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Hello, everyone!
Summer is just around the corner and before you know it, we will be heading for transitions and a good summer rest!
This term, although a short one, has been a whirlwind around SEND. We are continuing on the Aston Hall journey. Let's take a look at this term, we have:
Reviewed and updated the SEND and wider inclusion registers.
SEND reviews will be complete by the end of the term/ Parents evenings - Meet the teacher
Assessed SEND paperwork and slimlined documents to complement the children and support staff.
Completed end-of-term tracking, evaluations, and assessments regarding impact and success.
More staff training - supporting children with handwriting difficulties
Evaluated Inventions planning with planning for the summer term.
Consultations WITH ME IN MIND, whole school approaches, ambassadors, and corridor workshops
Rotherham SEND forum meets and supports the approach to SEND in Rotherham.
Ms K Woodcock
Aston Hall SENDCo
kwoodcock@astonhallschool.org
The Aston Hall Way
The Aston Hall Way
We are proud of our achievements!
We are proud of our achievements!
Aston Hall Shines at the Utilita Kids Cup 2025 Regional Finals!
Aston Hall proudly represented Rotherham United at the Utilita Kids Cup 2025 Regional Finals, putting in a tremendous performance. The team won one game, drew one, and lost three in the main competition. In the friendly matches, they secured another win and a loss on penalties.
The boys gave their absolute all, showing incredible determination and teamwork. As the tournament progressed, their passing, confidence in the ball, and overall gameplay improved. There was a high level of skill on display, with the defense and goalkeeper making top-quality tackles and saves throughout.
Their enthusiasm and resilience truly paid off and they represented Aston Hall and Rotherham United in a fantastic light.
A huge shoutout to all the supporters who made the four-hour round trip to cheer the team on! ⚽⭐
Updates
Loose Lips Don't Sink Ships!
Next term, we will be looking at how we can adapt and change to engage more parents with our loose lips events, and support the community with worries, struggles, and the ever-changing needs for mental health support for families. Mrs Wall and I will be planning some things a little differently - I hope you will join us in the summer term for a good old catch-up.
In the meantime, there is lots of advice available, over at the parent carers forum website.
With Me in Mind (WMIM)
Over this term the WMIM team has held a the Me in Mind team held a ‘corridor workshop’ to support World Mental Health Day. Playing games linked to the new film Inside Out 2 explores many more emotions that we are all challenged with daily. Helping the children to recognise that these emotions are normal and we all need strategies in our tool belt to help us when these emotions become overwhelming.
The WMIM team also supported another small group of children working in a Flowers 125 intervention to support strategies for anxiety and worries.
If you feel your child may need further support please don’t hesitate to contact their class teacher.
There are some other useful links to support children with their social emotional mental health further down this newsletter, in our Ways to Support section.
Let's Snoop Around...
Let's Snoop Around...
Eco Warriors
Our Eco Council were visited by James from Energy Sparks. James sat with eco council and showed them how to use the website, how to look at the schools energy data, how much energy we are using and what impact the new solar panels have had on our building. They also looked at certain tasks they could do to further help the environment.
James also brought an infa red detector and we had a look around school to see where heat is escaping and where we can make changes. We also looked at a mini solar panel and how it worked!
The children had a great time and it was informative ☺️.
A huge thank you to Energy Sparks for visiting us!
Rainbows
In the summer term, over in Rainbows, Fridays wil further develop the children by supporting skills in life. The planned tasks will see the children become independent and develop essential skills for life in the future.
Life skills we will be covering in Rainbows 🌈:
Litter picking
Washing outside toys
Money walking to the shop
Make a shopping list
Know your full name and address
Make your own pack up/picnic
Tie shoe laces
Wrap a gift
Write a birthday card
Understand time and what we do at certain times time we wake up, time we have lunch, and time we go to bed.
Setting a table to eat at.
Plant some flowers, water them, and watch them grow.
Make friends a cold/hot drink (maybe warm, not hot, lol)
Building something as a team (putting a game together)
Fixing something that might be broken
Making sure we understand that we don't talk to strangers
Match socks together
World Book Day 📚
World Book Day encourages more children and families to find fun and enjoyment in reading because reading for pleasure changes lives.
Fun it was!
Residential for Y5/6 in York
Y6 had a great last afternoon on their residential. They visited the National Railway Museum in York!
Red Nose Day
Friday, 21st March, was comic relief. On this day the children and staff had a non-uniform day to raise money for this fantastic charity.
Children wore red noses, comic relief-themed outfits, and comic relief-branded clothing. However, some didn't and just came in non-uniform they were comfortable in and supported with a donation to the charity.
Look out on our website for the pictures they are amazing!
About FACE
Face Family Advice was set up to help parents like you. With the stresses and strains of modern life, our children and young adults have never been under more pressure. They aim to offer advice, tips and support to parents who want to get the best out of their family relationships and need new tools to do that.
Below is a copy of their most recent newsletter and timetable:
Family First / Net Mums
Click here to see the latest FREE issue of Family First.
Family First is a quarterly magazine specifically designed to improve the health of over 6,000,000 families across England, Scotland & Wales.
Ways to Support
Ways to Support
Here are some links and resources to help support children with SEND/SEMH.
Useful Links
The Worry Tree App- Worry Tree helps you to take control of your worries, transform your thoughts and feel better using CBT techniques and sensory practices.
Chill Panda - Something new I have found to support anxiety, worries, and calming strategies. May be a good one to support some of the children to develop strategies. Available on GooglePlay and AppStore.
Worry Monsters - these are recommended by psychologists and teachers to act as a 'waste bin' for fears, troubles and woes that children don't always talk about
who's who and what's what?
who's who and what's what?
Local area school nurse
Nasrat Haider Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) 0-19 Service South Area SPA - 01709423333 Work Days Mon - Thu 9am- 5pm
Rhian Especito/Amy Benson - School Inclusion Team, part of Rotherham's Inclusion Support Services
Nicola Hutchings - (Locum) Educational Psychologist
With Me in Mind Rotherham - one of the nation Mental Health Support Teams based in Doncaster & Rotherham
Speech & Language Therapist
Traded School Service - Family Health Division - Therapy Admin office: 01709 423229/30
Rotherham SENDIASS stands for Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service
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