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AHS weekly communication digest - 11.07.25

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Letters and emails sent home this week

  • Class of 2025 Celebration of Success Evening

  • Prom 2025 video

  •  GCSE Results Day 2025

  • Normandy

  •  Day Trippers itinerary

  • Activities week - Sports, games and fun

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

General Reminders and information

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.

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Staying Hydrated! 

Please ensure your child brings a water bottle into school and keeps it filled up during the school day. 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 suffers from hayfever, please remind them to take their hayfever medication before coming to school. 

 

School Uniform Shorts

We understand it is warm this week and students like to wear shorts however, we would like to remind families of our uniform standards regarding student shorts.

Students are permitted to wear:

  • School-tailored shorts
  • Cargo shorts

Please note that sport shorts, football shorts and jogger-style shorts are not part of the approved uniform and should not be worn to school.

We appreciate your support in helping maintain our school's dress standards.

Road Safety weekly message

Car sharing. Do you and a lot of other parents from your road/village make a school run? Consider getting together and organising a car share – not only is this great for the environment, it would free up time for each parent across a rota when you’re not doing the school run.

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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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.

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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 

Activity                                                        Daily Meeting points 2025

Arts and crafts                                             Room 20

Adventure Week (all groups)                    Gym

Camping – Forest Park                               Room 9 (Monday only) front of school for coaches

Chocolate week                                           Room 12

Day Trippers                                                 Sports Hall

Eagles                                                            Nurture / the Nest

Normandy France                                        Depart AHS Monday 14 July 1 am hrs Back Car Park

Sports games and fun                                 Room 35

Watersports                                                   Dining room

Water Walks and windmills                       Library

Wizardry, Wildlife and Wild Rides             Room 7 Depart 14 July 9am back car park

Other rooms are use during the week,

Arts and crafts 19 19A 20 21 textiles 15 food room 12 and DT room 16 and library

Sports Fun in school 35 36 37 38 and sports hall

Chocolate week room 11 and 27

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For activities week updates on trips throughout the week on Instagram you can use the Aylsham High School official account Aylsham_ high_official Or Aylsham high school DofE We will be sharing daily photos of all trips!

Online Safety

Please visit our online safety page of the website to view latest information and our monthly newsletter

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

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Non-Uniform Day -11th July 2025

All funds raised from today's non-uniform day are going towards TACT Families and the memorial garden. 

SEND information

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

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Payment Reminders

Any items available for payment will be listed on your ParentPay account.

New GCSE Courses – Course contributions are available to pay for on ParentPay

Iceland 2026 – Payment schedule is now set up on ParentPay.  Part payment deadlines are 9th June and 8th September with final payment due 20th October 25.

This weeks news

Click here to see latest news within AHS 

Non School Uniform Day
8:50am – 3:25pm
11
July
Matilda The Musical JR
7:00pm
11
July
Matilda The Musical JR
2:30pm
12
July
Uniform Try on and Collection
9:30am – 12:30pm
08
August
Uniform Try on and Collection
1:30pm – 4:30pm
18
August
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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

 

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