Croeso i Dosbarth Ash
Dosbarth Ash Staff
Welcome to Dosbarth Ash's class page. In Dosbarth Ash, Mrs Kelly will be the children's class teacher until Mr Painter returns. We also have a wonderful teaching assistant, Mrs Saunders. On Thursday mornings, the children in Dosbarth Ash are taught by Miss Jones for Forest School. We also have PE on Wednesday afternoons.
In Dosbarth Ash, the children are placed at the centre of their learning, where their interests influence all areas as they plan how they are going to develop and apply their skills. We encourage our children to be independent and we instil a 'We Can Do' approach to develop happy, confident and capable learners.
We aim to provide the children with as many real-life experiences as possible and plan many exciting opportunities to enrich their learning. The children learn through a careful balance of focus teaching, enhanced and continuous provision and daily access to outdoor learning environments. During this time, children experience a wide range of learning opportunities where they independently explore and investigate in a variety of areas, consolidate their learning and challenge themselves further. Our high expectations, care and dedication to your children ensure that they reach their full potential in a happy, safe and fun environment.
On our class page you will find information about our current topics and have the opportunity to see some of our learning in action!
Please click on the link below and take a closer look at our current topic map to see what we will be learning this half term.
You will also find the children's homework for this half term.
Don't forget to check out our Twitter page @alexcptweets to see the exciting things we have been doing. You can also post your homework there too!
How can you support your child?
Read, Write Inc - We follow Read, Write Inc to help children develop their reading and writing skills through daily sessions at a level appropriate for their development. In addition to reading books, we also provide resources such as flashcards to further support this at home. Please encourage your child to spend 10 minutes each evening looking through their flashcards and reading their book. Please see the link below for more information regarding Read Write Inc.
PE - Children in Dosbarth Ash have PE every Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Kelly. Please make sure your child has a PE kit consisting of a plain white t-shirt, black shorts and pumps or trainers. In the winter they may wear a plain black tracksuit. It is very important that your child's clothes are clearly labelled.
Forest School - Children in Dosbarth Ash have Forest School every Thursday afternoon with Miss Jones. Forest School is a fantastic way to build up children's skills, abilities and confidence through practical hands-on activities in the outdoors. It provides children with rich opportunities to explore, learn and discover at their own pace in a safe and supportive space. Forest School uses natural resources to stimulate imagination, creativity and investigation.
Forest School sessions will take place entirely outside in the natural environment whatever the weather. We will provide shelter from the elements, but it is still important that your child wears clothes that are waterproof, warm and clothes that are OK to get wet and muddy.
Your child should wear
- A waterproof coat
- Wellington boats (or sturdy walking boats/old trainers)
- Comfortable long trousers (waterproof if they own a pair)
- Comfortable, warm long sleeved top or fleece
- Thick socks if the weather is cold - thermal if possible or two pairs of thinner socks
- Hat and gloves
- Two bags, one to put dirty forest school clothes in and another bag for their wellies
On Forest School days (Thursday), children will come to school wearing their full school uniform and will then change into their Forest School kit. Children will bring their kit into school weekly so that they can be taken home and cleaned.
Snack - Children should be provided with a fresh fruit or vegetable snack from home each day. We provide milk for the children who want it or they can have water which we provide in school water bottles.
Seesaw - Seesaw is a fantastic tool that allows myself and the children to independently document their own learning by uploading photos, videos, audio recordings and more. This also provides opportunities for discussion and encourages the children to reflect upon their learning during this process. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to see the progress your child is making throughout the school year. Please make sure you have joined our class Seesaw page and check it regularly as this is where I post important information. You can also contact me via Seesaw if you have any queries or concerns.
Autumn 1 - Inspirational People
We will begin our school year with a very important theme... 'Reach for the Stars'. During this time we will be helping the children to settle into their new class, learning new routines and developing friendships. We will be using the book 'The Magical Yet' to help our children develop a strong growth mindset, teaching them the importance of perseverance and the power of yet!
Following this, we will be moving on to our first topic... Inspirational People, where the children will learn about different inspirational people in their lives. The children will then think carefully about who they want to become when they are grown. They will have the opportunity to meet with lots of different inspirational people such as artists, doctors, the emergency services, footballers, etc, and ask questions during our careers day. As a class we will be developing a variety of skills, including our oracy as we will be learning how to ask and answer questions effectively. We will also be focussing on our writing skills, such as developing our understanding of sentences and the use of capital letters and full stops.
During this half term, we will be learning the story of 'The Gingerbread Man' through the Talk for Writing approach. Children will imitate, innovate and independently apply skills to write their own cumulative story. In maths, we will be learning all about place value, including reading and writing numbers, counting, ordering numbers, representing numbers and partitioning numbers.
Homework Grid
Meet The Teacher
