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28 Nov 2025Edukey Workshop for parents 1 of 3 - VIA TEAMS
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1 Dec 2025St Andrews Day (Uniformed Groups can wear uniform)
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2 Dec 2025Y2 DT Day - Parents to help - 1pm
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5 Dec 2025Badger Y2 Mini Olympics: Cleves
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8 Dec 2025
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9 Dec 2025
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9 Dec 2025Reception/ Yr 1 Christmas Service
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9 Dec 2025Reception Nativity - 9:15am.
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10 Dec 2025Reception Nativity - 2.30pm
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11 Dec 2025Whole School Christmas Jumper Day
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11 Dec 2025Y2 Christmas Performance @ 2.30pm
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15 Dec 2025Y1 Christmas Performance @ 9.30am
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16 Dec 2025Y2 Christmas Performance 9.30AM
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16 Dec 2025Y3&4 Christmas Performance @ 2.30pm
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17 Dec 2025Y6 Carol Concert @ 2.30pm St Mary's Church
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17 Dec 2025Year 5 Christingle Service @ St Mary's
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17 Dec 2025Y1 Christmas Performance @ 2.30pm
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18 Dec 2025Y3&4 Christmas Performance @ 9.30AM
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19 Dec 2025Term Ends for Christmas 1.30pm
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22 Dec 2025Christmas Holidays
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23 Dec 2025Christmas Holidays
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24 Dec 2025Christmas Holidays
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25 Dec 2025Christmas Holidays
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26 Dec 2025Christmas Holidays
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29 Dec 2025Christmas Holidays
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30 Dec 2025Christmas Holidays
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31 Dec 2025Christmas Holidays
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31 Dec 2025
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Christmas Holidays
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1 Jan 2026Christmas Holidays
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2 Jan 2026Christmas Holidays
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5 Jan 2026INSET DAY - (no school for pupils)
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6 Jan 2026Children return to school
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12 Jan 2026Edukey Workshop for parents 2 of 3 - Face to face
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13 Feb 2026Edukey Parent Workshop 3 of 3 (Review focus) TEAMS
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16 Feb 2026HALF TERM
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17 Feb 2026HALF TERM
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18 Feb 2026HALF TERM
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19 Feb 2026HALF TERM
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20 Feb 2026HALF TERM
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23 Feb 2026INSET DAY - (no school for pupils)
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24 Feb 2026Children return to School
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24 Mar 2026Easter Service at St Mary's @ 9.30am Y3 & 5
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24 Mar 2026Easter Service at St Mary's @ 10.30am Y2, 4 & 6
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27 Mar 2026Term Ends for Spring Term 1.30pm
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30 Mar 2026
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Easter Holidays
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25 May 2026
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HALF TERM
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26 Jun 2026INSET DAY - (no school for pupils)
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29 Jun 2026INSET DAY - (no school for pupils)
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3 Jul 2026Otter Y2 Mini Olympics: Cleves
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10 Jul 2026INSET DAY - (no school for pupils)
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22 Jul 2026Term Ends 1.30pm
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No.5 - 17th November 2025
Headteacher's Message
Good Afternoon,
Welcome back after the half-term break! It has been wonderful to see the children return to school well-rested and ready for another busy few weeks ahead. There is a real sense of excitement in the air as we begin preparations for the festive season—Christmas rehearsals are already underway, and we can’t wait to share these special moments with you soon.
A huge thank you to our fantastic FOA for organising such an amazing fireworks event for our school community. It was a brilliant evening that brought everyone together and created lasting memories.
We were also delighted to have a positive visit from Susan Costa in preparation for our upcoming SIAMS inspection. A SIAMS inspection reviews how our school lives out its Christian vision (Love others as we love ourselves) to help pupils and staff flourish. It is an opportunity for us to share what makes Ashley so special. Susan's feedback was encouraging and highlighted the strengths of our school community.
Since the start of October, we have welcomed many prospective parents into our school. As always, the children did us proud! Our visitors have commented on the warm, welcoming environment and were especially impressed by our Year 6 pupils, who guided them around with confidence and enthusiasm. If you know someone who missed the prospective parent tours, please let them know we have one more on the 7th January 2026.
Thank you for supporting the Poppy Appeal. It has been a great success, with all funds raised going to the Royal British Legion. Our Year 6 pupils led a thoughtful Remembrance Service, and across the school, we observed a two-minute silence to honour those who served. We have spent time talking with the children about the significance of Remembrance Sunday, ensuring they understand its importance.
Thank you for your continued support in all that we do. We look forward to an exciting few weeks ahead as we approach the festive season!
Mrs Ratcliff
Reminders -
CHRISTMAS CARDS - 🎅🌲🎄🎁🌟🎄🌲🎁
There are 3 days left to order your personalised gifts and raise money for the FOA. The online shop closes at midnight on Wednesday 19th November. Ordered items are expected in school at the beginning of December. Any questions get in touch.
SCHOOL LUNCHES - Please below the new school lunch menu which will start after half term. If your child/ren normally has a school meal, please can we remind you to order a school meal in advance. Ordering closes on the Friday before and meals cannot be ordered after this time.
gst christmas dinner poster 25.pdf
Please see above the Festive Menu for our Christmas lunch, taking place on Thursday 11th December. If you would like to book your child/ren a lunch on that day please do so via scopay.
We have increasingly had to confiscate food items that have been sent in with children that do not adhere to our school policy. We will not accept the following:-
- Products that contain nuts, traces of nuts or are made in an environment that cannot be guaranteed to be nut free must not be brought into school. This includes nut sandwich spreads such as peanut butter and Nutella, and nut based snack and protein bars. Please check all ingredients before sending anything in with your child.
- Confectionary such as chocolate bars, chocolate coated biscuits, all types of sweets/candy
- Fizzy/sugary drinks. This includes high sugar juices and softs drinks such as Capri Sun and Ribena. Children have access to tap water in the lunch hall.
- Processed snacks such as ‘Lunchables’, ‘Dunkers’, ‘Attack A Snaks’
- Glass bottles and tins/cans due to safety reasons
Arbor - Please can we ask you to log into the Arbor app. We ask that you add/check the following information:
- 3 Emergency contacts
- Medical information (including GP surgery and any medical needs)
- Ethnicity
- Religion
Going forward you can change address/telephone or any information through the app directly, the school will receive a notification and your details will be updated accordingly.
SICKNESS ABSENCE - Not every illness will require a child to stay away from school. During term time, your child should attend school regularly unless he or she is ill or the school has authorised their absence. If your child is too ill to come to school, you must let the school know before 8.30am on each day of absence. If you are unsure if you should keep your child home from school due to illness, please look at this useful website "Is my child too ill for school? Click here. If you child will be absent due to illness please report via the study bugs app ONLY. Study Bugs App -Get the app or register now (https://studybugs.com/about/parents)
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The Past Fortnight -
Football -
Well done to our Y6 Boys football team and Mr Older , who came second in the Royal Holloway tournament. The boys showed wonderful Ashley values while representing the school.
Year 6 - 
Life in Year 6 has been busy: however, we paused on Remembrance Day to commemorate all those, past and present, who sacrificed their lives in wars and conflicts. The children recited the poem 'In Flanders Fields' and paid tribute to some of those soldiers whose names can be found on Walton's War Memorial. Year 5 and parents of those in Year 6 joined in a two-minute silence. Thank you to all of Year 6 for being so respectful and for speaking your lines so clearly: 'we will remember them.
-Miss Bardel
Year 4- 
This week in Year 4, the students have been learning about the proportions of a face to sketch their own portrait. They first looked at some examples of portraits done by Hans Holbein from the Tudor era to discuss how he used proportions to make his portraits appear more realistic. The students then looked at some general rules that help guide the artist to make their portraits proportional. Using a mirror, they began to sketch themselves as accurately as possible creating their own portrait!
- Miss Courtney
Year 3 -
A huge congratulations to Skylark Class for their massive improvement in sporting ability at our mini- Olympics trip last week. Last year we came 7th and this year we came 2nd! We are so proud of you all for showing resilience and great sportsmanship.
- Mrs Whitby
Year 1 -
This half term we are learning about how our toys have changed over time and we started the learning with a special delivery from Chertsey Museum. We loved looking at and exploring the range of old toys and comparing them to our own, coming up with adjectives to describe what they look like. This week, some of our old school toys appeared to come to life in the night, and we have discovered them in some unusual places! This has sparked many ideas for our sentence writing as we continue to practice building sentences using colourful semantics.
