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Chilthorne Domer Church School
Together we Love, we Aim High and we Celebrate!
Ash Class
Welcome to Ash Class!
Our Class Teachers are Mrs Stradling and Mrs Carter.
Miss Dare supports our class throughout the week.
Ash Class is where our EYFS (Reception) children learn all about school life and enjoy exploring and playing. Mrs Carter teaches the beginning of the week and Mrs Stradling teaches the end of the week. We are very lucky to have the support of Miss Dare every day of the week!
During the Autumn term, we will be focusing on the transition of the children from their previous settings into Ash Class. This involves developing those core relationships between themselves and peers, along with their key adults. Our focus this term is 'All About Me Now and in the Past' with an Understanding of the World focus. Throughout this learning, we will focus on stories that feature children growing up, as well as those stories that focus on the past so that we can compare what life is like today compared to the past. Children will have a clear understanding of 'Now' and 'In the Past'.
In our phonic sessions, we will begin by playing lots of listening games for Phase 1 before moving onto learn the phonemes in Phase 2. Once children are secure in their knowledge of individual sounds, they will develop their blending and segmenting skills.
Our stories will be linked to themes including Autumn with The Little Red Hen, Black History Month and Christmas.
In Maths, we will begin by learning about each number to 5 in great detail so that their understanding is concrete. This will involve learning about how each number can be represented using a range of resources. In addition to this, the children will learn about shape, space and measure linked to the number e.g. whilst learning about number 2, they will learn about 2p coins and shapes with 2 sides etc.
We are going to have a wonderful term together.
Our PE day is on Tuesday.
Our Christian Values for this term are:
Autumn 1: Generosity
Autumn 2: Compassion
Best wishes,
The Ash Class Team
Autumn Term Curriculum Newsletter and Map
Summer Term Curriculum Newsletter and Map
Please see below for our new summer term curriculum newsletter and map that will provide you with knowledge about all of the wonderful learning we will be covering.
Art: Creating Meadows
12th July 2024
This week we used Brusho ink to make a sky and greenery scene. We then learnt how to print using bits of card and thicker paint to create a grass scene.
The next day, we used our observation skills whilst watching a video about meadows. We then used pencils and colouring pencils to enhance the pictures and make them come alive!
Spirals in Ash Class
Thursday 18th April 2024
Ash Class have been exploring spirals today in their Expressive Arts and Design session. They began by making a tiny dot on their paper and then used their hands and arms to make the spiral move outwards, whilst listening to calming classical music.
At the end of our session, the children walked around their art work in their own art gallery
Chicks Arrive in Ash Class
Saturday 30th March 2024
Ash Class have had another wonderful experience this week. They have been lucky enough to watch eggs in an incubator hatch into chicks, right in front of their very own eyes.
The excitement that this created was wonderful. A huge thank you to our Chair of Governors and his wife for creating this opportunity for the children. The chicks are now safely back in the countryside ready to grow.
Ash Class learning about now and in the past
Ash class children have been learning about significant people in our lifetime. To begin with they learnt all about King Charles III who is our monarch now. Coincidently, we received this framed picture of King Charles (along with every school in the country) to hang in our school which helped us see how important he is.
Afterwards, the children learnt about Queen Elizabeth II and how she is a monarch from our past. (In the Early Years, everything that has happened before now is thought about as the past.)
It was interesting to compare both of their coronations and identify how life has changed over time.
Visiting Lambs
Ash Class were extremely lucky to venture out on a welly walk to visit some ewes and their lambs this morning. Our Chair of Governors always provides this first hand experience for our children and we are so very grateful.
Planting
This week the children have begun to look at the different parts of a plant e.g. roots, stem, leaves, petals and seeds. They also had the chance to plant some sunflowers!
Building Houses for the Three Little Pigs
The children in Ash Class have been learning about the traditional tale 'The Three Little Pigs.' As part of their learning, they had the challenge to visit the forest area and try to build a house for the pigs to live in. They had so much fun!
Pancake Celebrations in Ash Class
The children in Ash Class had a wonderful time designing a pancake topping of their choice before using the ingredients to make their design come to life!
Spring Term Newsletter and Curriculum Map
Please find attached our curriculum newsletter and curriculum map, which will inform you about what is happening in Ash Class this term.
Autumn Term Curriculum Newsletter and Curriculum Map
Activities to help your child:
Useful Websites to Support Your Child's Learning at Home
Below are some of our favourite games in Ash Class. Please visit the sites to support your child's learning at home.
Topmarks: www.topmarks.co.uk
We use this website to support our learning with maths. It has lots of wonderful games and can direct you to lots of other websites within it as well.
Our favourite games to play are listed below.
Reception Children:
Underwater Counting
Children count the number of items in the ocean and select the matching numeral.
Caterpillar Ordering
Children can order numbers to 10, then 20 and work up to 100, through the different levels.
Place Value Basketball
This is where the children need to think about which number is being represented e.g. how many tend and how many ones. The children can start at the first level with numbers to 20 and then move up to numbers to 100 if they so wish.
Shape Pattern Train:
Children can complete repeating patterns - adding on the next shape.
Toy Shop Money:
Children should make amounts, counting in 1p coins.
Year 1 Children:
Place Value Basketball
This is where the children need to think about which number is being represented e.g. how many tens and how many ones. The children can start at the first level working to numbers to 20 and move up to numbers to 100.
Caterpillar Ordering:
The children can order their numbers to 100, placing the tiles in order. They can also sequence the numbers in 2s.
Shape Pattern Train:
Children should complete the repeating pattern, changing 1, 2 or 3 components at one time.
Toy Shop Money:
Children should make amounts using 1p coins, 2p coins, 5p coins and 10p coins.
Mental Maths Train:
Children can find the answer, following an addition and subtraction calculation.
Phonics Play: www.phonicsplay.co.uk
Reception Children: In class, we have been focusing on Phase 2,3 and 4 in our phonics sessions. We have also begun to look into split digraphs and alternative ways of writing a sound in Phase 5.
Year 1 Children: In class, we still revisit Phase 3 and 4 to help us consolidate our phonic knowledge, as well as playing the games for Phase 5 where our main learning takes place.
We use the free games in school and these are our favourite ones to help us develop our learning:
Buried Treasure
Picnic on Pluto
Dragon's Den
Pick a Picture
You will notice that some words are 'alien' (pseudo) words. These encourage the children to practise their phonic skills and ensure they have a secure understanding of them, rather than recognising them through sight. It is important that children are immersed with 'real' and 'pseudo' words.