Month: December 2021

Some children in Year 3 and 4 have had a magical time this term at Harry Potter club.  During the first session, the children arrived to find that Hedwig had delivered their Hogwarts letters and a fancy train ticket for the Hogwarts Express:  all aboard! The children wrote their replies to Professor McGonagall using invisible…

Both Year 8 EAL and Year 3 have been using imperative verbs for writing instructions, so it seemed like the perfect time to have some fun. We took black card and coloured tissue paper over to Year 3 to make some lovely symmetrical window decorations. We wished each other Happy Christmas in Spanish, Russian and…

The Dining Room was transformed on Tuesday and the catering Team had worked so hard to make the event very special for the children.  There was a real party atmosphere and the most delicious lunch of Turkey and all the trimmings or a lovely veggie Wellington, followed by Christmas Pudding or moist brownies.  Huge thanks…

Shopping, ice skating, snow and Christmas lunch all on one day!  What else could a child ask for?  Thank you so much to the FOV who had collected such a wonderful array of gifts for the children to choose to purchase for their families.  The ice skating was an enormous success and all the children…

It has been a busy term in STEM lessons for Years 5 and 6.  The children have been designing, building and evaluating various projects which bring together the STEM subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, whilst encouraging them to develop their problem-solving and teamwork skills. Here is a taste of what the children have…

Wednesday 8th December 2021 will be a night to remember for our wonderful Year 8 pupils.  Everyone looked splendid in their beautiful dresses or smart dinner jackets.  The front hall was extra festive, as all the pupils and staff enjoyed bubbles and canapes before a delicious dinner in the Drawing room.  The catering staff had…

There has been a myriad of rich and varied art activities during this Michaelmas term.  From the set curriculum pieces produced during lesson time and different art clubs, it has been a time for pupils to become fully immersed in projects ranging from expressive drawing in Year 2 to solving product design problems in Year…

On Wednesday, Ashton House held a cake sale to raise money for Water Aid. The donations of a huge selection of homemade cakes, brownies, muffins and biscuits was truly impressive and many of them were blue!  The money raised for this very worthwhile charity was a magnificent £170.00.

An amazing group of Vinehall mums have made Christmas very special and beautiful for the congregation at St Mary’s Church, Salehurst and it looks as though they enjoyed a lovely morning.