APKS shines in SIAMS inspection
We are delighted to share with you our recent SIAMs (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools) inspection report. Please click the following link to read the full report, and here are just a few of the many amazing things said about our school which we would proudly like to share: Final SIAMS report Ashton Keynes VC Primary 126297 A warm, welcoming atmosphere greets...
Read MoreEcology visit
Bewley Homes Showcase Ecology Initiatives to Ashton Keynes Primary School Pupils As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability and ecology, Bewley Homes recently visited Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School to showcase the ecological measures being implemented at King’s Water, its flagship new development on the edge of the Cotswold Water Park. The visit aimed to...
Read MoreAshton Keynes CE Primary launches new sport – Quidditch!
We embraced the Harry Potter theme and welcomed two fellow Muggles (non- magical beings in case you don’t know!) into our school for an amazing Quidditch experience day to launch the sport. The children absolutely loved it and the staff too! This was evident in the smiles, giggles during the day and what the children told us afterwards, they cannot wait to play again! Starting with an...
Read MoreWiltshire Music Awards 2024
Congratulations to our music lead Mrs Crowley, who we are very proud to say has won the Wiltshire Music Inclusion Award 2024. The panel was so impressed by your work and the impact you’ve made on the pupils at your school. We are delighted to have been able to name you as the recipient of the Wiltshire Music Inclusion Award 2024! – Wiltshire Music...
Read MoreSports Week 2024!
Once again, our annual AK Sports Week was a huge success! The children had an action-packed week which included visits from many local sports clubs. The children all experienced a range of different sports in addition to their usual PE lessons including: Archery (The Range), Yoga (Ms Jackson), Netball (Miss Wing), Cricket (AKCC), Tennis (AKTC & Elliot Kami), Rugby (Minety RFC), Football...
Read MoreSuccess for Sammy
We are delighted to celebrate that Sammy in Year 6 entered the Mid-Somerset Speech and Drama Festival in Bath and won both solo acting and memorised poem. He later received the memorial trophy for the most outstanding performance of the festival in the junior category. I’m sure you will join me in congratulating Sammy in this incredible achievement. Sammy often shares his passion for drama...
Read MoreShine Bright Live on Spotify/Apple Music!
The moment has come…our new school song ‘Shine Bright’ written by our children and Josh record featuring rapping by years 5 and 6 written by the classes and coached and inspired by awesome mc and rapper Ad-apt has been released and you can access it on Spotify and Apple music in the links below. This is a first for our school and we are so excited and incredibly...
Read MoreStay and Share sessions for parents, carers and pupils
Each class invited their parents and carers in November and March to come and sit with their children and have a learning chat to share their learning together. We always make books available for parents’ evenings but there is so much learning that goes on beyond what you see in the books and we want to give you chance to be in the classroom and listen to your child as they talk you...
Read MoreSuccesses for celebration
Art Success: We are incredibly proud of Evie in Year 3 and Livia in Year 5 for their brilliant entries to the Oexmann art competition which our art lead Miss Usher offered to pupils to take part in. We were delighted for them both with Evie in Year 3 who came in second place and Livia in year 5 who was highly commended. Their art will now be on display in the Oxemann alongside other winners...
Read MoreComic strip workshop
Class 5 and 6 had an amazing workshop, at the end of Term 2, with the well-known and very talented comic strip creator Kev F Sutherland who has drawn for many comics including the Beano and Marvel! The children learnt how to set up and draw a successful comic strip, how comic strips are made and how to draw in the style of other graphic artists. The session ended with the children creating...
Read MoreScience Week
Science Week was all about bubbles! We explored the bubbles that floated the highest, travelled the furthest, lasted the longest or were simply the biggest. We measured with stopwatches, rulers tape measures and our eyes. We changed variables such as the wand, the amount ingredients, the location (inside/outside). But above all we had fun!...
Read MoreCHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL TO ENJOY BRAND NEW LEARNING HUB AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING
Children returning to school and outside the new key stage 1 classrooms. Courtesy of Abi Williamson Photography Ashton Keynes C of E Primary School, ranked 125th in the whole country in the 2020 Sunday Times Parent Power Guide, had an extra spring in their step going back to school, as they have recently announced that their fundraising initiative to fully pay for the build of their brand new...
Read MoreNew film of new build and school in action! Enjoy!
On behalf of Ashton Keynes CE Primary School and Team AK, I want to thank every single person who has given to our school and enabled our David Tarr Learning hub to move from a vision to a reality. This could not have been achieved without your generous contributions and efforts with fundraising and whilst I look forward to an official opening when we can, here is a film to show how much...
