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Welcome toAstley Primary School
I am extremely proud and privileged to be the Headteacher of Astley Primary School, part of Synergy Multi Academy Trust. We are a school passionate about providing every child with the opportunities, skills and experiences to become a lifelong learner.Â
The 'Astley Curriculum Experience' (ACE) is at the heart of what we do; we are all ACE learners. We aim to develop happy, confident and kind individuals who are ready to contribute to and engage with life after Astley.
Our school is a fun, challenging, inspiring, positive and ACE place to be, so please do enjoy exploring our website and what Astley has to offer. Â
Follow us on Instagram @astleyprimary and feel free to come and visit us in action, I am sure you will love Astley as much as we do.Â
Jen Goakes -Â Headteacher
Latest News
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I am SO proud of our Rocksteady bands, who last Friday performed for us in our
Celebration Assembly. They all did a fantastic job, and after such a short space of time it was great to see so
much talent and confidence on display. Please do sign up via the leaflets handed out if your child is interested
in getting involved in Rocksteady next term.
Thank you to all the families who joined us for our Friends Bingo event – a whopping £600 was raised for the
school! This money will go to a variety of resources and curriculum areas – we will keep you updated, and we
are so grateful for your continued support. Another impressive achievement – your generous donations raised
£254.85 for Comic Relief! This is including the money raised by our school council stalls last week. Thank you!
On Monday our Turtles and Penguins had a special visit and took part in Roman and Greek workshops; it was a
brilliant day and the children got completely immersed in history! Great to see. Well done also to our Bears for
a great class assembly on Wednesday, they all did a fantastic job.
Today we celebrate Science ACE Day – we can’t wait to get stuck into Science and a world of pure imagination,
as we travel around different Willy Wonka inspired activities throughout the day. Please join us this morning in
classes for a sharing activity. Thank you for your collaboration during Parents Evening this week – working
together is so important to us and please remember to contact us at any time if you have questions / issues you
would like to discuss.
Lions and Sharks start their Forest School sessions every Tuesday after Easter (as well as bears continuing) and
Turtles start swimming every Monday.
As school is closed over the Easter break, your normal paths to support may not be available so I’d like to
remind you of other sources of help you can access. The 'Just One Norfolk' phone line and website are a good
place to go - 0300 300 0123 or https://www.justonenorfolk.nhs.uk/ In an emergency, where you believe the
safeguarding of a child is at risk, you can call the Children's Advice and Duty Service on 0344 800 8020.
Enjoy Mrs Barber’s Friyay tunes today, and have a really lovely Easter break with friends and family. We look
forward to seeing you back for the start of the summer term on Monday 13th April.
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Well done to our lovely Lions for their super class assembly this week – we are so
proud of them and the way their confidence and learning is developing. We have SO MUCH to celebrate today
in our final Celebration Assembly of the term. A special well done to our nominated Headteacher Awards, and
to all of our pupils who work so hard and achieve so much every week in so many areas across the school.
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Today is also our Rocksteady concert – performed alongside our Celebration Assembly! We cannot wait to see
our three bands in action, after weekly rehearsals and developing their confidence and skills. I have had the
pleasure of seeing lots of their sessions, and I know that our Band Leader, Jamie, is so proud of them and what
they have achieved already. Please do join us today from 9:05am in the hall.
Pennies are welcome for Comic Relief today as we wear non-uniform. Thank you to School Council for running
stalls yesterday to raise extra money – look out on Instagram in the next few days for the grand total.
Reminder about Parents Evenings next week -please do make an appointment if you haven’t already. There are
no teacher clubs next week – as per the information overleaf (no Reading, Dodgeball, Y6 English/Maths,
Handball or Spellings clubs, all other clubs as normal.)
New clubs information for summer one will be going out today. Please read the information carefully and look
at the clubs on offer. Booking will go live on Tuesday 24th March at 7:30pm (later time to allow for Parents
Evenings.) Reminder about the Friends Bingo Event tonight in the hall – doors at 5pm, eyes down for 6pm.
Finally – we celebrate Science ACE Day next Friday! Please join us for an Open Morning session from 8:30am in
classes. The theme of the day is ‘Curiosity – what’s your Question?’ We are really excited for an ACE jam
packed day of fun, learning and exploration as we have a ‘Willy Wonka inspired day’ in a world of imagination.
There are dress up ideas in the letter from Mrs Hamilton; children are welcome to dress up as Willy Wonka
them or anything Science related. We can’t wait! Mrs Canty has chosen our tunes today, enjoy the weekend.
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Our Bears had a brilliant time on their trip to Snettisham Farm on Tuesday –
it was a day of learning, meeting and feeding a range of animals, play and even some sunshine! Thank you so
much to all our lovely parent helpers too, for making it such a great day.
Thank you to those parents and carers who attended our Year One Phonics session this week – please do let us
know if you would like more information, but a resource pack has also been sent home.
Our Tigers performed a great class assembly this week – well done to them, we are very proud of their hard
work and positive attitudes. They are growing up fast! We look forward to seeing our Lions in action next
Wednesday 18th March at 2:45pm, please do join us.
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What a week! It has been a jam-packed ACE week full of opportunity, learning and fun. We hope you enjoyed
our Masked Reader challenge – thank you to the staff team and families for getting involved on Instagram!
World Book Day yesterday was a huge success; it was great to see children working together and sharing their
love of stories. Thank you to Miss Wreford and team for a super day, and as always – families for putting in so
much effort with costumes and fun.