Reception have been working on making spirals in Art with Mrs Pirie, moving chalk or felt tip pens further away from a central point in a circular motion. They practised their gross motor skills with A1 paper, while adding bright chalk colours, while others experimented with smaller fine liner pen spirals. 🌀
Year 2 have been learning about Matthew Henson, who is believed by many to have been among the first people to reach the North Pole. They discovered lots of interesting facts about his life, achievements, and Arctic expeditions. They also enjoyed getting creative by making North Pole collages and silhouettes inspired by their learning. ❄️🧭🎨
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Year 4 enjoyed their time at Cheltenham Science Festival this week. They listened to a STEM World Cup lecture and then went to the flight centre! @cheltfestivals
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🏃♂️🔥 Olympic Torch Athletics 2026 🔥🏃♀️
Ashley Manor was again delighted to host the Olympic Torch Athletics event, a much-loved tradition that has taken place annually since the Olympic Torch passed through Cheltenham in 2012 and visited the school.
It was a fantastic afternoon of athletics, bringing together children from Ashley Manor, Cheltenham College, Prestbury St Mary's Primary School, Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy, Gotherington Primary School and Glenfall Community Primary School.
Children competed with great enthusiasm in a range of long-distance, sprint and relay events.
The competitions were closely contested throughout, with every school demonstrating excellent determination, teamwork and sportsmanship.
Congratulations to Prestbury St Mary's, who finished as overall winners, with Ashley Manor securing second place and Cheltenham College taking third.
A huge thank you to all the pupils, staff and supporters who helped make the event such a success. It was a wonderful celebration of athletic achievement and community spirit, and a fitting tribute to the Olympic legacy that inspired the event over a decade ago. 🏅👏
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Year 2 have recently been having fun in their English lessons and learnt how to add -er and -est to adjectives to compare objects! ✏️📚 They also practised ordering items and talking about practical objects in relation to their size. 🧸📦
Fantastic comparing skills from everyone! 👏⭐
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In Science, Year 3 have been learning about how magnets are used in everyday life. The children explored a range of real-life examples and discussed how magnets help us in different ways, from simple household items to more advanced technology.
The pupils enjoyed working in small groups to match descriptions to pictures, helping them to identify and understand different uses of magnets. They showed great teamwork, listened carefully to one another’s ideas and explained their thinking clearly.
The children then used the internet to research some more complex uses of magnets, including maglev trains, recycling and electromagnetism. They were fascinated to discover how magnets can help trains move without touching the track, how they are used to separate materials during recycling, and how electromagnets can be switched on and off using electricity.
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To continue their topic on 'People Who Look After Us', Reception were so please to welcome one of their parents who used to work in the RAF. They were mesmerised by the pictures of different aircraft and a very exciting video. They handed round a special medal, RAF helmet and model Hercules plane. It was lovely to see the children so inspired by such a vital role.
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On Wednesday, Year 1 and Year 2 all had a lovely day at Cotswold Wildlife Park seeing and learning all about the animals!🦒🐅🦏🦓
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On Wednesday 13th May, we had the we had a special guest for one of the boys in Year 4's Show and Tell. He talked about rugby and brought in his cousin, Jake Morris, who plays for Gloucester Rugby.
He shared his love of watching his cousin play then the children all asked Jake lots of questions! He told them all about his diet, exercise and training routines. Jake has scored many tries for Gloucester and the children were very impressed with all the teams from around the world that he has faced in matches! He kindly signed them all a picture at the end, it was the highlight of the week! The class also sang him happy birthday he turned 26 on Tuesday 12th May!
@jake_morris @officialgloucesterrugby
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The Reception children are now so quick at getting their waterproofs and wellies on independently that they were able to take an impromptu midweek trip to Forest School! They were all very engaged in an imaginary café game where they dug for ingredients and mixed mud, grass and dried leaves to make 'dumplings', 'smoothies' and 'salad toppings'.
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✈️ Year 2 took off on an adventure through history with our Explorers unit! We explored the incredible life of Amelia Earhart, sequenced her achievements on a timeline, and then brought flight to life by designing our own paper planes—a glider, a jet, and a dart plane. The best part? Watching them soar over the “Atlantic”! 🌊
The children remembered so many fascinating facts and had a blast combining learning with hands-on fun. Future pilots and explorers in the making! 🚀
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Pre-School have been learning all about “People Who Help Us” and have had a different surprise appear in their classroom each day.
They explored the role of dentists through hands-on activities, became detectives with the police by following clues hidden around the school grounds to track down wanted story characters, and took on the role of vets by caring for animals, exploring x-rays and learning what they are used for, before creating some x-ray drawings of their own.👩⚕️🐾🚨
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