Y5&Y6 Secure Place on Rotherham Titans Rugby Programme 🏉

We’re so excited that Y5 & Y6 have been fortunate enough to secure a place on the Rotherham Titans Rugby Programme this term! 

Over the next six weeks, the students will be learning all about nutrition, healthy eating and lifestyle, as well as completing an additional PE session with the Rotherham Rugby Titans players. 

Aston Lodge Eco Committee Supports the WPT Green Initiative 💚

Our Eco Committee is supporting the WPT Green Initiative! 

At the most recent meeting, the Eco Committee discussed some ways that we can make the school greener. 

This includes turning off light switches in classrooms and corridors that aren't being used. 

During assembly, the Eco Committee made all classes aware of the positive environmental impact that this can have! 

Well done to our Eco Committee! 💡

KS2 With Me In Mind Sleep Workshop 😴

A couple of weeks ago, the With Me In Mind team delivered sleep workshops to our Y4, 5 and 6 children and parents.

The workshops were very informative and the children learnt so many new strategies to improve their sleep and therefore their wellbeing. 

Thank you to everyone for the contributions with the workshop and a special thank you to WMIM!

RCS Sponsored Walk Grand Total Revealed! 💰

We're super proud to announce that we raised a grand total of £4801.43 from our annual sponsored walk! This has now been sent to the YoungMinds charity - the charity that our students chose to support this year.

We would like to congratulate our students on their hard work in raising funds and for taking part! Thanks to our Rawmarsh families who donated to a charity that supports our young people.

Y7 Indoor Athletics Team Competition 🎽

Well done to our Y7 Indoor Athletics Team who took part in the Rotherham School Games Competition last week.

It was a great competition with some exceptional performances! Both the girls and the boys teams finished in 6th position, showing resilience and never giving any less than their best.

Craft Club's Creative Clay Hands 🖐

In Crafts Club, students and staff have spent the time making these creative clay heart hands! 

They explored moulding and forming techniques, using a variety of colourful glazes and oxides. 

Well done to all students and staff who took part – the clay heart hands look fantastic! 

Sharing Religion in Oak Class 🤍

These superstars in Oak Class became the teacher in RE. They came to the front to share their knowledge of the Three Pillars of Islam and answer other children’s questions.

Well done on an amazing lesson!

Y3/4 Prepare for Viking Day ⛵

Y3/4 enjoyed some DT work in preparation for their Viking Day. We had to carefully measure out and cut using a hand saw. 

We will be using the wooden frames we created to make a Viking longboat. 

Future Careers Research 🔎

After some lovely research on the many different careers we could have in the future, in Computing we started to look at how we can present information using Google Slides. 

We're Featured on the 'Made by Mammas' Podcast 🎙

Our Director of Safeguarding and Director of PSHE have today been featured on the Made by Mammas Podcast. 

The Podcast, hosted by TV and Radio Broadcaster Zoe Hardman along with Georgia Dayton, features a Q&A on all things PSHE and Safeguarding including sex and relationships, internet safety, communication, friendships and bullying. 

WPT Cheerleading Camp 🤸‍♀️

Is your child interested in Cheerleading? We are hosting a Cheerleading Camp this half term!

• Tuesday 13th February 2024

• Wickersley School and Sports College – Yellow Gym

• Students in Y4, Y5, Y6 or Y7 (8-12 years old) welcome

• £20 per day

• An interest or previous experience in cheerleading or gymnastics is required

There is a limit of 20 students.

If you would like your child to participate please pay via PayPal: remittance@wickersleypt.org. Please include “Cheer Tues” as a reference.

Please fill out the Google Form below alongside the payment.

WPT Solar Panel Project ⚡

As part of our commitment to sustainability, we are excited to begin the installation of solar PV panels across all 13 of our schools.

We have secured £100,000 in grant funding from the North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub, through the second round of their Energy Project Enabling Fund, to help finance Phase One of the project, which is due to be completed by the end of March 2024. 

The solar panels are estimated to generate around 270 MWh of electricity annually – significantly reducing our schools’ CO2 emissions by approximately 53.68 metric tons per year.  

Foljambe Eco Team Receive Blue Peter Badges ♻

Mrs Ramsay is so proud of her Eco Team! They applied for their Blue Peter badges for contributing to our environment and looking after the school grounds. We are so proud of you for dreaming big and thinking about our school.

Watch this space for our developing allotment. 

Cube Calculations 📐

Y5 and Y6 have been learning about cubed numbers in Maths. To help us understand exactly what was happening, we built cubes to represent the calculations we were trying to understand. 

Developing Our Sketching Skills ✍

Y5 and Y6 children have been developing their sketching skills and can now use one-point perspective.

This was really quite a tricky task and required a great deal of patience and attention to detail. It’s a good job that we are resilient at Foljambe! 

