Letters and emails sent home this week

• New timetables for current years 7-10

• Pre-loved uniform donations

• Updated year 11 leaver statements issued today

• New Y11 Jumpers

• Coping with School Holidays Workshop at AHS - Tuesday 24th June

•  Passports and GHIC Cards for Normandy

• * To view these letters please check your ParentMail or alternatively, please click here

If your child is ill during the school day

If your child is taken ill during the school day they should firstly report this to their teacher who will authorise them to go to the medical needs office where they will be assessed by a qualified first aider.  Parents will be notified immediately if their child requires to go home or in the case of an emergency, an ambulance may be called and parents will be notified.  It is important that students follow these procedures and do not phone home themselves.

If parents turn up without being contacted by med bay and take their child home the child's absence will be recorded as unauthorised.

With the lovely warm weather we have been having, please ensure your child brings a water bottle into school and they keep it filled up. We have had a lot of children visiting the medical bay who have had no water, which has then resulted in headaches, fatigue etc.

If your child also suffers from hayfever, please could you remind them to take their hayfever medication before coming to school. 

A call for help! - Allotment Project

We run a very successful allotment project at Aylsham high School where some of our students can learn the importance of teamwork, communication and, of course, horticulture. The students get a great deal out of this environment and often go on to complete similar courses post-16. In order for the allotment to be as successful as it is, we have relied upon the generosity of a few people in terms of sourcing some key materials and support. Unfortunately, we are in need of finding new sources for some of our materials and support this year. Below is a lit of what we are hoping some of our wonderful parents can help out with:

• Manure – any sort will do but pig is usually the best!
• Hay bales – we usually only need a few small hay bales a year for our strawberry and tomato beds
• Summer holiday watering – when the students aren’t here in the summer, the allotment still needs watering – are you able to spare an hour or two a week to water the allotment? There are usually a handful of fruits and vegetables going spare as a thank you for your time!

If you can help with any of this, please get in contact with Mr Bradshaw via email dbradshaw@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk

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External exam information

Exam and revision information can be found here: https://www.aylshamhigh.com/ahs-exams

Exam information is also shared on the school’s Instagram page: @aylsham_high_official

This includes updates for each exam and which equipment is needed.

Options for 2025/26

All current year 8, 9 and 10 students have now received their option confirmation emails for next year.  These emails were sent to students to their alf.education account and then also to parents/carers as an email from Ms Stonestreet (not via ParentMail).

If a student would like to change their options, please can their parent/carer email Ms Stonestreet – astonestreet@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk.

Ms Stonestreet will look at any change requests and keeps a waiting list.  Please note, some subject classes are full but students will kept on a waiting list should a space become available.

School Reports

The table below provides information about the sharing of school reports:

Year	Sharing information
7	Spring report - shared on 10th March Summer report – shared on 22nd May. The individual subject report will be shared shortly.
8	Summer report – shared on 22nd May. The individual subject report will be shared shortly.
9	Shared during week commencing 31st March: Spring individual subject report – option subject Summer report – option subject Summer individual subject report – option subject Summer report for core subjects – shared on 22nd May. The individual subject report will be shared shortly.
10	Shared during week commencing 31st March: Spring individual subject report – option subject Summer report – option subject Summer individual subject report – option subject Summer report for core subjects – shared on 22nd May. The individual subject report will be shared shortly.
11	Shared during week commencing 31st March: Spring individual subject report Summer report Summer individual subject report

Once your child’s report has been shared with you, please ensure that you read your child’s report on SIMS Parent. Your child can also access a copy of their report on their SIMS Student account.

If you have any issues with accessing SIMS Parent or your child’s report, please email our SIMS Parent team simsparent@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk.

SIMS Student

Students have access to SIMS Student using their school alf.education email address. 

To get support with SIMS Student, students can see their computing teacher or Mrs Cooke in the STAR office at break or lunch time.

