4 Ash
Seasonal Project:
Task: Get creative and make a ‘potato character’ to represent a character from your favourite book. You could add more by using an old box to create a scene around your character. We would like to display these in school for our World Book Day celebrations.
Some ideas are pictured below:
Don't forget to tag us in your creations on Facebook or bring these into school tomorrow!
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 Miss Berry!
We also have Mrs Hogarth teaching us on a Tuesday afternoon!
Important Information
Our PE days are:
Wednesday - Indoor PE
Thursday - Outdoor PE
We come to school in our PE kit.
- Black shorts
- All black tracksuit bottom, joggers or sports leggings (a small logo is ok)
- White t-shirt or polo top
- Suitable trainer which fastens tightly
- All black/navy hoodie (children must wear their school jumpers if they do not have a black or navy hoodie)
Key Dates
07.02.25 - NSPCC Number Day
This half term we will be learning ...
English
As part of our English, we take part in daily guided reading lessons. This half term, we are reading the story 'The Secret Explorers and the Rainforest Rangers' by SJ King, and 'My Name is River' by Emma Rea. We will be practicing different reading skills and learning about the different vocabulary in the story.
In Writing, we will be working on a POV and Letter based on the story 'The Vanishing Rainforest' by Richard Platt.
Maths
In Maths, this half-term, we will be working on Fractions.
To help our Maths we will be using Times Tables Rockstars and the Rekenrek!
It is important that we practice our time tables every day, as we take the time table check this year.
To help with our Maths, we will also have a huge push on our Times Tables. We will learn and practise our Times Tables using a Rekenrek and Times Table Rockstars!
Topic
This term, we will be learning all about The Mayans. We are going to be learning the history of this ancient civilisation and where they were located. We are also going to use this topic to create some Mayan weaves and soap sculptures.
Science
In science this term, we are learning about Living Things and their Habitats. We are going to be learning about how animals are classified and understand how habitats are changing.
My Happy Mind
My Happy Mind teaches children about looking after their mental health and wellbeing by teaching them through 5 key areas:
- Meet Your Brain
- Celebrate
- Appreciate
- Relate
- Engage
Author Focus
Our Author Focus is: Emma Rea
Emma grew up partly in Pembrokeshire and when she had my own children she wanted to give them a rural childhood too, so they lived in mid-Wales for a while. These experiences inspired her stories about Dylan, the hero of her first two books.
Her favourite stories growing up were Five Children and It by E Nesbit and Willard Price's adventure books and recently she loved The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius, Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean (everything by her), Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot by Horatio Clare, Hilary McKay's books and all of Eva Ibbotson's work, among many, many others.
Emma had all sorts of jobs: book reviewer, journalist, salesperson of cardboard boxes, temporary secretary, but the most fun was being a tractor driver for two summers and spending all day in the fields.
Links to try at home
Here are some useful links for books, games and activities you can work on out of school:
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