Head teacher’s Update

Our Year 6 pupils look incredibly smart in their leavers’ hoodies!  It is really lovely to see them wearing them to school, with such pride.

Well done to year 5, who represented our school so well on their visit to Severn Valley Country Park, today. It was great to hear how thoughtful, observant and enthusiastic the children were when looking at natural habitats.

Thank you to those who have responded to the Forest School parent questionnaire.  The responses are very valuable when considering arrangements for next school year.  The questionnaire will remain open over the weekend, should you still wish to contribute Forest School Evaluation- Church of Ascension CE Primary School 2025

Many of our children have enjoyed a visit to the HSA Father’s Day Sale, this afternoon, to make purchases for someone special in their lives.  We continue to be extremely grateful to the HSA for all that they do to raise vital funds to support our school.  This year, we have been treated to lots of fun events, including film nights, discos and our fabulous Family Festival.  We are incredibly grateful for the purchase of a class set of iPads.  These will help to support our Computing Curriculum, as well as allowing pupils to carry out interventions.  In addition to the IPads, on behalf of school, the HSA have purchased:
– Bibles for our reception pupils.
– Large scale update of school reading books.
– New school website.
– £150 per class teacher for them to spend on what their class needs.
– The theatre performance of Treasure Island.
– The reception outdoor pirate ship.
– KS1 playground games.
– Support for transport to the Mayor’s Christmas Concert.
– New walkie talkies for lunchtime and after school use.
-Items to support Year 6 transition and end of year celebrations.

As you can see, all of your contributions have gone to excellent use in supporting the children.  We are very grateful for all of your support at and contributions to the events.

Parent Governor nominations must be received in school no later than 12 noon on Monday 16th June. We currently have two vacancies and would welcome nominations to fulfil these roles as we value the input from our Governors and the vital part they play in our school community.

 

Collective Worship

This week, we have looked at our school vision:

Do everything in love (1 Corinthians 16:14)

As an inclusive Christian school, Church of the Ascension C.E Primary School aims to create a loving, caring and respectful community, where individuals can flourish spiritually, socially and academically as children of God in a rich learning environment.

We thought about all the different places that we belong – that we belong to our families, our school, our classes, different clubs and groups, our friendship circles and lots more.  But what does it mean to belong as a child of God?  Our children have given lots of thoughtful responses to this question and what this might look like in daily life, for some Christians.

4C’s Take One Picture Project

This half term, as a school we have been looking at The National Gallery Take one picture project. We have looked at the following artwork : A Regatta on the Grand Canal.

Here are some of our drawing challenges that we used to learn more about the painting. We had to : draw as much as we could in five minutes; draw as much as we could in five minutes without looking at our drawing and draw as much as we could in five minutes using our non dominant hand.

As a class, we decided there were lots of things we are excited to explore on the painting. The first thing we have looked at is the clouds. We had the chance to make clouds in three different ways: wax candles, sponges and bubbles. Have a look at our work.

The Great Beanstalk Race ……UPDATE

Following our Jack and the Beanstalk themed week, we transplanted our class beanstalks.  They have both grown so much!  We are having a beanstalk race, who do you think will win?  If you would like to send in photos of your child’s beanstalk from home, please email them to the info box at school and we can add them to our website gallery.

Mrs Hobson’s class in winning at the moment!!!

Well the children in Reception are taking great care of their beanstalks.  Take a look at these whoppers!

Head teacher’s update

It was lovely to welcome our children back, on Tuesday.  Despite the wet weather, we have had a great week! This half term, our core value focus is perseverance and we have been thinking about what we can achieve before the end of the school year. It is great to hear so many children speaking with such determination about their targets and ambitions.

Well done to our gymnastics team who competed in the gymnastics competition.  Our football team showed great resilience when they played a friendly against Belle Vue, in the pouring rain.  Thank you to all of the children who have participated in this week’s competitive activities.

You should have received letters via email regarding the Parent Governor Election. We currently have two vacancies; nominations must be received by 12 noon, Monday 16th June.

 

 

 

Collective Worship

This week, we have been thinking about the Feast of Pentecost and how the disciples followed Jesus’ instructions to go to Jerusalem and await the Holy Spirit.  We talked about how the Holy Spirit provided the disciples with a very special kind of energy and motivation.

This led us to thinking about where our energy and motivation comes from.  Our Core Value focus this half term is perseverance.  We have taken time this week to think about where we can get our special energy and motivation to achieve our very best, before the end of the school year.

iSingPOP Holiday Club

We are very excited to announce that we will be holding an Isingpop
holiday club this summer!

Join us for the iSingPOP Holiday Club at St. Mary’s, Kingswinford, a fun
and faith-filled adventure for children aged 4-11! From Monday 4th to
Wednesday 6th August. 10am-3pm.

During the sessions, the children will create crafts, play games, read
Bible stories, and explore the dancing and engaging aspects of the
Christian faith through singing activities.

It’s the perfect summer experience to inspire imagination, build
confidence, and connect with their faith in a meaningful way!

Sign-ups are now open
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If cost is a barrier, or for more information, please message us or
contact Sian on Sian@stmaryskingswinford.org.uk

We look forward to seeing your children there!

Head teacher’s update

Thank you so much to Mrs Moore and the Worship Leaders who gave us such a positive start to Ascension Day.  Their act of worship at church was an excellent reminder of why some Christians celebrate the Feast of Ascension.  The theme of the act of worship was Samtsirch – Christmas in reverse.  While Christmas was about the arrival, or descent of Jesus, Ascension is about the ascent to heaven.  Thank you also to choir who supported with the wonderful singing that made us all feel so uplifted and ready for the day.

 

The rest of the day has been spent in celebration of talents and interests.  I am overwhelmed and so impressed by what a talented bunch the children are at Church of the Ascension.  We have been treated to displays and demonstrations as well as very informative presentations.  These have ranged from artwork, football, dancing, science experiments, triathlons, magic tricks, comedy to soldering, to name but a few! It has been a wonderful day, sharing and celebrating each other’s talents and interests.

 

I wish you all a very happy half term holidays and look forward to seeing you all when the children return to school on Tuesday 3rd June.