Welcome to Ash Class!
Ash Class is taught by Miss Lodge and is made up of 28 wonderful children from across Reception and Year 1.
Mrs Wainwright, Miss Gibbons and Miss Kirkbride also help in Ash Class throughout the week.
Ash Class is a very happy class and we strive on being kind to others. We do lots of learning through play, and love to experience new things with indoor and outdoor learning. We use our outside spaces every day, and learn lots in the garden.
Autumn Term 2025
Welcome everyone! We hope you had a lovely break over the summer. In terms 1 and 2, our learning enquiry will be 'What's around me?'. We will be reading a variety of different stories, including Tiddler, Owl Babies, A handful of Buttons and Can't you Sleep Little Bear?
We will continue to develop our knowledge of phonics using Read Write Inc and this will help to support our spelling and reading skills. During this term, the Reception children will be assessed on their phonetic knowledge and will be assigned to a phonics group. Year 1's will continue in the phonics groups they were placed in at the end of the last academic year.
In Maths we will use NCETM to support the children when learning about numbers in fun and exciting ways. We continue to foster a love of Maths in Ash Class this year, which will give the children good foundations when they move through the school. We encourage the children to investigate and reason about their maths, talking about what they are doing, why they have chosen this method and how they could change their approach when needed.
In Science we will be exploring 'Seasonal Changes' and linking this to the 4 seasons.
In PSHE our learning areas are Terms 1 and 2 are: ‘Being me in my World' and 'Celebrating Differences'.
In Computing we will be exploring how to use a computer effectively and using a computer to create instructions.
We are looking forward to a new, busy and productive term!
Important information for September
Our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please bring in your child's PE kit on the first day of school, and we will help them change in school on their PE days. We will send PE kits home termly to be washed and returned.
Children will also need some outdoor clothes to wear when we use the garden, particularly during the winter time. These need to be waterproof and warm (a coat and waterproof trousers etc). Wellies would also be useful if you you have them available. These can be kept in school and will be sent home ad hoc.
Autumn Term Curriculum Overview
Autumn Term 'Tell me About Sheet'
This can be used to discuss new learning with the children. You could use this with your child to talk about definitions of vocabulary we will come across, discuss what they know about the pictures and ask them any of the mini enquiry questions (which we will be looking more closely at through the first 2 terms).
Photos of our learning