York Chocolate Story Visit 🍫

Y5 loved their time at York Chocolate Story, as part of our Maya Civilisation topic.

They learnt all about where chocolate was first made, the process of making it both during the Mayan times and today and even got to make their very own chocolate!

Harvest Celebration 🍂

The whole of Aston Lodge went on a local walk to our Central Methodist Church. Here, we performed poems, sang songs and spoke about why it is important for people to be thankful for harvest.  

Out of School Achievements 🎖

Well done to Amber, Harry & Emmie who have all acheived great things in their out-of-school sports and dancing teams!

Take a look on the website to see what they won! 

Girls Netball Success

Students from 6th form and Year 10 took part in the Alex Reid Memorial tournament hosted by Sheffield Girls High School. 

They made us incredibly proud with their performance over the course of the morning, playing 6 games against some tough competition and overall they achieved 4 wins with 2 losses. There were some really close games where our students dug deep to fight and get the win placing the team 3rd overall. 

Well-Child Inspirational Award

Congratulations to Hayley in year 11 who was the proud recipient of the Well-Child Inspirational Young Person aged 12 to 14 Award.

This was awarded to Hayley for helping to raise money and awareness for the right equipment and for being involved in sport at a Pathway level.

Basketball England Success

Congratulations to Ella in Y9, who has been selected to play Basketball for England for this next season! 🏀

We wish you all the best and look forward to following your success!

Y9 Netball Success

Our netball season kicked off with a win. Our Y9 team played Maltby and won 9-0. There were some fabulous performances with Nancy Wilkins earning player of the match. Well done to Y8 and Y9 for your continued commintment to training since the start of the term. 

Y6 Transition Event Art

This term, we held our Y6 Open Evening, to mark the start of our Transition Events.

Potential students were able to have a go at activities that they would do during an Art lesson such as screen printing and design which were then added to our final Autumn themed piece! 

Y7 & 9 Football off to a Flying Start

The football season is under way and our Year 7 & Year 9 team got off to a flying start in their opening fixtures. 

Y7 beat Swinton 6-1 in their opening game and the Y9 team beat Oakwood 7-1.

Community Superstar 🌟

We are so proud of this little superstar who has been helping in the community by litter picking. He has earned himself a pledge for Active Citizenship. 

Parent Reading Session

We regularly invite our parents into school to share some reading time with their children. 

It's so lovely to see the children sharing their favourite stories. 

Y5/6 Visit Eden Camp

Y5 & Y6 extended their learning of World War 2, with a visit to Eden Camp. They amazed the adults by applying the learning from their history lessons.

Everybody had a fantastic day and the children were all Whitehill Wonders! 

Brinsworth Whitehill Rated Ofsted 'Good'!

Wickersley Partnership Trust is proud to announce that Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School has been graded as ‘Good’ in their recent Ofsted inspection. This marks the fourth ‘Good’ rating and fourth grade improvement achieved by WPT schools in two months – a fantastic achievement for all involved. 

WPT Young Musician of the Year 2023 🎼

On Thursday 12th October, WPT held the finals of the Young Musician of the Year competition. This was a fantastic evening with 25 students from KS1 to KS4 competing. 

There was amazing talent amongst these young performers and all were a credit to their schools and the trust, performing confidently. 

Y6 Transition Evenings

In the last week of September, WPT Secondary Schools held their Y6 Open Evenings to mark the start of Y6 transition to secondary school.

We would like to thank all the members of staff who organised the evenings and ensured everything ran smoothly, and our student volunteers who helped to show visitors around the schools – you did a fantastic job in representing what your schools stand for. 

School Council Meet

Mrs Lawery has held the first school council meeting of this academic year. There have been some really good ideas for the future of Foljambe!

We are looking forward to seeing the ideas happen in school!

Y6 Visit Crucial Crew

On Friday 6th October, Y6 pupils attended Crucial Crew.

We learnt lots about discrimination, hate crime and the warning signs of child criminal exploitation. Students learnt about the different courts and even had the chance to meet magistrate from a youth court. We listened to staff explain about travelling by bus and the important of road safety and water hazards. Students learnt about What3words and the importance of knowing your own address!

Foljambe Harvest 🍂

Students at Foljambe were pleased to welcome Reverend Helen for our Harvest festival.  She came into school to talk about harvest and recycling.  

Extra-Curricular Activities

We have made a very positive start to extra-curricular Sport this term.

