Ascot Heath Primary School

Welcome to Woodpeckers class

General Information

Woodpeckers Staff:

Miss Smith is the class teacher. 

Mrs Johnson is the teacher assistant. 

Mrs Birchmore is the learning support assistant.

PE Days: 

We will be doing PE on a Wednesday and a Thursday. The children will need their PE kit in school everyday so they can get changed in the afternoon. PE kits are kept on their pegs. If your child has their ears pierced they will need to take their earrings out themselves or not wear them on PE days. We have no preference whether you provide your child with trainers or plimsolls.

Reading Records: 

Reading is a key focus in Woodpeckers and we love to hear all about the books your children are reading. Reading records are checked every Wednesday by Mrs Johnson, please ensure child comes to school with their record in their bag. Every day of reading counts towards an end of term reward so the more read the more points!.

Autumn Term Quest

Our Autumn Quest is...POLE TO POLE!!

We will be exploring all things polar in our foundation subjects this term. Take a look at the quest overview below to see what we have been learning in each subject this term. 

Home learning expectations:

Reading

• The children should be reading at home everyday to practice their decoding skills and comprehension.
• All children will bring home 2, Read Write Inc books weekly depending on the group they are in. One will be in the form of an e-book and one will be a book bag book. These are the most important books to practise as they rehearse the skills they have been taught in school. Experience shows that children make good progress if these books are practised at home. The e-books are on their Oxford Owl accounts. (see passwords and usernames inside your child's reading record.)
• They can also pick any book from the class book corner to take home to encourage reading for pleasure. These books can be read by them or shared together with family.  
• Once the children have finished Read, Write Inc their reading will be assessed and they will take home their favourite reading corner books. 
• We will also be visiting the school library once a week, where the children can choose a book as long as they remember to return their previous book. Day of the week to be confirmed.
• Please record the children's reading of school books in their reading diaries. The diaries will be collected on Wednesdays to monitor reading as well counting up for rewards. To encourage the children to read at home we have termly incentives such as ice lolly parties or movie mornings, we will let you know the incentive at the beginning of each term. 

Writing

• It's always handy to practise handwriting when you get a chance. Maybe encourage them to practise the formation of letters or their joins depending on what level of handwriting they are at, don't forget those pesky finger spaces!
• The children will have weekly spellings that they are learning in school. Spellings will be sent home and tested weekly. 

Maths

• Children should regularly be practicing to count in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards. They should also practise to count on and count back from any number. For example to count on in 10s from 34... 34, 44, 54, 64.
• Children should regularly practise quickfire addition to develop their mental calculation and knowledge of number facts. For example, doubling, halving, number bond.
• Home learning may be set on MyMaths to consolidate learning from the classroom.
• To see the methods we use please see the calculation policy below.