- Mrs Luxford
Reception - 
In reception we have had great fun exploring the celebration of bonfire night, we learnt about the story of Guy Fawkes and made some exciting firework pictures. We used the end of a cut up kitchen roll to print some colourful shapes and colours. As part of our work for Remembrance day we have used potato printing to make red poppies.
- Mrs Lulham
Interfaith Week at Ashley-
This week the children have been immersed in many activities to celebrate interfaith week and have had the opportunity to listen to guest speakers from different faith backgrounds. Rev Cathy led collective worship on Tuesday and spoke to the children about the importance of Remembrance Day and the unity shown by communities from different faiths in helping to bring peace.
- Mrs Nawaz
Infants and Juniors participated in a lunchtime pop up prayer space to mark Interfaith Week which looked at the symbols of different world religions.
-Mrs Harris
Friends of Ashley -
Here is the firework feedback form, if you could fill out we would love to hear your thoughts -
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Nr1SPxLPsIJiMbkvaRXEqhY_iK56T_Ha_Wuk4HiF9ls/edit?usp=drivesdk
Community Notice Board -
Many of you will have heard of the local charity Smiles2Smiles. They support those in the local community who need a little extra support, especially at Christmas.
Last year, with huge help from Ashley school, the team at the charity gave many more ‘Smiles’ by sending out just short of 450 hampers and making 65 bags for the children and women in our 4 local refuges. The charity receives their nominations from churches, schools, doctor’s surgeries and local children’s services. Their aim is to compassionately and discreetly help support those in Elmbridge who may be feeling vulnerable and need an extra hand.
This year, the charity expects the number of referrals to rise significantly. They rely heavily on donations from the local community and the Ashley School faith group are proud to announce that Ashley School will once again be having a collection to support them on Friday 21st November 2025. For many families in a refuge, this may be the only present they receive so the Smiles2Smiles team would be extremely grateful to receive NEW and UNUSED:
Christmas sweets, treats, biscuits etc
~ Toiletries/bath bombs/bubble bath/gift sets
~ Hats/scarves/gloves/socks
~ Lunch boxes/water bottles
~ Back packs
~ Arts and crafts sets
~ Stationary
~ Games
~ Lego
~ Toys for boys and girls – all ages
The donations can be dropped off at the gates on Friday 21st November 2025, either at drop off in the morning or at pick up in the afternoon where our lovely faith group will be on hand to assist you. If you are unable to drop off on that day, then you can contact Mrs Murray via the School Office and she will be happy to arrange another convenient time with you.
Most importantly, if there are any families you think would benefit from the charity’s help, you should contact Clare on smiles2smiles45@yahoo.com by 24th November. You can also follow them on their Facebook page Smiles2Smiles.
- Mrs Murray
HELP! -
Can You Help Us Fill Our Daily Mile Track?
We're looking to improve our Daily Mile running track around the field by adding more bark chip or wood chip to the surfacing. The track has become very muddy, and we'd like to make it more accessible for all our pupils throughout the year.
We need your help! If you or anyone you know has:
- Access to bark chip or wood chip materials
- Contacts with local tree surgeons, landscaping companies, or garden centres who might be able to donate or supply materials at a reduced cost
- Equipment or expertise to help with laying the bark chip when it arrives we'd love to hear from you! Please contact the school office on 01932 227695 or email info@ashley.surrey.sch.uk if you can help in any way.
Thank you for your continued support in helping us maintain excellent facilities for our children.
PANTO Time........
It's that time of year again! This years' St Mary's and St John's Youth Fellowship pantomime is Mother Goose and has a fabulous cast of 30 young people, including many Ashley alumni. It will be performed at St Mary's Church Hall on:
Thursday 1st January 2026 at 4pm
Friday 2nd January 2026 at 7pm
Saturday 3rd January 2026 at 2pm
Saturday 3rd January 2026 at 7pm
Tickets are £5 per person if booked and paid before December (£6 after 1st December). To book tickets please email youthfellowship@waltonparish.org.uk or message Zoe on 07950 932623
Well Done -
Felix (6) has, once again, smashed a tournament! At the EARLY AUTUMN OPEN AT CROYDON HIGH SPORTS CLUB, Felix participated in the 11 & Under singles category and came first out of 12 boys. Furthermore, he beat a player ranked Number 3 in the country! Bravo, Felix, we look forward to seeing you on Centre Court one day!
Jura (Y4) represented the Horse Ranger wreath laying memorial at Hampton Court on Remembrance Sunday.