school this week and our classes had a fantastic experience immersing themselves in reflection and thought.

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23rd May 2025

Astley Advertiser 223

We had a fantastic Maths ACE Day on Monday! So many important skills were learnt and developed and lots of fun was had across the school. Thank you to those of you who joined us for Open Morning. Please see overleaf updates to the calendar, including when the mobile library van will be visiting Astley. This is a great chance for children to choose and share books, as well as the books they read in school.

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25th April 2025

Astley Advertiser 219

Welcome back - we are really excited to be back for the start of the summer term! I hope you had a lovely Easter and spent some quality time with family and friends; we have loved hearing all about what the children got up to.

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4th April 2025

Astley Advertiser 218

We have had a fantastic and very busy last week to round off the Spring Term. It has been great engaging with families in our Parents Evenings and we hope you have found these useful. Also, it was wonderful to see so many families joining us for our Forest School Open Sessions this week; we hope you enjoyed them, and the sunshine!

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28th March 2025

Astley Advertiser 217

Thank you so much for your generous donations to Comic Relief last week – we raised an impressive £182.20! We are so proud of our Bears for their fantastic class assembly on Wednesday – a wonderful showcase of how they are growing and developing.

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21st March 2025

Astley Advertiser 216

It is Red Nose Day today and we are proud to be raising money for Comic Relief; thank you in advance for your kind donations. There will be a red nose out in the playground morning and afternoon for you to put pennies on if you can.

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14th March 2025

Astley Advertiser 215

It has been a busy week this week! We were delighted to invite our Governors into school on Tuesday to keep up to date and get involved in life at Astley. They really are an asset to the school, and the children were fantastic in welcoming them in and sharing their learning.

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7th March 2025

Astley Advertiser 214

What a beautiful week! Not only has the sun been shining - we have had such a jam packed week full of activity, learning and enrichment. Turtles and Dolphins had a great cricket session on Tuesday, led by our friends at Active Education, and they rounded off the day with some pancake flipping fun!

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28th February 2025

Astley Advertiser 213

We have had a great first week back and start to Spring Two. Turtles’ first swimming session was a success and we look forward to seeing their progress this half term. Clubs have been back in action and it has been great to see an array of extra curricular activity happening around school.

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14th February 2025

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Well done to our Sharks for completing their Bikeability course over the past few weeks; they have showed fantastic cycling kills and road safety ability – we are proud of you all! They also performed a super class assembly on Wednesday, including a very special sign language performance.

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7th February 2025

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It has been lovely to see the sun shining this week and lots of fantastic learning across the curriculum. A group of Penguins and Sharks went out on a Sports Event on Monday and had a great time, taking part in a variety of events.

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31st January 2025

Astley Advertiser 210

Well done to our Penguins for their class assembly this week; they shared their learning in lots of creative ways. It is great to see how Penguins are developing and thank you to the families that joined us.

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24th January 2025

Astley Advertiser 209

Clubs have been back in action this week, and it has been great to see so many pupils getting involved. Remember – please do let us know if your child can’t attend for any reason.

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17th January 2025

Astley Advertiser 208

Happy Friyay – it has been a super first full week back! Our Turtles and Dolphins loved their first Forest School sessions of the year and getting stuck in to their Science topics in the woods!

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20th December 2024

Sparkle and Shine - Christmas 2024

Merry Christmas from Astley Primary!

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20th December 2024

Astley Advertiser 206

What a spectacularly festive fun week we have had! We are so incredibly proud of our Bears, Lions and Tigers for their performances of ‘Twinkly Nativity.’ The hard work, enthusiasm and joy on display was impressive; they did themselves so so proud. A big thank you to the great team of staff for their efforts and to our fantastic families.

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13th December 2024

Astley Advertiser 205

It has been a lovely festive week here as preparation is in full swing for the Bears Lions and Tigers Christmas Show ‘Twinkly Nativity’.

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6th December 2024

Astley Advertiser 204

We have kicked Christmas off in style this week with the return of Christmas Jumper Month! It is lovely to see the joy and sparkle around school. Our Bears had the best time at their school trip on Tuesday – they visited the Christmas Magic at Holkham and had a wonderful festive time.

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29th November 2024

Astley Advertiser 203

Over the next couple of weeks Years 1-6 will be completing some new assessments in their classes; these assessments will give us clear steps of how to identify gaps in knowledge and help teachers to move the childrens’ learning on.

