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END OF THE BUILDING WORKThe week has finally arrived when I
can let you know that the building
work has come to an end!
At 2.30pm last Friday, all the
children counted down from 10 and
then walked into the completed
classrooms for the first time. We all
sat in Class 4 (before the furniture
was put in) and had our celebration
assembly. The celebration that week
was that the school has finally
enough room for five classes in the
same building...something that the
school has waited for, for over 20
years!
I am delighted that this dream has
finally become a reality. I have to
admit that it has been a very busy
time since August, when the
contractors arrived on site...but I
hope you will agree, it has been
worth all the waiting and hard work.I am also really pleased that the
building has been completed within
schedule, in fact 3 days ahead of
schedule!
ISSUE 11 / AUTUMN TERM 2011 / THURSDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2011
The school watched with many
cheers as the final mobile classroom
was razed to the ground on
Wednesday. The final jobs are to
clear the site of all the builder’s
equipment and return it to bare
ground ready for seeding in the
Spring. I hope you will also notice
the absence of the ugly oil tank
taken which was taken away last
week.
The remaining jobs are some soffits
to be fitted and external lights, as
well as a few minor snagging issuesinside.
My thanks go to ISG (the
contractors) and all their sub-
contractors who have built a high
quality, modern and exciting space
for the children to use in the future.
In particular, I would like to thank
Barry Corbett, the Site Manager, for
all his attention to detail and for
being patient with me when I
continually tweaked the design and
construction to get it all ‘just right’!
Thanks also to Lovelock Mitchell,
the architects, for bringing my vision into reality. Importantly, we
must also thank Cheshire West and
Chester for funding the majority of
this project. In addition, much hard
work has been done within the
Ashton Hayes community to secure
15kW of solar panels which are now
generating electricity for the school.
There will be more to say in terms of
thanks and how we will use the
building when we officially open the
classrooms. I have invited the Lord
Mayor of Chester to formally open
the classrooms on Tuesday 10th
January 2012 from 1.30pm. We willhave an open afternoon following the
opening where all members of the
community, parents (current, past
and future), officers from CWaC,
representatives from the design and
build project will all be invited to
share our celebrations.
This building is more than just bricks
and mortar to us...it is a place where
we can continue to give all children
the best possible chance in their
primary education...something that
we are all very proud of.
THEATRE VISIT FOR KS2Class 4 and 5 had a fantastic
afternoon last week as we drove to
the New Vic Theatre in Stoke to enjoy
an excellent production of ‘Alice in
Wonderland’. The children were
stunned by amazing effects, beautiful
singing, clever card tricks and
stunning props. The children also
enjoyed meeting their friends fromHuxley CE Primary School as they
shared the trip with us.
Don’t forget...
Our Carol Service will be in
St. John’s Church on
Monday 19th December at
7.00pm.
There will be mulled wine,
coffee, tea, juice and mince
pies back in schoolimmediately after the
service.
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CONTACTAshton Hayes Primary School, Church Road,
Ashton Hayes, Chester. CH3 8AB
Phone: 01244 981418
Text to: 07797 801419
Email: [email protected] [email protected]
Web: www.ashtonhayes.cheshire.sch.uk
Twitter: @AshtonHayesPS
ASHTON HAYES PRIMARY
SCHOOL
NEW SLETTER
ISSUE no 11
15/12/11
AUTUMN TERM 2011
KS1 THEATRE VISIT TO SCHOOL
The Infant children also had a wonderful production,
held in school yesterday. We invited Huxley CE
Primary School and Barrow CE Primary School to join
in the fun as we were entertained by a lovely
production of ‘The Snow Queen’.
SING THE CHRISTMAS STORYI was very proud to take part in the ‘Sing the
Christmas Story’ carol service in the Cathedral in
Chester last week. Over 500 children filled the
cathedral with wonderful singing and music. We
enjoyed listening to the Christmas story and to other
schools who sang us extra songs.
Apologies that we were were back slightly later than
expected...the organisers wanted to pack as much in
as possible!
CHICKENSIf you would like to look after the school chickens over
the Christmas holidays for a day or two, please contact
Mrs Stubbs in the School Office. We are also starting to
look for helpers at weekends for the New Year. They
should be accessible as normal by the end of term, so
we will operate the same system of having a
combination padlock to access the chickens. They
really like getting visitors and you can have all the
eggs you can find as payment!
KEY STAGE 1 NATIVITY
Well done to all the children in Reception, Year 1 and
Year 2 for their lovely nativity that they have
performed in school this week. They have really enjoyed
all the singing and acting and the final result was lovely.
Thanks to all the staff for all their work and to the
parents who have kindly spent time making the
costumes to help the end result look stunning!
SOME DATES FOR THE SPRING TERM5th Jan Children return to school
10th Jan Official opening of school extension
24th Jan Young Voices concert at MEN Arena for
school choir
25th Jan Walk on Wednesday (WOW), from
Mouldsworth Train Station*
26th Jan Bag2School collection date
27th Jan Science Day for Class 5
1st Feb Multiplication/Division Evening for parents
10th Feb Last day of Half Term
20th Feb Children and staff return to school
22nd Feb Walk on Wednesday (WOW), from
Mouldsworth Train Station
1st March Full Governors’ meeting (4.30pm)
30th March Break Up for Easter
* we will be launching an initiative with 6 other schools
in CWaC, promoting a healthy lifestyle, including
increasing the amount of exercise we do. As part of this,
there will be a number of occasions which we will be
asking as many children and staff as possible to walk
from Mouldsworth Train Station car park to school.
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@AshtonHayesPS
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AshtonHayesPS
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