Archive News
Date |
Headline |
|---|---|
| 12.07.07 |
Performers from Ashby School will take to the stage at Edinburgh's
internationally renowned Fringe Festival for the third consecutive
year this summer. |
| 12.07.07 |
A promising young footballer from Ashby School has secured a place
at Aston Villa Football Club's Centre of Excellence. |
| 08.07.07 |
A skills conference which has given hundreds of Ashby School students
a headstart in their careers will mark its 20th anniversary next
week. |
| 02.07.07 |
More than 400 students from Ashby School will swap the classroom
for the workplace this month when they take up their work experience
placements. |
| 28.06.07 | Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Ashby School has been forced to cancel its annual sports day for
the first time in living memory – because of the recent heavy
rainfall. |
| 25.06.07 |
Ashby School will celebrate students' achievements in the fields
of art, design and technology when it holds its end-of-year show
on Thursday (28 June). |
| 25.06.07 | French Students Get Down to Business Languages students will get down to business when they visit a
Leicester building firm - to brush up on their French skills. |
| 20.06.07 | Sporting Students Go For Glory Teachers and students will compete for glory – and valuable
points – when Ashby School hosts its annual sports' day next
Wednesday (27 June). |
| 20.06.07 |
Cult TV show 'The Crystal Maze' will be re-created during a 'Motivational
Maths Day' at Ashby School. |
| 20.06.07 | Linguists Get a Taste of Japan A Japanese chef will be cooking in class at Ashby School next
week to give students a taste of the country's native cuisine. |
| 20.06.07 | Wheelchair Students Help Third World Twelve students who spent a day in wheelchairs to raise awareness
of disability issues have helped to buy 17 wheelchairs for people
in the Third World. |
| 15.06.07 |
Gifted pupils from Ashby's primary schools made every second count
when they were invited to brush up on their maths skills at Ashby
School. |
| 13.06.07 | Peak-Time for Hill Walking Bursar The bursar from Ashby School will be counting minutes rather than
pennies when he takes on the 24-hour Three Peaks Challenge. |
| 08.06.07 |
Four students from Ashby School are vowing to become Ashby's answer
to the Arctic Monkeys – thanks to help from a scholarship
fund. |
| 29.05.07 | School Musicians Grace the Airwaves An end-of-year concert by musicians from Ashby School will be
broadcast to listeners across the world – thanks to local
hospital radio. |
| 24.05.07 | Rain Doesn't Stop Play at Saxophone Concert More than 20 saxophone players turned up for a free workshop at
Ashby School – and a chance to play with one of the country's
leading saxophone quartets. |
| 20.05.07 |
Ashby School's first aquathon made such a splash that it may become
an annual fundraising event. |
| 20.05.07 | Four Heads are Better than Two Newly-elected Head Boy Alex Stevenson and Head
Girl Sinead Wallace are already planning ways
to mobilise the whole school – and get everyone involved
in decision-making. |
| 20.05.07 |
A boy who was seriously injured in a jet ski accident will return
to mainstream lessons at Ashby School on Monday (21 May). |
| 13.05.07 | Outstanding Students Get Prizes Three remarkable students who have shown outstanding courage and
strength of character are to be presented with prizes at Ashby
School's annual awards evening next week. |
| 13.05.07 |
Enterprising students from Ashby School have picked up three awards
in the county finals of a competition to find the best budding
businessmen and women. |
| 09.05.07 | Teachers Dress Up For Charity Race (and that's just the men…) More than 100 staff and students have signed up for Ashby School's
first Aquathon – including four male PE teachers who will
do the race in dresses. |
| 09.05.07 | Ashby Student on Brink of England Place A soccer-mad student from Ashby School has been shortlisted to
play football for England. |
| 07.05.07 | Hannah Shows Shear Determination An Ashby student is to shave off all her hair in
Ashby School's morning assembly as a tribute to her grandmother,
who died of cancer. |
| 07.05.07 | Free Workshop is Music to the Ears of Saxophonists Saxophone players are being invited to take part in a free workshop – and
perform on stage – with one of the country's top saxophone
quartets. |
| 23.04.07 | Newly-weds Take Up New Challenge Two teachers from Ashby School, who got married earlier this year,
have set themselves their first major challenge as husband and
wife. |
| 23.04.07 | Tribute Paid to Former Teacher Teacher Tony Dicks, who taught at Ashby School for 36 years, died
