ACE’s HIGH www.ashford-primary.surrey.sch.uk Writers’ corner From a diary entry by Mary about her son. By George C— Lemur Class My son was taken to be crucified. His disciples were nowhere to be seen. Only me and his friend Mary Magdalene were there. He was taken to a tomb. One day we went to the tomb and the rock had been moved. An angel appeared and said “Jesus is alive for he is the son of God. Easter blessings AT this time of Easter, when we consider new life and new beginnings, with the signs of spring now all happening around us in every daffodil, every ray of sunshine, every blossoming tree, it is a good time to look forward with hope and optimism. Our iShare theme this half term, somewhat appropriately, has been ‘Tough Times’, but as we get started in our new term, our theme will be ‘Hopes and Dreams’. What hopes and dreams do you have for these coming weeks and months? For some of us, these might be quite small things we have previously taken for granted, like a hug from a friend or enjoying a meal out together with family. It may well be that a sense of hope and optimism is still lacking, with still some uncertainty about the future, but at this Easter time, I am reminded of how that first Easter must have been for Jesus ’ disciples. When all their hope had gone and their dreams disappeared, as they saw the man they had followed and given their whole lives to, beaten and crucified, they would have felt crushed and confused. However, the resurrection of Jesus, celebrated by Christians on Easter Sunday, reminds us of hope beyond hope and that, even in darkness and despair, we can know ‘new birth’ and ‘living hope’: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3 Thank you so much for all your continued support, prayer and encouragement for each other and our school community at this time, and throughout this whole term – a term like no other! It has been a delight to see our Ashford children all returning to school in recent weeks and leading the way for us adults in just getting on, moving forward and enjoying new learning. May I wish all of our Ashford families a safe, healthy and blessed Easter time and some good times ahead as a family over the next couple of weeks. Mr Meehan Jesus carried the cross to the top of the mountain. The cross symbolises how Jesus loves us and that he was willing to die on the cross. It teaches us to be friends with God. By George Wa— Panda Class
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ACE’s HIGH
www.ashford-primary.surrey.sch.uk
Writers’ corner
From a diary entry by Mary about
her son.
By George C— Lemur Class
My son was taken to be crucified. His
disciples were nowhere to be seen.
Only me and his friend Mary
Magdalene were there. He was taken
to a tomb. One day we went to the
tomb and the rock had been moved.
An angel appeared and said “Jesus is
alive for he is the son of God.
Easter b lessings AT this time of Easter, when we consider new life and new beginnings, with the signs of spring now all happening around us in every daffodil, every ray of sunshine, every blossoming tree, it is a good time to look forward with hope and optimism. Our iShare theme this half term, somewhat appropriately, has been ‘Tough Times’, but as we get started in our new term, our theme will be ‘Hopes and Dreams’. What hopes and dreams do you have for these coming weeks and months? For some of us, these might be quite small things we have previously taken for granted, like a hug from a friend or enjoying a meal out together with family. It may well be that a sense of hope and optimism is still lacking, with still some uncertainty about the future, but at this Easter time, I am reminded of how that first Easter must have been for Jesus ’ disciples. When all their hope had gone and their dreams disappeared, as they saw the man they had followed and given their whole lives to, beaten and crucified, they would have felt crushed and confused. However, the resurrection of Jesus, celebrated by Christians on Easter Sunday, reminds us of hope beyond hope and that, even in darkness and despair, we can know ‘new birth’ and ‘living hope’: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth
into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3 Thank you so much for all your continued support, prayer and
encouragement for each other and our school community at this time, and
throughout this whole term – a term like no other! It has been a delight to
see our Ashford children all returning to school in recent weeks and leading
the way for us adults in just getting on, moving forward and enjoying new
learning.
May I wish all of our Ashford families a safe, healthy and blessed Easter
time and some good times ahead as a family over the next couple of weeks.
Mr Meehan
Jesus carried the cross to the
top of the mountain.
The cross symbolises how
Jesus loves us and that he
was willing to die on the
cross.
It teaches us to be friends
with God.
By George Wa— Panda Class
The infants Easter bonnet parade THE Infant children took part in their very own Easter parade this week to showcase the wonderful
Easter bonnets they had made. We were delighted with all the hard work that went into make these
wonderful creations, Well done to all the children,
The art of eating SOMETIMES there is nothing
more comforting than
chomping on you favourite
foods. If it looks appealing
then it’s even better. In
Meerkat class this week they
have been creating some food
art which was inspired the
work of Guiseppe Arcimboldi .
They have
been learning
about
seasonality in
their theme of
'Chewing,
chomping,
munching
and
crunching' .
Weekly Reflection
“If Easter says anything to us
today, it says this: You can put
truth in a grave but it won’t stay
there.”
Clarence W Hall
Gold award winners
Koalas Jack JD Kangaroos Amitee G Pandas Lois S
Tigers Roxanne A Zebras Vivaan T Giraffes Isabella T
Meerkats Joseph L Lemurs Harry O’B Elephants Riley B
Rhinos Maddison R Buffaloes Faith M Llamas Harry S
Panthers Bradley D Leopards David S
A HUGE congratulations to this half terms Gold Award winners. Well done on your exemplary
behaviour and showing respect to others.
The trim trail is officially open! A most exciting new addition to our school was declared officially open this week. The procedure was
presided over by Mr Meehan and Mrs Pyke, while our PTA Chair, Mrs Gemma Dilello cut the ribbon.
A huge thank you to all the PTA who work tirelessly to raise money for our school so that our children
may benefit from such exciting additions as this. The trim trail will be open for children to use in their
year group bubbles after the Easter Holiday. Of course the grown ups had to have first go and Mr
Austin and Miss Beacham can confirm that it is a lot of fun!
Readathon and on and on and on and on...
WHAT do you love reading? Is Harry Potter your thing? Perhaps you
like a David Walliams book, it could be you like to read a comic or a
magazine, it actually doesn’t matter what your choice is you can get
involved in the readathon. Just choose your books and magazines and
get reading! Don’t forget to try and get a few sponsors and help to
raise some money so that children in hospital will also get lovely books
to read.
Science week
Design a lab coat winners WELL done to everyone who entered this
competition to design your own lab coat. It was a
pleasure to see all your great designs and the
different things that Science means to each of you.
It was very hard to choose the winners but after a lot
of deliberating the winners are:
Infants
Maggie R—Kangaroo Class
Connie B—Zebra Class
Juniors
Adeem R— Buffalo Class
Oscar G—Leopard Class
Well done to everyone!
INNOVATION and creativity has been the theme for this week’s celebration of Science. Children have
been inventing and thinking about how innovations have changed their lives. They have been looking at
famous innovators and thinking about how maybe one day they could make a difference to the world.