Football for Years 2-4

Welcome back, for most virtually, to school. We hope you all had a nice break from school work and screens. Spring is definitely upon us now, our daffodils have bloomed. We are looking forward to... Read more

Today, Ash & Beech classes had a mini talent show via Microsoft Teams to showcase any extra curricular activities they have. We had singers, dancers, musical instruments, puppet shows, football... Read more

For Larch's class catch up today Miss Allsop asked them to bring their pets along. It was a very fun session and we met dogs, cats, bunnies, fish and... Read more

Welcome to the new 'WellBook Guide' a unique e-zine created by the founders of the Cheltenham Wellbeing Festival for families living in the Cheltenham and Gloucester area.  This unique e-zine is a... Read more

In Acorn our focus this half term has been Winter. As well as taking some wintry listening and watching walks in the garden and drawing and painting birds, we have focused on what the animals and... Read more

This week Ash and Beech class were tasked to make biscuits for their space topic. The children in school made theirs with Mrs Hodges and the children at home produced some lovely biscuits with... Read more

Acorn have used the cold weather to their advantage and are learning about ice. They had a play with ice cubes and observed them... Read more

Larch have been working hard during the national lockdown and remote education to remember their lines for the poem ‘The Bogey Men and the Trolls Next Door’. Well done Larch the finished piece is... Read more

We are so proud of all our pupils who have taken on remote education and adapted so well to the change. Please see our Remote Education page for more information.Here are a few pictures from the last... Read more

Dear Parents:You may have just watched the PM's briefing on the tightened coronavirus restrictions, which take effect from tomorrow, Tuesday 5 January. You will appreciate, therefore, that we are... Read more

With reference to the new announcements by the Education Secretary today, 30th December 2020, we wish to reassure parents that Airthrie will re-open to all pupils on  Tuesday 5th January 2021.A link... Read more

Bubble 4:  Years 5 and 6This irreverent piece of fun was written and choreographed largely by the pupils – with a little guidance from the staff – who also contributed a great deal of time to... Read more

Year 6 - Beware!  Santa Claus is Coming.Year 5 - A Christmas  Requirement -  Deck the Halls!Year 4 - A Ukrainian carol - The Carol of the BellsYear 3 - A Victorian Carol - Jingle BellsNursery and... Read more

In case you missed the End of Term letter, it is displayed... Read more

The planned lesson concerned the history of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's nutcracker suite and its season of performances in the Unites States (similar to our Pantomime season).  But suddenly, at the... Read more

It's the last day today before the holidays commence. On behalf of all the staff and pupils we hope you have a wonderful... Read more

Christmas party day was full of smiles, laughter, games and dancing again this year. Here are just a few of the photographs from... Read more

Ash and Beech have been learning about advent and made Christingle's. We do hope they enjoy lighting them at home (with adult... Read more

Alder have been busy creating Christmas goodies to bring home for Christmas. We have been enjoying their... Read more

Our cooks did a wonderful job preparing and cooking our Christmas lunch today. It looked and tasted wonderful so thank you to all of you. Here is a photographs of Ash and Beech enjoying theirs with... Read more

Larch have created boats as their homework project to support their topic of Vikings this term. They even put them to the test in the water and used a fan to see if they would float. They look... Read more

Today Ash and Beech classes performed their Nativity for the camera. It's sad that they don't get to have an audience this year but the camera made them just as shy! They did brilliant - here are a... Read more

On Thursday Nursery walked down to the post box to post their letters to Santa. We do hope he received them all... Read more

The decorations are up, its Christmas lunch on Thursday and the Christmas performances are being filmed this week. It's all happening... Read more

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 Genevieve, in Alder, is one of the winners of the 'Kindness at Christmas' art competition. Her winning picture has been chosen to go behind the December 24th window of the advent... Read more

Cedar have had a very interesting science lesson today looking at bones! Budding   Paleontologists or Orthopaedists? You... Read more

Larch have been super creative and designed their very own leaf calendars with a variation of different leaves. They look fabulous. Well done... Read more

Thank you for making our Toy Stall and Pyjama Day fundraiser such a success.  We raised a total of £383.40 for our new computing equipment. Extra thanks go to Miss Allsop, the School Council and all... Read more

Today we embraced the start of anti-bullying week by wearing odd socks to celebrate that we are all unique! The anti-bullying week theme this year is 'united against bullying'. If you want to read... Read more

Today we embraced the start of anti-bullying week by wearing odd socks to celebrate that we are all unique!The anti-bullying week theme this year is 'united against bullying'. If you want to read... Read more

Alder have worked really hard on their Egyptian silhouette artwork. They are now on display in the hallway outside Alder classroom looking fabulous. See the photo... Read more

The parts for this beautiful display was created by on of our Beech pupils, Saskia. Both Ash and Beech have been learning about The Great Fire of London this term and have learnt lots of songs about... Read more

We hope you are all having a great half term break! I just wanted to share with you the great project Larch have been working on over the last term - their Anglo Saxon Village. Their topic this term... Read more