unexpectedly in April 2007. |
| 28.03.07 | Composer Chris Plays His Way into Birmingham A budding composer from Ashby School has won a coveted place at
Birmingham Conservatoire to study music. |
| 28.03.07 | Mentoring A-peers to be Working Stressed or struggling students are getting extra help from their
peers at Ashby School – by signing up for their own mentor. |
| 28.03.07 | Maths Masterminds Leap to Kangaroo Challenge Three expert number-crunchers from Ashby School are celebrating
after earning a place in the second round of a prestigious maths
competition. |
| 23.03.07 |
Four budding entrepreneurs from Ashby School have made their mark
in a national competition – by staging their own rock concert. |
| 23.03.07 |
First-time first aiders at Ashby School will be bandaging and
resuscitating accident victims at a special training session on
Monday (26 March). |
| 23.03.07 | Ashby School Holds Wheelchair Awareness Day Twelve students from Ashby School will spend a day in wheelchairs
to raise awareness and boost funds for wheelchair users worldwide. |
| 21.03.07 | Young Designers Model Catwalk Creations Fashion designers from Ashby School will be hoping to impress
the judges when they model their own clothing creations on the
catwalk. |
| 21.03.07 |
An admin assistant from Ashby School will be making waves for
charity when she takes part in the country's annual Swimathon on
Sunday (25 March). |
| 16.03.07 | Babies Join A Level Classes Lessons at Ashby School are being disrupted not by unruly students
but by crying tots – following the arrival of four virtual
babies. |
| 16.03.07 | Straight A Student Takes to the Air A former 'straight A' student from Ashby School has qualified
as an officer in the RAF. |
| 10.03.07 | Bare-Legged Cheek for Comic Relief Hirsute students at Ashby School will be raising funds for Comic
Relief next Friday (16 March) – by having their legs
waxed in front of a packed assembly hall. |
| 10.03.07 |
Letters home are being replaced by emails at Ashby School, to
keep parents informed of their children's coursework deadlines,
exam dates and even their attendance records. |
| 10.03.07 |
MEP Glenis Wilmott will visit Ashby School this month to meet
five girls who wowed judges in a recent county-wide debate about
the European Union. |
| 28.02.07 | Students Heading for Japan Ten students from Ashby School will meet their Japanese pen-pals
in person – when they visit Japan later this year. |
| 21.02.07 |
Some of the area's most outstanding young linguists will be turning
their talents into tarts – when they take part in a French
cookery lesson at Ashby School. |
| 10.02.07 | Ambitious Youngsters Bid For Cash Cash to help young people from Ashby to further their ambitions
is up for grabs as part of a scholarship scheme. |
| 10.02.07 |
Two teachers from Ashby School will prove they are a class act – when
they tie the knot on Sunday (11 February). |
| 10.02.07 | 'World of Work' is Not a World Away Experts from the world of work will give Ashby School students
a crash course in preparing for the workplace. |
| 10.02.07 | Holocaust Remembered at Ashby School The grim realities of the Holocaust were laid bare for students
at Ashby School – following a visit to Auschwitz by the Head
Boy and Head Girl. |
| 10.02.07 | Addicts Urge Students to Live Healthy Lives Recovering drug addicts and alcoholics are to talk frankly about
their struggles with addiction to an audience of Ashby School students – to
raise awareness of the dangers of drug and alcohol dependency. |
| 21.01.07 | 'X Factor' Launched at Ashby School Singing hopefuls will take to the stage at Ashby School on Monday
(22 January) to prove that they have the 'X Factor'. |
| 21.01.07 |
Sixth Formers from Ashby School discussed current affairs
with the Bishop of Leicester when he visited the school. |
| 21.01.07 | Caribbean Dream Open to Students A life-changing trip to the Caribbean to explore its geography,
history or culture is open to students from Ashby School. |
| 15.01.07 | Chinese New Year at Ashby School A delegation of VIP visitors from China were given a tour of Ashby
School's outstanding teaching facilities. |
| 15.01.07 | Survival of the Toughest for Ashby Teacher A daredevil teacher from Ashby School will be crawling through
sewer pipes, leaping over burning hay bales, and wading through
tunnels of chest-high water – to prove she can compete with
the toughest. |
| 05.01.07 | Roadshow Comes to Ashby School Top flight badminton players visited Ashby School to share their
expertise and the latest hi-tech equipment with students. |
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