Newsletter 01.05.26

Diary Dates

Term Dates

Dear Parents/Carers,

The summer term is now well underway and there has been lots of exciting updates to share with you. One of my favourite events of the year took place on Tuesday this week; the Annual Chiltern Learning Trust Gym and Dance show. This is such a highlight for me and I love to watch the energy and enthusiasm from all of the children taking part. Our Ardley Hill children did us proud with two truly amazing performances. It was a high energy and polished performance; I was just so proud of them! Huge thanks to Mrs Liscio and Miss Hibbins for supporting them with learning routines and getting them performance ready; their time and commitment to our children is hugely appreciated. It is personal development opportunities such as this which really allow our children to shine and develop skills beyond the classroom; something I am really passionate about. Well done everyone and thank you to you our parents and carers for supporting your child if they were involved.

Those of you who were able to attend our Leadership coffee morning will be aware that we are developing our behaviour policy this year. Lots of staff training has been taking place and an understanding of behaviour as communication along with rewards and consequences is now becoming more embedded into the culture at Ardley Hill. The children have begun receiving assemblies to support them with positive learning behaviours and we are very close to being able to share our finalised behaviour policy with you.

I am delighted to share that in the final week of the Spring term we received a Quality Assurance review of our curriculum from the Trust Education team. The focus was on core subjects, Maths, Reading and Writing. We were delighted with the positive feedback from this review which demonstrated improvements in teaching and learning since the review carried out the previous academic year. The review highlighted strengths in the curriculum design and leadership of the subjects too. This is a team effort and I am delighted that we are all working together to celebrate our strengths and drive improvements in order to secure the best outcomes for our children.

Finally, a big thanks to FOAH and all of you for supporting our school disco yesterday evening. I was disappointed to be in a governors meeting so was unable to attend. I'm sure the sugar rush lasted well into the evening for you all!

I hope you all have a lovely long weekend; we will welcome the children to school on Tuesday after the bank holiday.

Kind regards,

Mrs Romina Lang

Attendance-Paddington Bear

Each week in our whole school assembly we celebrate children's attendance by the winning class for that week receiving Paddington Bear to sit pride of place in their classroom. The class with the highest attendance figure is rewarded with a class prize.

The winning class for the last week was:

Week of 20th April: Itlay and Wales class with 99.55% attendance

Whole school attendance : 96.10%

Week of 27th April : Wales Class class with 99.11 % attendance

Whole school attendance : 95.29%

Our whole school target attendance for this academic year across all classes is 97%.

REACH Awards- Easter

REACH Awards KS1

Resilience- Oscar, Aria and Nicollette

Engagement- Logan, Victor and Matilda

Aspiration- Zara, Amber and Teddy

Communication- Joshua, Freya and Nancy

Healthy- Leonardo, Max and Teddy

REACH Awards KS2

Resilience- Jessica, Jack, Harry and Olivia

Engagement- Szymon, Bruno, Sarah and Alanna

Aspiration- Isla, Fikayomi, Betty and Thea

Communication- Rivers, Kiara, Jaxon and Kylan

Healthy- Karikaalan, Isabella, Cayson and Phoebe

Bank Holiday Monday

Reminder that Preschool and the main school will be closed on Monday 4th of May due to a bank holiday.

Children return to school on Tuesday 5th May.

Summer Uniform

Children can now come into school in Ardley Hill Academy's summer uniform. See below summer uniform list:

Yellow Striped or checked dress

Dark grey trousers (short or long) / skirt/ pinafore dress
short sleeved gold polo shirt
Dark grey Academy jumper / cardigan with Ardley Hill embroidered emblem
Plain white/ grey/ black socks or tights
Black low heeled shoes

School uniform can be purchased from :

Best Look, High Street North, Dunstable.

Sports Day Dates

Wednesday 24th June: Pre-school Sports Day (10-11am)

Tuesday 7th July: Reception Sports Day (Wales and Ireland class) Morning session

Wednesday 8th July: KS2 Sports Day (Years 3-6) Morning session

Wednesday 8th July: KS1 Sports Day (Years 1-2) Afternoon session

Further information regarding Sports Day and timings will follow. In the instance of unsuitable weather conditions, the date will be rescheduled.

ART EXHIBITION DONATIONS NEEDED!

This year, every class will be creating a collaborative Art and Design Technology project to showcase at our School Art Exhibition on 3 July. The finished pieces will be auctioned in a silent auction to help raise funds for much-needed art supplies across the year groups.

To help bring these projects to life, we are looking for second-hand, good condition donations of the following items:

Wooden stools (short or tall)

Large mirror (with wooden frame)
Small wooden tables (side or small coffee tables)
Children’s wooden tables with or without chairs
Large planter pots
Wooden chess sets
Wooden garden chairs or benches
Art easels (any size)

to the left are some picture examples:

If you have any of these items you would be happy to donate, please contact the school office.

Thank you for supporting our young artists and designers!

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