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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: admin@ashtonhayes.cheshire.sch.uk orhead@ashtonhayes.cheshire.sch.uk 

Web: www.ashtonhayes.cheshire.sch.uk 

Twitter: @AshtonHayesPS

ASHTON HAYES PRIMARY

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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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