Ash

Welcome to Ash Class 2020-21!

In Ash Class, we are enthusiastic learners that are always encouraged to try our personal best, be resilient and show independence with our learning. We often work as a team to help build our value of belonging.

World Book Day Short Stories

A forest girl called Lily went on a daring adventure. – Verin

A sea of chocolate and jellybeans as sweet as pears -  Sienna 

Long ago a boy met a dragon and became friends – Edward

The cat caught the mouse but he got away. (Good grammar) - Felix

Lou the welsh wicked witch delivered wicked home schooling – Flo

One day there was a girl who went to Lollyland- Willow

A rocket zoomed into space with a jelly -Seren

Someone made a rocket and went into beautiful space. – Aria

Do not ever go to the moon- Rachel 

One day I'll like peanut butter and jelly sandwich - Theo

Someone popped in space…BOOM! – Ben

I went to the park and saw a rainbow - Edie May

My kittens are so cute! - Heidi

The ugly witch turned the prince into a slimy frog. (Love the drawing!) - Elizabeth

Mystically, the phoenix rose from the burning embers. - Oliver 

Suddenly, the mysterious mist cleared and there it was… – Mr Hill

The Bentworth wishing tree did not work well for Dave. – Mr Day

And the results are in…

First place: Mystically, the phoenix rose from the burning embers. - Oliver

Second place: Long ago a boy met a dragon and became friends. - Edward

Third place: A sea of chocolate and jellybeans as sweet as pears. - Sienna 

Mrs Maliphant joins the team!

We are very lucky to be joined by Mrs Maliphant in Ash Class who is now starting her role as the class TA. Mrs Maliphant is a qualifed teacher and brings lots of experience to the job role. As you have probably guessed, Mrs Maliphant is the wife of Mr Maliphant who used to teach PE at St Mary's. 

See link below for English page to find year group spelling lists. 

Here are some useful links and information about a range of online resources that you may be asked to use by teachers as part of the home learning, or you might choose to use to extend in self-directed learning.

Reading Books

This is a great website to access online reading books that are colour-banded like the ones we use in school.

To access the free materials you will need to use the following username and password;

Username - parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password - Parents20!

In light of proposed school closures, Twinkl is offering free premium accounts for schools and parents. When registering for the account use the discount code CVDTWINKLHELPS which will entitle you to a free months access to the resources on the site. Twinkl has a range of ready-made and downloadable resources. They have also put together School Closure packs for each year group which could be downloaded and printed as required.

GoNoodle is a series of web-based videos, games and activities focused on introducing short bursts of physical exercise. This includes guided dance, fitness workouts, yoga and mindfulness videos.

This is a free resource to use, and if choosing to sign up, children can collect points as they complete tasks to evolve their own GoNoodle champions.

The School Run is a website which has great English, Maths and Science advice for parents. It has great videos which explain strategies and concepts that teachers may ask children to work on as part of their home learning. You can also sign up for worksheets and activities for each year group.

An online art resource developed by google, autodraw uses AI to guess what is being drawn and give options to replace with pre-loaded designs that can be adapted by children. This can be used to create digital illustrations.

Topmarks is a collection of online learning games. We often use a range of these games to consolidate learning in class, especially in Maths. Games can be filtered by age or theme for pupils to extend or consolidate learning that has been set by teachers. Hit the Button is also part of this website.

Phonics Play includes a range of games that pupils have played in class to enhance or practice their phonic awareness. To access the full site a teacher login is required, but many aspects are open for parents to use for free. Year 2 could consolidate Phases 5 and 6.

Phonics Play have given a free code to access all resources: 

Username march20

Password home

The children already have their logins to this website as it is used as part of our weekly homework. This allows children to test their times tables speed and accuracy across a range of different levels as they work to become a times tables rock star!