Welcome to Reception Class at Kentisbeare
Ash Class
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If you would like to arrange a visit to have a look around Kentisbeare School please contact our school office on 01884 266 330 and we would be happy to make you an appointment.
Our aim for Ash Class is to provide a happy, safe and stimulating environment, which allows all children to feel secure and valued and therefore ready and eager to learn. We provide a supportive and secure environment in which every child can flourish and learn at their own pace and in their own individual way. We believe the relationships which the children develop in the Early Years, with each other and with our team, are central to their happiness and will lay the best possible foundation for them to become independent lifelong learners.
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Class Teacher |
Teaching Assistant |
Teaching Assistant |
Teaching Assistant |
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Miss Lunn |
Mrs Crowe | Mrs Whitfield | Miss Barnes |
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Spring Term Weekly Reminders |
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| Monday | 🎽PE Day👟 |
| Tuesday | |
| Wednesday |
📚 Reading book and library book due 📚 |
| Thursday | 🎽PE Day👟 |
| Friday | 🌳 Outdoor Learning 🌳 |
⭐Show and Tell dates for this year⭐
| Autumn Term |
8th Sept, 22nd Sept, 6th Oct, 20th Oct, 3rd Nov, 17th Nov, 1st Dec, 15th Dec |
| Spring Term |
12th Jan, 26th Jan, 9th Feb, 23rd Feb, 9th Mar, 23rd Mar |
| Summer Term | 20th Apr, 4th May, 18th May, 1st June, 15th June, 29th June, 13th July |
Milk
🥛 Children in Reception are eligible for free school milk through the ‘cool milk’ scheme up until the age of 5. When children reach 5 you can continue the milk at an additional cost.
To sign your child up for this scheme, click here.
Free School Meals
🍴 Children aged 4-7 are eligible for free school meals. To order your children's meals, please go onto ParentPay.
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Our year in Ash Class
Phonics in Ash Class
In Reception, phonics is a core part of our daily curriculum, laying the essential foundations for your child’s journey into reading and writing. Using the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised programme, children learn the relationship between sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes).
Our programme is designed to build confidence from the very first day. We introduce sounds in a specific, systematic order, starting with single letters and moving on to "special friends" (digraphs like sh, ch, and th). By the end of Reception, children will be able to blend sounds to read words and sentences with increasing fluency.
📚 Our "Two Book" Approach
To support your child at home, they will bring home two different types of books. This is a key part of the Little Wandle method to ensure children feel successful.
| Book Type | Purpose | Your Role |
| A Book to Learn | To build fluency. This book is matched 100% to the sounds your child already knows. | Celebrate! They should be able to read 95% of this book alone. If it seems "easy," that’s perfect—it means they are building speed and confidence. |
| A Book to Love | To build vocabulary and a love of stories. This book is for you to read to them. | Snuggle up and enjoy it together. Talk about the pictures, use funny voices, and enjoy the story without expecting them to read it. |
How You Can Help at Home
Consistency is key to the Little Wandle method. You can support your child by using "pure sounds" (avoiding the 'uh' sound at the end of letters) and using the same catchy mnemonics we use in class.
Please see our main phonics page for more information surrounding early reading and phonics in the Early Years.
Additional phonics information
Essential Parent Links
This link provides videos on how to say the sounds and how we teach blending and tricky words: