Welcome to our Reception Class page where you can find out more about what is happening in our class.

Reception class have PE on Mondays and swim on Fridays.

If you have any questions or would like to contact the class team please email recteacher@ash-grange.surrey.sch.uk or call the school office on 01252 328589 to leave a message. Alternatively you can fill in the contact form.

We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum which uses continuous play and exploration to learn. Adults plan both adult led and child initiated activities that enable the children to develop social skills, self confidence and independence in a range of contexts.   

Please remember to bring:

Tapestry is a communication app for Early Years Families, to share targets, progress and achievements in their Learning Journey. Parents can use this to share achievements at home. Families are provided with a unique login. 

Please contact the school office if you need support.

As you are aware from receiving details of how to log on to Little Wandle, we have selected this as our new phonics scheme.  Here is the link to explore more of what this looks like for your child.   www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Half Term Project Details and Homework Ideas - Do cows drink milk?

Old Macdonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o! Do cows drink milk? What are baby pigs called? It’s time to find out more about life on the farm and the animals that live there.

This half term we’ll monitor beans as they grow, noting how they change. In our literacy lessons, we’ll make predictions about stories and try out some farmyard rhymes. We’ll create songs about the farm to sing as we shake our homemade seed shakers in time. In our mathematics lessons, we’ll use an animal ‘baa chart’ to estimate the number of popular farmyard animals, and we’ll use addition and subtraction to help Little Bo Beep count her sheep. Outside once more, we’ll take it in turns to be sheepdogs, sheep and farmers. Can we herd all of our sheep into the pen? Getting creative, we’ll use coloured play dough and clay to create farmyard scenarios.

Help your child prepare for their project
Farms are fantastic! Why not explore your kitchen cupboards together and talk about where different foods come from? Do you have any local farm produce? You could also visit a local farm or petting zoo and take pictures of each animal to share with the class. Alternatively, take toy tractors, spades and trowels outside to dig together in the mud. Add water to the soil for extra muddiness – don’t forget your wellies!

The new projects run for the first half of the summer term. Homework contributions can be made throughout the half term, please make sure your child brings in something that they have worked on at home.  

Old Macdonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o! Do cows drink milk? What are baby pigs called? It’s time to find out more about life on the farm and the animals that live there. 

Below are some ideas for your child's project homework.  Please let your child choose one to complete. 

• Farms are fantastic! Why not explore your kitchen cupboards together and talk about where different foods come from? 

• Draw pictures of your favourite farm animal 

• Draw a picture of a tractor 

• Plant a seed and take pictures as it grows 

• Find out facts on your favourite farm animals 

Please remember your child has until half term to complete this.  We will be displaying all of the children's work. 

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing your creations 

At the end of the project homework period your child will receive either a bronze, silver or gold project homework badge.

Bronze = a basic piece of project homework was completed

Silver = a good piece of project homework which has clearly taken lots of time to complete

Gold = an excellent piece of project homework which has clearly taken lots of thought, time and effort to complete

Class Assembly Dates

Here are the dates for our class sharing assemblies this year, we hope you will come and join us at 9am in the hall.

• 17th June 2022

Reception Class also take part in the Nativity Performances on 14th and 15th December 2021.

School Trips

Reception will be visiting the following:

• Bocketts Farm - 14th July 2022