Low Ash Primary

The first week back has flown by and what a busy one it has been with the Shipley Showcase, art days. discos and of course, the introduction of Mabel to school life!

Today we wish good luck to Mrs Kellett who is heading off on maternity leave! While she is away from Low Ash, she will be sorely missed but we wish her the best of luck as she becomes a mummy!

A big well done to this week's stars of the week!

Monday 10th November - Police visitor to Nursery

Tuesday 11th November - 6W History trip

Tuesday 11th November - School open evening for prospective Reception parents (6.00pm-7.00pm)

Wednesday 12th November - Tour of school for prospective Reception parents (10am)

Wednesday 12th November - Book fair (New Hall)

Thursday 13th November - Book fair (New Hall)

Thursday 13th November - Online poetry workshop with Michael Rosen (Years 1 - 6)

Thursday 13th November - Tour of the school for prospective Reception parents (2.00pm)

Friday 14th November - Children in Need (non-uniform day)

Friday 14th November - 6LG History trip

Friday 14th November - Reception local walk linked to Geography

Tuesday 18th November - 6B History trip

Tuesday 18th November- Tour of school for prospective Reception parents

Wednesday 19th November - 1W History trip

Thursday 20th November - 1B History trip

Friday 28th November - School Christmas Fair

Monday 8th December - KS1 Nativity (pm) dress rehearsal + parents & young children

Tuesday 9th December (am) - KS1 Nativity

Wednesday 10th December (pm) - KS1 Nativity

Thursday 18th December - EYFS Christmas craft and sing a long event

Thursday 18th December - Carols by Candlelight (KS2)

Friday 19th December - School breaks up for Christmas

Currently our school attendance levels are falling short of where they should be. We are continuing to get a huge amount of holiday absences as well as the normal winter illness. Please remember how important school attendance is. A big well done to all of our pupils who have been in school every day this week.

This week's school attendance is: 94.9%.

This year's attendance to date is 95.4%.

Early Years & KS1 class of the week is 1W with 97.9%.

KS2 classes of the week is 3B with 98.8%.

A reminder that, as a school, we are aiming for no less than 96% attendance.

School holiday dates for 2026-2027 are now on the website. We have once again managed to give 2 weeks in the May/June holidays in the hope that the extra week can be used to take advantage of cheaper holidays.

Below are the links to both this year's and next year's holidays and also the new leave of absence request form.

Thank you to everyone who visited our Shipley Showcase yesterday. The children worked really hard on their local Geography fieldwork studies and have learnt so much about the local area. A big thank you to Mrs Horne, our Geography leader, who organised the event.

There has been much excitement this week with the introduction of Mabel to school life. She is settling in well and has had the opportunity to meet a number of pupils. We will be planning small group visits for all pupils to visit Mabel over the coming weeks.

We hope pupils enjoyed the school disco last night. There was a lovely atmosphere in school. Thank you to Friends of Low Ash (FOLA) for organising the event.

A reminder that the school book fair will be taking place next week. You will be able to visit with your children after school on both Wednesday and Thursday.

Hopefully you have seen the school ping which advertised for a new Parent/Carer school governor. This is a really important role as governors help to shape the strategic direction of the school. If you feel you would be a good candidate, please nominate yourself or, if you would like to nominate anyone else, please just check with them first! Below, you will find the details which were sent out earlier in the week.

A huge well done to all of our year 6 pupils who had the opportunity to play some Padel tennis this week. Thank you to Mr Summers at Blakehill Primary and Strike Padel UK for giving us this fantastic opportunity.

Below you will find the link to the November Online Safety newsletter from Screen Safe.

A reminder that all of our guides can be found on the online safety page of the website.

Online Safety | Low Ash Primary School

We hope you all have a lovely weekend and we will see you all on Monday 10th November.