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22nd November 2024

Astley Advertiser 202

We started our week with a super Anti Bullying Exhibition in the hall on Monday afternoon; it was so lovely to see so many families sharing the childrens’ work and we are really proud of the fantastic range of work they produced. A big thank you to Miss Harrold for organising Anti Bullying Week.

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15th November 2024

Astley Advertiser 201

It has been a truly ACE week! Anti-Bullying Week has been a fantastic opportunity to explore what bullying is, the many different forms it can take and what we can do to prevent it in and around our school. Every class has done some fantastic work related to this and we are really proud of their thoughtful and considered responses

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8th November 2024

Astley Advertiser 200

I hope you all had a lovely half term week, and as you can see by the dates overleaf, we are back with an ACE bang, with a busy and exciting half term ahead.

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6th September 2024

Astley Advertiser 192

A very warm welcome back to you all; to our existing families, to new families joining us part way through their school journey and to our lovely new Bears.

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12th July 2024

Astley Advertiser 190

We have had a great 'ACE Year Ahead week' this week, where all of our classes have spent lots of time with their new class team for September.

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5th July 2024

Astley Advertiser 189

It was lovely to welcome our brand new Bears for September in this week for a ‘Hello Bears Party.’

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28th June 2024

Astley Advertiser 188

We have loved the sunshine this week and have really been making the most of our outdoors.

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21st June 2024

Astley Advertiser - Edition 187

Helpers wanted for our ACE Art Day!

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10th May 2024

ASTLEY ADVERTISER

The 'Astley Advertiser' is our weekly newsletter that captures all the ACE goings on at Astley

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10th November 2023

Anti-Bullying Week

We are really looking forward to Anti-Bullying Week starting 13 November

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10th November 2023

ASTLEY CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Check out the latest calendar dates and events at Astley

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23rd May 2023

Richard Bainbridge pays Astley a visit

Richard Bainbridge, Chef and Patron of Benedicts Restaurant, Norwich and BBC 2’s Great British Menu winner 2015, came to visit Astley Primary School today to lead sessions in baking.

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3rd March 2023

World Book ACE Day...

was such a hit…with the children all mixed up in groups across the school travelling around to take part in different activities with different adults.

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7th February 2023

ACE SAFER INTERNET DAY 2023

‘The aim of Safer Internet Day is to promote responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.’ The theme of this year’s Safer Internet Day is:- ‘Want to Talk About it? Making Space for Conversations about Life Online.’

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16th December 2022

Merry Christmas from Astley!

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2nd December 2022

The opening of Astley Primary's new school library!

We caught up with Mr Seager, Deputy Head and Primary English Lead both at Astley and across Synergy Trust, to find out more about this exciting project.

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12th November 2022

ACE ANTI-BULLYING WEEK

14TH – 18TH NOVEMBER 2022

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17th June 2022

ACE Maths Focus Day

We had a fantastic Maths ACE Focus Day this week, it was so great to see everyone enthused and loving Maths!

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10th June 2022

COULD YOU SUPPORT ASTLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL BY BECOMING A PARENT OR TRUST APPOINTED GOVERNOR?

ASTLEY PRIMARY CURRENTLY HAS VACANCIES FOR BOTH PARENT AND TRUST GOVERNORS

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18th January 2022

Astley Primary in the EDP

Read the article about our school being rated ‘GOOD’ by Ofsted

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14th January 2022

We are a 'GOOD' School! - Ofsted

Read the new report and letters from the Headteacher and Chair of Governors. We are very proud!

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15th November 2021

ACE Anti-Bullying Week. 15th -19th November

Miss Harrold is Astley's current Foundation Stage teacher and is Subject Lead for RE and Life Skills. As part of her Subject Lead role in Life Skills, we put Miss Harrold and Anti-Bullying Week under the ACE Spotlight!

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4th November 2021

ACE Art Focus Day

Astley's current Year 6 teacher and Curriculum Lead for Art and Computing, we caught up with Miss Le Rose and put her and Art Focus Day under the ACE Spotlight!

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15th October 2021

ACE Forest School with Mr Dart and Mr Riches

We put Mr Dart, Mr Riches and Forest Schools in the ACE Spotlight! to find out what exciting changes are in store for pupils this academic year.

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3rd May 2021

Meet... The Pastoral Support Team

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