Trees for Life 2020
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Earlier this week our Year 3 class had the opportunity to visit Conrhenny Plantation as part of the 'Trees for Life' initiative. We worked out that this year sees us involved in this event for the 13th consecutive year, particularly impressive and demonstrates the value the school places on learnin…

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National Hockey Finals
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Today (Tuesday 11th February) saw the Ashley Hill 'Arrows' team take part in the National Hockey Finals at the NSC. Stepping up from a regional event to the National Finals was always going to be a challenge, but the players showed resilience throughout, and were determined to show off their full r…

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Year 3/4 Hockey success
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Today (Thursday 6th Feb) saw twenty children from Year 3 & 4 take part in the regional hockey festival, organised by Manx Sport and Recreation. The children were split into 3 squads, the Aces, Arrows and Astros. The Aces and Arrows were pitted against each other in group A, and both completed their…

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Ashley Hill Remembers
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Over the weekend, children from all three schools in Onchan joined together to take part in the Remembrance services in the village. On Saturday, children lay crosses and read poems during a small service in the garden of Remembrance at St Peter's Church. This was followed by a Remembrance Sunday s…

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Ashley Hill Goes Pink!
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Today (Monday 21st October) Ashley Hill went Pink to raise money for the Manx Cancer Support Group. Davison's Ice Cream van joined us to sell the children pink whippy ice cream. Needless to say, the fundraiser was a big hit with all the children and we hope to have raised a large amount of money fo…

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Big Noise 2019
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It was an absolute pleasure to watch our Year 6 children perform at Bemahague last night (1st July) as part of the Big Noise concert. The concert plays a big part in our Year 6s transition up to high school, with them getting to know their new surroundings and building up friendships with children…

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Wallababes ready for action!
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This Sunday, three members of staff will be taking part in the Microgaming Triathalon Team event in Ramsey. Mrs Marshall (swimming), Mrs Faragher (cycling) and Mrs Williamson (running) are entering as the 'Wallababes' and have been in training over the past few months. Their pursuit is to help rais…

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2019 Chess Congress
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On Saturday morning, 7 children from Ashley Hill took part in the Island's Primary Schools' Chess Congress. Alex, Toby, Josh, Evie, Lilian, Ethan and Sienna all thoroughly enjoyed the experience of taking part in this event and can be very proud of their efforts against tough opposition.

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World Book Day 2019
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Today, Ashley Hill celebrated World Book Day, with all children coming to school dressed as their favourite character. Throughout the day, classes will be joining forces to create stories and teachers will be swopping to read some of their favourite stories. All children will receive a £1 Book Toke…

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