Well done to all the girls in dance club who have spent the term working hard on their dance routine. Just a few photos below from their performance - it's a real shame we couldn't have parents in to... Read more

Today, PC Fiona McDowell and PCSO Tim Baldwin visited the school to talk to our Year 6's about internet safety and staying safe online. The children loved it and learnt lots. Thank you Fiona and... Read more

Thank you to all our pupils, staff and parents for finding that splash of yellow for today’s event in support of young people’s mental health on World Mental Health Day, tomorrow. We raised a... Read more

Would your child like to spend two or more days over the October half term launching rockets, mixing up potions or making their own robot?Fun Science Cheltenham are running a holiday club at... Read more

Today, Ash class had some little friends to visit in their science lesson! They talked about the ideal habitat for woodlice and even sang a song about it! They used magnifying glasses to look deeper... Read more

We have officially been back at school for 3 weeks now and have had a total of 8 birthdays to celebrate so far! It has been a long standing Airthrie tradition to present each child with a birthday... Read more

Lego club have been getting super creative in their first couple of weeks. Last week the pupils made boats and tested them out for real on... Read more

Today, the pupils in Ash wrote stories about their toys and shared them with each other on the carpet. Great imaginations and readings... Read more

Alder had a busy morning, working as scientists to dissect flowers and identify the male and female parts. Once the flowers were magnified, Alder were able to find the anther, filament, stigma and... Read more

Today, Ash and Beech used magnifying glasses to discover as many minibeasts as they could outside. They found worms, ants, woodlouse, flies and beetles! They had so much fun exploring the trees,... Read more

We were delighted to welcome back Year 5 to Alder. We spent some of the first day thinking about our hopes and possibilities for the term and year ahead. The children worked together to make a... Read more

Further to our announcement in June that, following a great deal of planning and re-organisation of space, we  welcomed back the remaining Year-groups for the last few weeks of the Summer term, this... Read more

BBC have created a brilliant video to describe how schools will most likely be operating from September onwards. Although most of our students were welcomed back at the end of the summer term, some... Read more

Our lovely pupils in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 were given a demonstration of the appearance of an adult dressed in PPE (this, following our successful fire drill using new, separate exit... Read more

Summer must be on its way! Luke Andersson has shared something amazing that he found in his garden; three blue eggs in a nest and then two chicks that later hatched. They look very hungry in the... Read more

Airthrie is thrilled to announce our plans to re-open school on Monday 1st June 2020, which in the first instance will be for Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6.  At the heart of our re-opening is... Read more

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Our groundsman, Jeremy, has been working really hard re-painting lots of our play equipment and other parts of the school ready for you all to return (hopefully very soon). He has brightened up the... Read more

One of our pupils has spent her Easter break helping to make free scrubs for the NHS staff that are much needed at this time. Saskia, in Ash class, has been learning how to cut pockets and what all... Read more

We hope you are all having a great Easter Holiday and recuperating ready for the Summer term, most importantly staying safe. Whilst life at Airthrie has not been quite as we normally know it this... Read more

We had a great day supporting Sport Relief in our sports gear today, raising a total of... Read more

The health, welfare and safety of pupils and staff is the number one priority for Airthrie.  This page has been set up to provide information for anyone at the school with questions or concerns about... Read more

Airthrie played a mixed team of U9s and U10s against Richard Pates' U10s. In the first quarter we struggled to get the ball into the circle and therefore were unable to score whilst Richard Pates... Read more

On Wednesday 4th March 2020 seven Year 5 girls went to Kitebrook School to play netball. Eleanor was the Captain and gave us top tips that we brought into the game, and we did well. We all persevered... Read more

In celebration of World Book Day, the children dressed up as their favourite book characters; the teachers joined in the fun too! A really great effort was made by the children - can you guess who... Read more

Cedar have written and produced the most wonderful Science fiction stories as part of their English programme this term. They have included: -A problem, a reaction & a resolution -Convincing... Read more

 Well done to the Airthrie Nature Quiz team who won the first round of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Quiz against St John’s School, Cheltenham on Tuesday 3 March. The team showed excellent knowledge... Read more

Congratulations go to two of our pupils who finished in the top ten of the Cheltenham Primary Schools' League.  As the final fixture was cancelled the best scores from two out of three races were... Read more

Our Year 6 students have arrived at Dean Close School to take part in the Skills Day. They will be playing netball and hockey and are very excited to get... Read more

Today, in their art lesson, Oak reproduced their own African inspired drawings in their books and then transferred them onto... Read more

Today we had a visit from Joseph Mawle - Actor in Game of Thrones, In the Heart of the Sea, Ripper Street, Birdsong and Merlin. He came to spend some time with our Year 5 & 6 pupils and they had... Read more

Four teams were involved in a mini drama session. The scene was a forest or wood with trees that could be lifelike. In the last meeting there was an opportunity to get ideas together and assign... Read more

Airthrie children began the third cross country fixture held at Cheltenham College Preparatory with enthusiasm. Megan was the first to run for the Y5 girls, running steadily for the first lap and... Read more