For more information about SIMS Student, please see the SIMS Student page on the school website under the students tab.

https://www.aylshamhigh.com/ahssimsstudent

SIMS Parent

All parents/carers with parental responsibility are able to access SIMS Parent once registered. 

To get support with SIMS Parent, parents/carers can email simsparent@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk.

For more information about SIMS Parent including guidance on how to register, access SIMS Parent and about the information being shared with you, please see the SIMS Parent page on the school website under the parents & carers tab.

https://www.aylshamhigh.com/ahssimsparent

Clubs for students

To view all clubs please click here

Year 11s Help you choose 

Students have now received their log ins for Help you Choose.  Please could you encourage your child to add college placements. They need a plan A and a plan B.

Miss Wiseman and Mrs Wiseman are both in room 38 at lunchtimes on Tuesdays and Thursday to guide and support students if they would like any help.

Virtual Work Experience

Amazing opportunities on this link for virtual work experience all on line certification at the end of completing!

https://www.springpod.com/virtual-work-experience/future-creators-wanted-virtual-work-experience-with-thales/WEXP-00487

Activities Week

Activities week will take place on 14 July to 18 July 2025

Welcome to the activities for summer of 2025.  Activities week will take place this year during the last week of the summer term.  We aim to end the academic year with a fun and exciting range of events designed to enable your child to:

• Spend an extended period of time on an activity of their choice
• Undertake a residential experience if they wish
• Try something completely different
• Progress further with existing skills
• Work with students from different year groups
• Develop the skills needed to be enterprising and utilise key skills in new situations

All students are expected to take part in an activity

The school is unable to authorise absence during activities week, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

We expect cost to be an important factor; activities that have a price associated with them are unable to run unless we can cover the full cost through your contributions.  There is, as usual, a range of free and low cost activities to ensure that every child can take part during the week.

There will be a non-refundable deposit required by Friday 22 November 2024; this will be available to pay via ParentPay on Wednesday 13 November 2024.  The deadline for full non-refundable payment for all activities is Monday 31 March 2025.  Please make payments via ParentPay.  If you need assistance with ParentPay, please contact the finance department on ext. 153/107 or finance@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk.  If you would like to discuss payment options including instalments, please contact the activity leader once the activity has been confirmed.

If you have any questions please email twiseman@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk 

Consent Forms to be completed

Please click on the activity week that your child is going on to access the consent forms.  If they are on a residential trip, you will be required to complete a behaviour contract too and the link for this is on the activities' week page too.

Adventure Week

Camping

Chocolate Week

Day Trippers

Eagles

Normandy

Walks, Water and Windmills

Watersports

WWW Residential

TACT (Families)

Please click here to view upcoming courses and events organised by our Family Learning team.  

FREE Workshops available to book.  Please click on the link above to get booked onto the courses

SEND information

• Norfolk County Council SEND Newsletter - https://www.aylshamhigh.com/ncc-send-bulletins
• Norfolk SENDIASS - https://www.aylshamhigh.com/sendiass

Aylsham Sports Hub

Year 11 Pre-loved Uniform

As our Year 11 students approach the end of their time at AHS, we want to take a moment to thank you for your continued support throughout their high school journey.

As part of preparing for the next generation of students, we are collecting donations of any pre-loved school uniform in good condition. If you have any items you would be happy to donate, we would be very grateful.

Donations can be brought in either at the Year 11 Celebration Event on Friday 20th June or anytime during the following week. All donations will go to FOAHS to support families and promote sustainability within our school community.

As a thank you, anyone who donates will be entered into a prize draw to win an Amazon voucher.

Thank you once again for your support.

*Parents/carers will need to book in advance for the workshop above, please use this link to book a space: AHS Coping with School Holidays Workshop

TACT evening courses

With limited spaces available, booking is essential. We encourage people to sign up using the provided link to a Google form; however, if anyone expresses an interest and encounters difficulties, please contact Monica: mharding@ayshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk text: 07780 887348

To view courses, please visit: /tact-families-workshop-courses

 

To view our current vacancies please click here