Junior School Archives - Ascham School

16 Nov Clean, green power at Ascham

Posted at 12:15h in Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, Leadership, News, Senior School

Three years ago, Ascham became the first school in NSW to enter into a 10-year energy deal, a Corporate Renewables Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with wholesale electricity retailer Flow Power. Under this deal we source 90% of our energy from renewable energy sources—namely from a...

05 Nov World Teachers’ Day

Posted at 16:10h in Ascham Parents’, Boarding, Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, News, Senior School

Our wonderful Ascham Parents’ Association (APA) made sure that World Teachers’ Day was marked and celebrated at Ascham on 29 October. Here the APA writes about the day: 'To mark the occasion and acknowledge the hard work of all the teachers and staff at Ascham in...

26 Oct Bye bye remote learning!

Posted at 11:40h in Boarding, Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, News, Senior School

Ascham students are back on campus in full swing! It has been a wonderful return to school this week and last, with all our Year groups back on campus now. Our 2022 School Committee of Year 12 students were on the gate, along with our mascot...

22 Oct Managing Overwhelm

Posted at 09:07h in Boarding, Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, News, Senior School

Our Ascham School Counsellors regularly connect with our students, staff and families. During remote learning, our Counsellors reached out constantly to help manage the health and wellbeing of all members of our community. In the lead-up to school resuming on campus, there was anxiety to...

08 Oct Ted Talks

Posted at 14:41h in Community, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, News

Our Prep to Year 2 (Hillingdon) Coordinator Mrs Catherine Clayton employed our gorgeous resident bear—Hillingdon Ted—to keep our youngest students entertained and engaged during months of remote learning. Hillingdon Ted was prepared for her Big Remote Adventure at the start of Term 3, but, like her...

03 Sep Wow, What a Book Week!

Posted at 16:00h in Boarding, Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, News, Senior School

Not even remote learning will dampen the spirits of our students going all out for Book Week. It was an incredible week of celebrating our love of books and reading - even if we had to share much of it online. Book Week proved to be...

30 Jul 100 Days of Learning

Posted at 15:10h in Hillingdon, Junior School, News

On Friday 23 July, Kindergarten celebrated their first 100 days of learning and what a year it has been so far for our Kindy girls! They have shown great resilience this year and it has been so wonderful to see them learn and grow. The...

16 Jul The Remote Classroom

Posted at 15:21h in Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, News, Senior School

Ms Peta Howley, Deputy Head of Junior School (and currently Acting Head), reflects on the start of a very different Term 3 this year—one of remote learning for all our students. 'A classroom is much more than a physical site. A classroom is created by dedicated...

28 May National Reconciliation Week

Posted at 16:39h in Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, Leadership, Music, News, Performances & Productions, Senior School

As the sun shone in the early morning of Thursday 27 May, all students and staff of Ascham gathered together around the magnolia tree to launch our celebrations for National Reconciliation Week. This is a time of year when we mark out a whole week...

04 May How we problem-solve… creatively

Posted at 15:44h in Co-Curricular, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, Leadership, News, Senior School, STEAM

With the da Vinci Decathlon being held in both our Junior and Senior Schools at Ascham this week, the thinking caps are firmly in place! Mrs Michelle Baddams, Coordinator of Enrichment Programs (Prep to Year 6), explains here how we embrace creative problem-solving at Ascham...

22 Apr Street libraries on the playground!

Posted at 11:55h in Ascham Parents’, Boarding, Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, News, Senior School

It's no secret that we love to read at Ascham, and we regularly encourage our students to read for pleasure. The School has three libraries full to the brim with books, books, books! Recently, the Ascham Parents' Association generously donated three street libraries that have been...

26 Mar Do you remember your first school camp?

Posted at 15:56h in Co-Curricular, Community, Fiona, General, Junior School, News

Going on your first school camp can be both super exciting and a little daunting for young people. So when our Year 3 girls set off to Stanwell Tops this month on their first ever school camp, there were butterflies all round. It's been a wet...