School Games Panathlon 🏅

Sports Hall Athletics 🎽

Skipping School 👟

BAE Systems visit TGA ⚡

On Thursday 25th January, we had some very special visitors at TGA! STEM Ambassadors Sophie, Fran and Rob from BAE Systems, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy joined us to deliver three interactive assemblies to Y7s, Y8s and Gainsborough primary schools. 

TGA Student performs in Jack & the Beanstalk Panto 🌿

Over the Christmas period Demi-Lea Bull took part in the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk at the Trinity Arts Centre.

Demi-Lea was part of the dance team in the show.

TGA Proud Podium ⭐

We've continued with our Proud to be TGA initiative this half term. We want our students to be Proud of the work they accomplish and of the school they belong to. Our Proud Podium, Proud phone calls home, and Proud Plenaries are just some of the ways we have been accomplishing this.

Proud to be TGA.

Virtual Author Visit 📖

We had a really interesting virtual visit from author Jess Butterworth.

She told us all about her adventures travelling to different countries and explained how this inspires her writing. She gave us lots of top tips for writing.

Foundation Stage Story Focus 📚

Our Foundation children have been extremely busy learning!  Our focus stories have been Hansel and Gretel and Goldilocks and the Three Bears and these have been the focus of our activities.

We have made stick puppets and thank you cards, created sweetie houses out of paper bags and playdough, and so much more!

Y6 Booster Sessions ✏

Our Y6 pupils are really taking responsibility for their learning and going the extra mile to improve their maths, reading, spelling, grammar, punctuation and writing skills.

Superb effort and attitude! 

Class 13 Cranworth Climbing Challenge 🧗‍♀️

Class 13 took part in an indoor climbing experience with staff from WPT.

The children were outstanding from start to finish and they demonstrated great courage, determination, teamwork, coaching and communication skills to support each other throughout the session. Each and every child managed to climb up the wall- with some children reaching the very top on some or all of the climbs.

FS2 Explore Traditional Tales 📖

Class 2 have been learning the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood. We have enjoyed acting the story out, painting the woods, writing get well cards to Grandma and ordering the story. 

We’ve had so much fun!  

Mining History Visitor

In History, Year 6 interviewed Mr Hughes (a miner from the 1980s) about how important mining was to the local area.

We used open-ended questions to find out as much as possible. He told us lots of valuable information and showed us some interesting artefacts. 

Nativity Raises Money for Tiny Toes Appeal

Nativity stars at Aston Hall raised £180 for the Rotherham Hospital and Community Charity’s Tiny Toes appeal by selling the show’s programmes.

Children appearing in ‘Baarmy Bethlehem’ and ‘Lights, Camel Action!’ in December were inspired to fundraise by families within the school community who have spent time on the neonatal unit at Rotherham Hospital.

Science Careers Visit

In January, we had another fantastic assembly with a visitor linked to our careers curriculum focus for January, which is Science. 

Jenny Hyland, a parent of a child in school, is the director of global learning & development for WeightWatchers.

She talked about her interest in different subjects and how those led to her career now.

Exploring the Moon with POP's Outdoor Adventure 🌑

We had outdoor learning with Pop’s Outdoor Adventure looking at the moon. This is linked to our Science topic of space.

We gathered materials to create the background of a picture, learnt facts about the different phases of the moon and then used spray paints to create some amazing images of the moon in the night sky. 

GCSE Presentation Evening

We welcomed back the Class of 2023 for their GCSE Presentation Evening.

The students who received their official GCSE results last summer were invited back to school, alongside family and friends, to celebrate their achievements across their final year of secondary education.

TA Students in Rotary International in GB & Ireland District Young Musician Final

On Sunday 4th February, Ben and Lucas from Thrybergh Academy headed to Nottingham to compete in the Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland District 1220 Young Musician Final, which covers South Yorkshire to North Nottinghamshire. 

Science Club Tackles New Experiments 🧪

In Science Club, we investigated how to extract DNA from a Kiwi fruit and banana. We followed the practical instruction sheet and crushed the fruits into a liquid form then reacted them with washing up liquid. Once filtered, the sample was reacted with ethanol to allow the students to see various white strands of DNA produced. 

RSPB Bird Watch 🦉

In assembly the children have been learning about RSPB the big bird watch. At home the children have been looking for different bird species and creating fact files about these.

With Me in Mind visit UKS2

 Upper KS2 had a visit from the With Me in Mind team talking about all things sleep related!

We learnt many new facts including how much sleep we should have and how we should prepare our brains for bed.  

FS2 Healthy Habits Learning 🍎

FS2 have been making the most delicious smoothies! We used orange juice and many different berries, we even tried our ingredients first before adding them to the blender.

There were lots of discussions about why our smoothies were healthy and we started making plans for how we want to improve our smoothies…lots more strawberries!