4 Ash
Welcome to 4 Ash!
Welcome to 4 Ash!
We love to learn and in 4 Ash, we know it is okay to:
- Be ourselves
- Ask for help
- Make mistakes
Here, you can find all of the important information you might need and discover everything we are currently learning about.
Staff
In 4 Ash we are taught by...
Mrs Senior
Mrs Senior loves to read - her favourite book is Harry Potter!
We are also supported by Mrs Hogarth!
On a Thursday morning, Mrs Minghella teaches us.
Important Information
Our PE days are:
Monday - Outdoor PE
Tuesday - Indoor PE
We come to school in our PE kit.
Our P.E. kit consists of -
- Pumps (indoor) and trainers (outdoor)
- Plain white round neck tee-shirt or polo top
- Plain black PE shorts
- Plain black joggers/tracksuit bottoms/leggings
- Black hoody - A school jumper must be worn if they do not have a black hoody)
Children also have the option to wear the Orchard Primary Academy branded PE kits. These can be ordered from;
https://kitworld.uk/school-shops/
This half term our focus is rounders and tennis.
It is important to keep hydrated throughout the school day so we need to have a bottle of fresh water in the classroom with our names on. We have water fountains in school to refill these when needed.
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In 4 Ash we take home library books that can be changed bi-weekly and any reading at home can be logged on Boom reader (see link below).
Key Dates
- Friday 6th February 2026 NSPCC number day
- Curiosity and Science week W/C 9th March
- Whole School Colour run 13th March
- W / C 11th May Mental Health week
This half term we will be learning ...
English
Our English book focus for this term will be, 'The Great Kapok Tree' where we will write our own rainforest descriptions.
Maths
In Maths, this half-term, we will be working on number and place value.
To help our Maths we will be using Times Tables Rockstars which we can also play at home and the Rekenrek in school to help us!
It is important that we practice our time tables every day, as we take the time table check this year.
Topic
This term, our topic will be the ancient Mayans and rainforests.
Science
In science, we will be learning about living things and their habitats.
Links to try at home
Here are some useful links for books, games and activities you can work on out of school: