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9th January 2026
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.
19th December 2025
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
16th December 2025
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.
16th December 2025
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.
16th December 2025
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.
16th December 2025
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.
14th November 2025
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!
7th November 2025
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.
23rd October 2025
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!
17th October 2025
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!
10th October 2025
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.
3rd October 2025
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.
26th September 2025
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!
19th September 2025
On Monday Miss Wreford spoke to the whole school about ‘British Values’ - Democracy, The Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance.
12th September 2025
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.
5th September 2025
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.
6th June 2025
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.
23rd May 2025
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.
25th April 2025
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.
4th April 2025
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!
28th March 2025
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.
21st March 2025
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.
14th March 2025
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.
7th March 2025
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!
28th February 2025
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.
14th February 2025
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.
7th February 2025
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.
31st January 2025
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.
24th January 2025
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.
17th January 2025
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!
20th December 2024
Merry Christmas from Astley Primary!
20th December 2024
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.
13th December 2024
It has been a lovely festive week here as preparation is in full swing for the Bears Lions and Tigers Christmas Show ‘Twinkly Nativity’.
6th December 2024
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.
29th November 2024
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.
22nd November 2024
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.
15th November 2024
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
8th November 2024
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.
6th September 2024
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.
12th July 2024
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.
5th July 2024
It was lovely to welcome our brand new Bears for September in this week for a ‘Hello Bears Party.’
28th June 2024
We have loved the sunshine this week and have really been making the most of our outdoors.
21st June 2024
Helpers wanted for our ACE Art Day!
10th May 2024
The 'Astley Advertiser' is our weekly newsletter that captures all the ACE goings on at Astley
10th November 2023
Check out the latest calendar dates and events at Astley
10th November 2023
We are really looking forward to Anti-Bullying Week starting 13 November
23rd May 2023
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.
3rd March 2023
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.
7th February 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.’
16th December 2022
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2nd December 2022
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.
12th November 2022
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17th June 2022
We had a fantastic Maths ACE Focus Day this week, it was so great to see everyone enthused and loving Maths!
10th June 2022
ASTLEY PRIMARY CURRENTLY HAS VACANCIES FOR BOTH PARENT AND TRUST GOVERNORS
18th January 2022
Read the article about our school being rated ‘GOOD’ by Ofsted
14th January 2022
Read the new report and letters from the Headteacher and Chair of Governors. We are very proud!
15th November 2021
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!
4th November 2021
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!
15th October 2021
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.
3rd May 2021