There has been a lot of learning, a lot of competition and above all a lot of laughter.  

Macmillan Bake Sale 🍰

We had a belated MacMillan cake sale at CCS - in October instead of September.

We had some keen early birds that obviously have a sweet tooth and have been generous with their donation. Thank you to all who donated! 

Clifton Art Clubbers 🎨

Our brilliant Art clubbers have enjoyed some Halloween themed crafting! They have been busy making clay pumpkins and this week they will be painting them!  

BBC Bitesize Workshops

On Wednesday 4th October, we had some very exciting guests at TGA! Grace (Journalist), Luke (Producer) and Ebony (Production Manager) from the BBC delivered some fantastic BBC Bitesize workshops to our students.  

A great day was had by all students – we can’t wait to welcome the BBC back to our school for the next leg of workshops! 

Mr Shaw Runs a Marathon 🏃‍♂️

Mr Shaw completed the Yorkshire marathon in the amazing time of 4 hours 55 minutes. Over the last few months he has shown commitment and resilience as he trained for the marathon and felt the benefits on race day.

Mr Shaw has been raising money for Motor Neurone Disease. Well done Mr Shaw.

TGA Performs The Addams Family 💀

The Great Big Live Assembly

As October is Black History month, we took part in the Great Big Live Assembly. This is a national celebration aimed to promote and celebrate the contributions of those with African and Caribbean heritage to British Society. 

New School Council

Children have been putting themselves forward to be elected as school councillors to represent their class and represent school. 

Those involved in the process have all earned themselves a pledge for life skills. We encourage all children’s voices to be heard. 

The new student council cannot wait to start work and will work with Mrs Parry-McDermott to make Thrybergh Primary even better!

Crucial Crew Visit

We paid a visit to Crucial Crew at the Lifewise Centre in Hellaby.

We learnt all about the warning signs and dangers of Child Criminal Exploitation, then we learnt about discrimination, knife and hate crime. Later on we found out about travelling by bus and road safety and water hazards. We ended our day by learning about arson and fire safety.

Orienteering Challenge

Class 13 had a fantastic afternoon orienteering at Ulley Country Park. They worked as a team to read and follow directions on a map, identify the location of control markers, find these markers with their information and then return to the base with this information. 

KS2 New Age Kurling 🥌

Students from our school took part in a New Age Kurling competition as part of the Rotherham School Games.

The children participated in an event against other schools from across Rotherham and had a brilliant time taking part and competing in a new sport. They represented the school with pride and were fantastic ambassadors for Monkwood.

For the Love of Hedgehogs Visit 🦔

Students at Monkwood were visited by two little hedgehogs this term. They were brought in by a fabulous lady who runs a group called For the Love of Hedgehogs Rescue Rotherham who takes care of poorly and injured hedgehogs. 

Author Visit

We were very fortunate to receive a visit from children’s author Jenny York. 

Jenny delivered two sessions to EYFS/KS1 and KS2. The children loved participating in the fun and  interactive story telling! 

New With Me in Mind Ambassadors 🧠

Welcome and congratulations to our newly appointed WMIM school Ambassadors.

Billy, Eliza, Beatrice and Eve met with Gemma, from WMIM. After a welcome induction our Ambassadors were presented with their welcome packs and excitedly awaited for, WMIM pin badges.

Conisborough Castle Trip 🏰

The Year 1 children really enjoyed their trip to Conisbrough Castle. We tried on medieval clothes, learnt about the lives of the medievals and explored the castle. We even climbed all the way to the top!🏰 

Musician of the Year Finalists

We are delighted that 8 of our talented children at Ashwood were through to the WPT grand final. They showcased their musical ability of clarinet and piano in the Primary category. We are immensely proud of Anna who has now started at RCS, Eben (Y6) Alfie (Y5) Flynn, Doris and Ronica (Y4) and Edward and Jia Fu (Y3) 

BBC 500 Words Writing Competition 📝

Children from across school met with Mrs Smith to begin the BBC 500 words writing competition. 

This is a competition which inspires children to write their own stories that are no longer than 500 words. They’ve got to think about the audience and purpose and the style in which they write.

Bowling Competition Winners 🎳

Children took part in the School sports games Ten pin bowling competition. The children worked so hard showing great team work skills. 

We are proud to announce that Ashwood came joint first place out of the 12 schools in the competition. We are so proud of you all!