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Dates for the diary 30th Sept: Reception parents’ phonics workshop 30th Sept: Y1 trip to Museum of Childhood 1st Oct: Reception trip to Museum of London Docklands 7th Oct: Full Governing Body meeting 12th 16th Oct: Y6 School Journey 13th Oct: Reception ‘Learning through play’ parent cafe/workshop 9am 15th Oct: Nursery ‘Learning through play’ parent cafe/workshop 9am 15th Oct: Y3V Class assembly at 9.10 am 20th Oct: Y1 parent workshop reading and phonics 21st Oct: Open Morning for prospective Reception parents 9.30 am 22nd Oct: Y6 Class assembly at 9.10 am 23rd Oct: Y2 parent workshop reading and phonics 21st 30th October Half term break 4th Nov: Cheese and Wine night/PTA AGM: 7pm in the main school hall. 5th Nov: Y5J Class assembly at 9.10 am 17th Nov: Open Morning for prospective Reception parents 9.30 am 19th Nov: Parentteacher meetings 3.50 6.00 24th Nov: Parentteacher meetings 3.50 7.30 26th Nov: Y3U Class assembly at 9.10 am 3rd Dec: Y4 Class assembly at 9.10 am 4th Dec: Open Morning for prospective Reception parents 9.30 am 10th Dec: Y5E Class assembly at 9.10 am http://ashmeadprimary.wordpress.com/ 25th September 2015 Phonics workshop for Reception parents We would like to remind all our new Reception parents and carers about our phonics (letters and sounds) workshop next week on Wednesday 30th September at 9am. The workshop will let you know how we teach phonics in school and how you can support your child at home. We look forward to seeing you all here! PTA AGM and Cheese and Wine night Wednesday 4th November We know it’s a little while off, but put this date in your diaries! Wednesday 4th November is our annual PTA AGM and free cheese and wine night so come along for a (free!) glass of wine and a bite to eat. Whilst you’re here you can help us vote in the new PTA committee! Don’t forget that as a parent or carer at Ashmead you are automatically a member of the PTA. If you would like a committee role, please come along and offer your services. Reading volunteers We have had a few parents who have enquired about volunteering to support reading in the school particularly in our EYFS and KS1 classes. We already have some parents who come in and support us already which we are very grateful for. If you already volunteer or would be keen to volunteer, could you please come to a short meeting in the small hall on Tuesday morning at 9.15am. We welcome support from people who can offer a minimum of 1 hour a week. If you are unable to attend this meeting but are keen to be a reading volunteer, please could you email me at [email protected]ch.uk outlining what days/times suit you best. Many thanks, Faye Inclusion Leader

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Page 1: Phonicsworkshop&for& Reception&parentsOct 25, 2012  · Report&from&the&Curriculum&and&Achievement committeechair, Sharon&Shrubsall! Governors!met!this!week!to!discuss!the!end!of!key!stage!data!for!children!at!Ashmead!for

Dates  for  the  diary  

30th  Sept:  Reception  parents’  phonics  workshop  

30th  Sept:  Y1  trip  to  Museum  of  Childhood  

1st  Oct:  Reception  trip  to  Museum  of  London  Docklands  

7th  Oct:  Full  Governing  Body  meeting  

12th  -­‐  16th  Oct:  Y6  School  Journey  

13th  Oct:  Reception  ‘Learning  through  play’  parent  cafe/workshop  -­‐  9am  

15th  Oct:  Nursery  ‘Learning  through  play’  parent  cafe/workshop  -­‐  9am  

15th  Oct:  Y3V  Class  assembly  at  9.10  am  

20th  Oct:  Y1  parent  workshop  -­‐  reading  and  phonics  

21st  Oct:  Open  Morning  for  prospective  Reception  parents  -­‐  9.30  am  

22nd  Oct:  Y6  Class  assembly  at  9.10  am  

23rd  Oct:  Y2  parent  workshop  -­‐  reading  and  phonics  

21st  -­‐  30th  October-­‐  Half  term  break  

4th  Nov:  Cheese  and  Wine  night/PTA  AGM:  7pm  in  the  main  school  hall.    

5th  Nov:  Y5J  Class  assembly  at  9.10  am  

17th  Nov:  Open  Morning  for  prospective  Reception  parents  -­‐  9.30  am  

19th  Nov:  Parent-­‐teacher  meetings  3.50  -­‐  6.00  

24th  Nov:  Parent-­‐teacher  meetings  3.50  -­‐  7.30  

26th  Nov:  Y3U  Class  assembly  at  9.10  am  

3rd  Dec:  Y4  Class  assembly  at  9.10  am  

4th  Dec:  Open  Morning  for  prospective  Reception  parents  -­‐  9.30  am  

10th  Dec:  Y5E  Class  assembly  at  9.10  am  

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http://ashmeadprimary.wordpress.com/ ! ! ! ! 25th September 2015

Phonics  workshop  for  Reception  parents  !

We  would  like  to  remind  all  our  new  Reception  parents  and  carers  about  our  phonics  (letters  and  sounds)  workshop  next  week  on  Wednesday  30th  September  at  9am.  The  workshop  will  let  you  know  how  we  teach  phonics  in  school  and  how  you  can  support  your  child  at  home.  We  look  forward  to  seeing  you  all  here!  

PTA  AGM  and  Cheese  and  Wine  night  Wednesday  4th  November  !

