Welcome to Ash Class!​​

Our Class Teachers are ​Mrs Carter and Mrs Stradling.

Miss Dare supports our class throughout the week.

We also have wonderful support from Mrs Short, Mrs Budden, Mrs White and Miss Trowbridge.

Ash Class is where our EYFS (Reception) children learn all about school life and enjoy exploring and playing. Mrs Carter teaches at the beginning of the week and Mrs Stradling teaches at the end of the week.  We are very lucky to have the support of Miss Dare every day of the week, as well as additional support from Mrs Short, Mrs Budden, Mrs White and Miss Trowbridge!

During the autumn term, we focus on building the foundations for school life by developing positive relationships and routines.

We love immersing ourselves in a range of texts and begin the year with stories that are set in familiar places, like Peace at Last by Jill Murphy and After the Storm by Nick Butterworth.  Our phonics journey begins by learning the Phase 2 sounds for blending and segmenting words, using the Unlocking Letters and Sounds scheme.

In Maths, we will begin by learning and deepening our knowledge of numbers to 5. We look at each number in turn and discover the different ways that we can represent them, e.g. using a five frame, a Rekenrek, Base 10 and counting toys.  

Our focus this term during our afternoon sessions will be on Understanding the World, where we will develop our understanding of the seasons, autumn and winter, and the festivals associated with these, e.g. Harvest, Diwali, Remembrance and Christmas.  As part of this learning, we will visit Gore Farm to see what happens during the harvest and how they begin to prepare the farm for winter.

In addition to this, we will be thinking about the theme 'All About Me Today and in the Past', where the children are able to look at who they are today and the journey they have been on since they were born.  They will then reflect on how their journey is similar or different to that of their grandparents. 

It is going to be so much fun! 

Our PE day is on Tuesday during the autumn term.  Our time to explore the Forest School area is on Wednesday, when children are also expected to wear PE kit.

Our Christian Values for this term are:

Autumn 1: Generosity

Summer 2: Compassion

Best wishes,

The Ash Class Team