Class Teachers: Mrs Towriess
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Wilkinson and Miss Whiteside
Welcome to Ash Class, also known as the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) which is part of Key Stage 1.
Please check this page regularly to see updates of what we are learning.
You will have received a letter informing you of the name of your child’s Key Person. This adult is a named practitioner who is there to help your child develop confidence and feel safe and secure in school. Please feel free to speak to your child’s Key Person, or any member of the EYFS team, if there is anything you would like to discuss or share with school. If your child develops new interests at home, please do let us know so that we can use that information to promote learning.
In Ash Class we will be doing PE on Monday mornings. Please continue to encourage independence by explaining to your child that they will need to change for PE and why they need to look after their clothes. With lots of children changing for PE, items of clothing can easily get mixed up. Please make sure that all clothing is clearly marked with your child’s name.
Phonics
Thank you to all of the parents and carers who attended the EYFS phonics information sessions. We hope that you found the sessions useful. A copy of the information delivered during the sessions has been sent home in your child’s homework folder but if you have any questions about phonics, please do not hesitate to come and talk to a member of the EYFS team.
Please click on the links below to enjoy practising phonics with your children.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html
Literacy
In our literacy this term, we are reading traditional tales and we have been learning to retell the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears using Talk for Writing actions.
We have used role play to re-enact the story and have also created our very own wooden beds in different sizes using the construction area in the classroom.
We enjoyed making biscuits and decorated them to represent characters from the story.
In Mathematics, we will begin by investigating number and place value. We will count forwards and backwards, counting different arrangements of objects by touching each object as we count.
We will also be learning how to sort objects into sets based on attributes such as colour, size or shape. This will enable children to understand that the same collection of objects can be sorted in different ways according to the different criteria.
Our learning in RE this term will be linked to our topic ‘Who Am I?’. We will begin by thinking about who we are and how each one of us is special and unique, to each other, our families and to God. We will then think about Harvest, what this means and how we can give thanks to God at Harvest time.
We all enjoyed a wonderful afternoon when Parents and Grandparents were invited to ‘Stay and Play’ in our EYFS department.
The weather was fantastic and as well as showing what we do in our indoor learning classroom, we were able to make the most of our outdoor learning environment too. The children enjoyed showing their parents and grandparents our willow tunnel, trim trail, gazebo, mark-making area and the sand house.
“Wonderful experience – really enjoyable. Nice to see the kids in their own environment.”
“A wonderful class, fantastic staff and happy children. Couldn’t ask for better for Ella.”
“Really enjoyed ‘Stay and Play’. Loved the phonics song at the end of the class.”