We  know  it’s  a  little  while  off,  but  put  this  date  in  your  diaries!  Wednesday  4th  November  is  our  annual  PTA  AGM  and  free  cheese  and  wine  night  so  come  along  for  a  (free!)  glass  of  wine  and  a  bite  to  eat.  Whilst  you’re  here  you  can  help  us  vote  

in  the  new  PTA  committee!    

Don’t  forget  that  as  a  parent  or  carer  at  Ashmead  you  are  automatically  a  member  of  the  PTA.  If  you  would  like  a  committee  role,  please  come  along  and  offer  your  services.  

Reading  volunteers  We  have  had  a  few  parents  who  have  enquired  about  volunteering  to  support  reading  in  the  school  particularly  in  our  EYFS  and  KS1  classes.    We  already  have  some  parents  who  come  in  and  support  us  already  which  we  are  very  grateful  for.  If  you  already  volunteer  or  would  be  keen  to  volunteer,  could  you  please  come  to  a  short  meeting  in  the  small  hall  on  Tuesday  morning  at  9.15am.  We  welcome  support  from  people  who  can  offer  a  minimum  of  1  hour  a  week.  If  you  are  unable  to  attend  this  meeting  but  are  keen  to  be  a  reading  volunteer,  please  could  you  email  me  at  [email protected]  outlining  what  days/times  suit  you  best.  Many  thanks,  Faye  -­‐  Inclusion  Leader  

Page 2: Phonicsworkshop&for& Reception&parentsOct 25, 2012  · Report&from&the&Curriculum&and&Achievement committeechair, Sharon&Shrubsall! Governors!met!this!week!to!discuss!the!end!of!key!stage!data!for!children!at!Ashmead!for

!Report  from  the  Curriculum  and  Achievement  committee  chair,    

Sharon  Shrubsall  !Governors  met  this  week  to  discuss  the  end  of  key  stage  data  for  children  at  Ashmead  for  2014/15.  Governors  discussed  the  anonymous  data  results  for  children  in  Early  Years  as  well  as  for  children  in  KS1  and  KS2.  The  governors,  with  Sean  and  Jane,  not  only  looked  at  this  current  data  but  compared  the  data  over  the  last  three  years  to  consider  the  progress  made.    !The  results  are  very  impressive  showing  that  children  are  making  signicicant  progress  each  year.  Governors  were  particularly  impressed  with  how  thorough  Sean  and  Jane  were.  They  explained  the  things  that  went  well  to  enable  the  progress,  as  well  as  the  areas  of  focus  for  the  school  to  work  on  to  ensure  the  children’s  future  progress.    !The  data  results  put  Ashmead  school  above  the  national  average.  These  positive  results  illustrate  the  impact  of  consistently  good  teaching,  as  well  as  targeting  the  individual  support  the  children  need  in  order  to  thrive.  !

Whole  School  Art  Project  This  year  we  decided  to  launch  the  new  school  year  with  a  whole  school  art  project.  Our  project  is  based  on  an  image  titled  'Mr  Linden’s  Library'  and  is  taken  from  a  collection  of  images  and  corresponding  captions  by  Chris  Van  Allsburg  called  'The  Adventures  of  Harris  Burdick'.  The  caption  that  accompanies  this  interesting  image  is  'He  had  warned  her  about  the  book.  Now  it  was  too  late'  and  as  you  can  probably  imagine,  the  caption  itself  has  given  the  children  even  more  fuel  to  cire  their  imaginations.  The  children  from  across  the  school  have  been  given  time  to  draw  their  own  ideas  and  thoughts  from  the  image  and  these  have  been  the  basis  of  a  series  of  activities,  skills  and  techniques  that  they  have  been  learning  and  taking  part  in  over  the  last  few  weeks.  We  have  been  particularly  focused  on  talking  about  the  processes  behind  pieces  of  art  and  teaching  the  children  specicic  art  skills  and  techniques  so  that  they  can  recine  these  and  create  a  fantastic  end  piece  of  art  work.  The  process  is  of  course  as  important  as  the  project  (and  sometimes  more!).    Furthermore  we  have  used  the  image  as  the  base  for  various  different  types  of  writing  -­‐  we  can't  wait  to  read  some  of  the  poems,  spells  and  stories  to  come  from  it!    We  will  be  holding  an  exhibition  for  parents  and  carers  after  school  on  Monday  6th  October  so  that  everyone  has  a  chance  to  take  time  to  look  at  some  of  the  imaginative  and  creative  pieces  we  have  created.

School  Councillors  2015-­‐2016  One  of  the  ‘fundamental  British  values’  that  we  are  now  required  to  promote  in  school  is  ‘Democracy’  and  over  the  last  couple  of  weeks,  the  children  have  been  exercising  their  democratic  rights  by  voting  in  classes  for  new  School  Councillors  to  represent  each  class  from  Y2  -­‐  Y6.    We’d  like  to  congratulate  all  the  children  on  being  voted  in  as  a  school  council  rep  and  will  look  forward  to  hearing  their  views  about  how  to  improve  the  school  throughout  the  year.  

Data  information  sheets  Next  week  we  will  be  sending  home  your  child’s  information  sheet  for  you  to  check.  This  shows  your  child’s  details  like  their  name,  date  of  birth,  address,  any  allergies,  your  emergency  contact  numbers  etc.  Is  it  really  important  that  you  check  these,  update  them  if  necessary  and  return  them  to  school  by  Friday  2nd  October,  even  if  there  have  been  no  changes.  Please  see  the  ofcice  if  you  need  further  clarity.