Newsletters

Letters and emails sent home this week

• Year 7 Parents’ Evenings – Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th March 2025

• Leopard Boutique – School uniform supplier February opening hours

• Expression of interest for Iceland Trip deadline is 28/2/25

• Year 11 GCSE English afterschool revision sessions

• GCSE PE revision sessions

• Business GCSE ‘After School Revision’ sessions

• GCSE Geography Fieldwork in Aylsham

• * 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.

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

Neurodiversity Celebration Week
2025 Events Schedule
March 17 - 23

We are excited to share the schedule of events with you for Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025!

This year we're bringing you more panel discussions than ever before, with inspirational speakers from a range of backgrounds and professions. The discussions will all be focussing on key neurodiversity topics, and aim to educate while inspiring conversations about neurodiversity.

All events are free of charge and open to all. Please do sign up to as many events as you like and share with your networks, so we can all join together in celebrating different minds!

Please note that these events are being recorded, to increase accessibility for all around the world. Links to the recordings will be sent via email post-event, so please make sure you register for the events so that you don't miss out!

2025 Events Schedule | Neurodiversity Celebration Week

Check out our Instagram page

Aylsham High School Instagram page

Year 7 and 8 DT/drama/food rotation – current rotation ending Friday 7th March

The current rotation finishes on Friday 7th March. The new rotation therefore starts on Monday 10th March.

Student timetables on SIMS Parent and SIMS Student will be updated on Thursday 6th March.

For more information, please see the school website:  https://www.aylshamhigh.com/yr7andyr8rotationsubjects

School Reports

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

Spring

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

Parents Evening Dates

During the Spring term, we have Parents’ Evenings on SchoolCloud taking place for years 7-10.

Information about Parents’ Evenings can be found here: https://www.aylshamhigh.com/ahsparentsevening

Y11 College assemblies (students only)

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.

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 

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

Finance Payment Reminders

Payment Reminders

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

Upcoming events 

A pre-loved uniform sale will be held on Saturday 1st March 2025 from 11am through to midday in the reception area of the school.

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