Read More‘Skinny Jean Gardner & AKPS Podcast – for Anti- Bullying week have a listen!
We were lucky to have another visit from the ‘Skinny Jean Gardner’ AKA Lee Connelly on 14th November 2022. The UK’s number 1 children’s gardening educator and a presenter from CBBC Blue Peter – for more information about Lee take a look at his website here. For Anti-Bullying week class 5 took part in a discussion with Lee where they shared how they feel their...
Read MoreAwareness of the World Week (3rd – 7th June)
Awareness of the World Week (3rd – 7th June) Turning the Tide on Plastic Pollution was the focus in Class four during Awareness of the World Week this year. After watching Planet Earth 2 and seeing the devastating impact single use plastic has on our world, oceans and people, we have been keen to make a difference! We investigated ‘how long until it’s gone?’ and...
Read MoreGOLD for Team AK at RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2019
Woohooooo!We only went and did it! Team AK got GOLD at the Malvern Show for their show garden and community project. (A leaflet describing the garden including a plan is below).A huge well done to everybody, all our sponsors and especially for Team 4 who faced the judges so fantastically.A wonderful team effort led by our fantastic Mr Jackson. Mrs Saville The whole school have been...
Read MoreExperimenting for Science Week
As you may know, last week was science week. Throughout the school we have been conducting experiments based on journeys! Your child/children will have experienced activities (such as raining blood, lava lamps and rainbow cups). Some experiments worked really well such as Year 4s lava lamps and some not so well. It doesn’t matter if it worked it only matters we had fun. Zara; Year 5...
Read MoreNational Young Mathematicians Regional Winners
Huge congratulations to our Maths Challenge Team; Anna, Sam, Jessica & Gilbert. They competed in a team maths challenge run by the NRICH project at the University of Cambridge and Explore Learning. Participants (over 1260 schools nationwide) must work as a team to tackle a never-before-seen mathematical problem. Our team of four pupils took part in the first round on 7th November making it...
Read MoreTeam AK support the Children in Need Rickshaw Challenge 2018
Team AK were out in force this morning (13.11.18) lining the road at the end of Gosditch Ashton Keynes to wave and cheer (with lots of enthusiasm!) in support of the Rickshaw Challenge which passed by at the slightly earlier than estimated time of 7:40 a.m. Miss Boase and class 4 had made some amazing banners to wave. We received lots of waves and smiles in return. Take a look at some of the...
Read MoreInstaTeam App launches for Team AK
We are excited to introduce our new app/website based administration system to co-ordinate all school sport events from this point forwards. InstaTeam can be accessed via smart phone app or online and will bring some much needed efficiency to the way we prepare for events outside of school. The app is completely free and all of the necessary features can be used without paying for ‘ad free’...
Read MoreAKPS get stuck into Robokid kits
The UKESF has supplied Ashton Keynes Primary School with several Robokid kits to trial out with their pupils. Robokid is a hands-on electronics project for use in the classroom with Years 4, 5 and 6 (age 9–11, Key Stage 2) that aims to encourage enthusiasm for Electronics and STEM subjects. Click the link below to read the report: Local schoolchildren get stuck into Robokid kits –...
Read MoreWinners! Pride of the Cotswolds ‘School of the Year’ Award 2018
Wooohooooo! Our school is BUZZING! The children and staff are all over the moon to be School of the YEAR 2018! I cannot thank you all enough for your support and for the nominations. The awards evening was incredibly humbling and I could not have been more proud to be your Headteacher and accept the award on behalf of us all- TEAM AK! Moments like this are precious and we should all treasure...
Read MoreTeam AK Steams Ahead at RHS Malvern Spring Garden Festival
We were thrilled to receive the call from Mr Jackson yesterday (10th May) confirming the AKPS show garden had won 2 certificates! We were runners up in the ‘Best project management’ and also received a commended from the RHS. What a fantastic result and well done to all involved in the AKPS Team Malvern including children, staff, volunteers and sponsors. Class 4...
Read MoreAKPS Inter-schools Football Champions 2018
It is with great pleasure I introduce the inter-schools football Champions 2018. With 2 pools of 5 teams from around the area: Pool1: CPS White, Ann Edwards, AKPS, St Lawrence Gold, Fairford Pool2: St Lawrence Blue, Powells, CPS Red, Avening, Stratton AK- Won 3- Drew 1 – No goals conceded – Top pool 1 3rd place play off – Fairford v Powells- 0-0 Draw Final – AK 1 v CPS...
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