On Tuesday 4th February last week a team of Y6’s with Me, Ethan, Harriet ,Zoe and in the Y5’s Ben, Benjamin, Megan and Isla went to a maths challenge at Cheltenham college. The following challenges... Read more

World Book Day is on Thursday 5 March. Children are welcome to come to school dressed as their favourite book character and to also bring in a book of their choice from home to... Read more

On Friday 25 pupils from Years 3 to 6 set off by coach to Wembley Arena for an afternoon and evening full of singing.  After a quick stop en route and a picnic lunch, we arrived at Wembley for an... Read more

The children who are taking part in the Young Voices Concert in Wembley today have just arrived! They are very excited and eager to get to rehearsals before the big show... Read more

From Sunday 19th to Friday 14th of January I was in Switzerland for a ski racing training camp. I had two days of training for each course type; Giant Slalom (GS) and Slalom. I then had two race... Read more

A squad of 10 pupils from Year 6 played an away match yesterday against Hatherop Castle School. They all played at least 2 quarters and positions were rotated. It was a decisive victory for Airthrie... Read more

Cedar conducted a great assembly for the rest of the school today about rocks. They told us all about the different types of rocks; sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. We learnt how they are made,... Read more

On 29 January the Year 6 Girls Netball Team played against Cheltenham College. At half time we were winning 9 - 2. We all played our hardest. Mrs Southgate kindly chose me to captain the match. We... Read more

Today, Larch presented an assembly to the whole school about Chinese New Year. Our Chinese visitors also helped to present and we learnt a lot about Chinese culture. Did you know you shouldn't gift a... Read more

Happy Chinese New Year to our visiting Chinese students from all of us at... Read more

Last week we were given the spectacular news that we were creating a picture of the Northern Lights. We got started right away by making silhouettes of trees, and some of us made mountainsides. After... Read more

Zaphira Cormack, Visiting Music Teacher, is offering to start both Ukulele tuition and a Ukulele Club. She has Ukuleles to borrow and to hire and is currently trying to gain an idea of how popular... Read more

Zaphira Cormack is now pleased to offer:  for 4-8 years between during term time. Zaphira writes: “Our approach is open and child led. Our teachers aim to inspire and we collaborate... Read more

Mr Webb came in and shared lots of amazing facts and information about space and the planets. He showed us a clip about the Falcon Heavy launch and we looked at photographs of the moon that he had... Read more

Oak presented an assembly to the whole school about New Years Resolutions and goals. James: In PSHE we have been discussing what we would alike to achieve in 2020 and our New Year's... Read more

Congratulations to Clara Lloyd, Struan Nickerson, George Dodds, Ralph Bewley and Morgan Wilson for being awarded their pen licences for showing consistently lovely... Read more

We had a Christmas Jumper day in aid of Save The Children on Tuesday and raised £128! Pupils and staff were invited to wear their best Christmas jumper all day alongside the Christmas... Read more

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An excellent Christmas Market was organised by the ever enthusiastic Class Reps and Claire Haines.   The total raised was £960.00.   What a wonderful achievement!  A big thank you to all of the... Read more

Our School Trip by Harris Chapman, Year 4  We went to the Corinium Museum. We did a workshop about the Anglo-Saxons. We were put into groups and we then examined exact replicas of objects that were... Read more

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We raised £60 at our harvest festival which has been donated to Talhado Montessori Preschool who have 91 children attending. Today, we received a lovely thank you from all the children there.When... Read more

Larch enjoyed an informative visit from Dr Karein as part of their new topic "Teeth and... Read more

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We had a very successful Children in Need Day on Friday.  In total we raised £232.60 so thank you to everyone who contributed.We all came to school in our own clothes, ran a Pudsey Bear colouring... Read more

The children in Willow have been very busy making poppy pictures for Remembrance Day. They used a variety of media. Some children chose to make pictures with paper circles, whilst others made poppies... Read more

Wentwood Forest earnt the most leaf point for the first half of the Autumn term, so as a reward the Treefects shared a celebratory biscuit iced in Wentwood green with each Wentwood... Read more

Thank you to all who bought the autumn edition of our school newspaper. We made a fantastic £74.04, which will go towards updating our computer suite.  Look out for the next edition in the... Read more

Congratulations Lara for winning the National All Stars Tennis Regional Finals on Saturday - a wonderful achievement!   Lara now goes forward to the National Finals in London, at the end of the month... Read more

Our year 6 students took great pleasure in selling poppies to the younger children and parents on Thursday, Friday and Monday 11th November in preparation for Armistice Day. Thank you for all the... Read more

Cedar enjoyed a fantastic school trip to the National History museum in Oxford. They were amazed at the opportunity to walk amongst dinosaur skeletons, investigate gemstones, touch a real meteorite... Read more

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The second cross country event was held at St Edward's Prep School with six of our pupils participating. It is a fabulous course with its notorious hill and other undulations.  Once again Airthrie... Read more

''What we did in our forest meetings this morning were hedgehogs made of dough and raisins for the noses and eyes. How to make it:So first we put some flour on our desks and then the teachers split... Read more