The day a bear came to school

We had an unexpected visitor during the night! It was a lost bear!  What a mess he had made!
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The bear was looking for somewhere warm, dry and cosy to stay and asked the children if they could help him find somewhere suitable. So after a little think, the children decided we may find somewhere suitable at the park. So we cancelled our plans for the day and decided to go on a walk to Ashcombe park to look for a den for our special visitor!!

The foundation stage is a very important year in your child’s education. We warmly welcome you to Ashcombe Primary School and look forward to working with you and teaching your child. 

Our curriculum
There are 7 areas in the foundation stage curriculum and these 7 areas are of equal importance:

The prime areas of learning

-      Communication and language
-      Physical development
-      Personal, social and emotional development

Specific areas of learning

-      Literacy
-      Mathematics
-      Understanding the world
-      Expressive design

For us to be effective in teaching we need to:

• Work in partnership with parents
• Use the children’s interests
• Create first hand experiences
• Make learning fun, enriching, challenging and playful.
• Give the children real problems to solve and scaffold their learning

Assessment
We will host a literacy and numeracy evening in October.

We continually assess your child’s learning through daily observations. During the year we will report on the early learning goals and characteristics of learning.


​The working day
We have three carpet times of approximately twenty minutes.

-      Phonics
-      Maths
-      Another for modelling activities, world and creative e.t.c.

 Three learning sessions which include:

-      One group working with an adult
-      One group taking part in a self-sustained activity
-      Two groups learning through self-initiated play

 There will be time for the children to break for fruit, milk and a story mid-morning.

 During the week we also include a P.E. session (in hall or outside), music, Jigsaw (P.S.E scheme of work).

Our school day finishes with stories and songs.

Sarah, Sarah & Nikki