Year 3 Class Text
Our class text is called My name is not Refugee by Kate Milner. I recommend it to others because the message tells people to treat everyone equally – Alex It is a good because it tells you about others who move to different countries. It helped me to understand more about refugees – Olli-Scott Other people should read […]
National Smile Day with FS2
Last Friday was national smile day and FS2 started the day by performing the song ‘I’m a Little Hedgehog.’ We then sent the performance to all our grown ups on dojo to make them smile. In the afternoon Year 6 joined us and we all smiled lots sharing our favourite songs.
Appreciation at Ashwood
This week in assembly our theme was “Appreciation”. We listened to A wonderful world by Louis Armstrong and thought about the meaning to the lyrics. I see trees of green, red roses tooI see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and clouds […]
Smile Day at Ashwood
Today, as part of our continued work on mental health and wellbeing we celebrated smile day with wearing something that makes us smile. Children also brought in a medal or trophy to celebrate something they were proud of. This week in celebration assembly we celebrated this amazing bunch of children who are always learning, being independent […]
School Games Ten pin bowling competition
Children took part in the School sports games Ten pin bowling competition. The children worked so hard showing great team work skills. We are proud to announce that Ashwood came joint first place with Listerdale out of the 12 schools in the competition. We are so proud of you all! #wearepreparedtomakemistakes #wedreambig
Bug Club Phonics!
In Year 2 we do daily phonics sessions, we start the session by recapping all previously taught phonemes using flashcards. We then introduce our phoneme of the day, we say this to the ceiling, the carpet and whisper it in our partner’s ear. Then we play ‘Fastest Finger First’ using our phoneme mats – the children […]
Year 4 Visit Rotherham Minster
Year 4 had a wonderful visit to Rotherham Minster. Rev Ali and Ian, gave a guided tour of the building, telling us all about the history of the building, what it is used for and how important it is for the community. An hour was not enough and the children were fascinated by all the stained […]
Daily Phonics with FS1
Our smallest children have been working hard to identify environmental sounds during their daily Phonics sessions. These children have also started reciting their alphabet song and they are already beginning to use Makaton to support all of the children in our setting. What a fantastic start to your phonics journey!
FS1 Working Together
The children in F1 have been learning to sing ‘The Wheels on the Bus’. We learned how to perform this using Makaton and practiced building our own busses to transport us to different destinations in our play. The children had to work as a team and use their communication skills to make sure that the […]
FS1 Learning Update
Our focus rhyme last week was ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. We learned how to perform this using Makaton and practiced matching star counters to the right numeral. We also refined our fine motor skills to make star biscuits. The children manipulated the playdough and used the cutters to create star shapes of different sizes. Some […]
