Falcons 2026 - 2027

Hello and welcome to the Falcons Class page! We hope you all had a nice summer break and we are looking forward to welcoming you back to Ashgate. The Falcons class team consists of:

Teacher: Tom Livingston

Teaching Assistants: Emma Spragg (TA3),   Sue Lyons (TA1) Rochelle Williams (TA1) Trish Davis (TA 1 Tues & Wed)

Cover Teaching Assistants and Lunchtime Cover: Lisa O'Brien

Class fund, snack and water

We have a class fund which supports snack, cooking and any other items we may need for class. We are asking for a contribution of £1 a week to the class fund. A range of healthy snacks are offered to the children every morning including raisins, toast, crackers and cereal. Please inform the Falcons team of any dietary requirements. We also have class water bottles for the children to access throughout the day. These bottles are refilled regularly with fresh water ensuring all children are hydrated.

Communication

We use class dojo to communicate about your child’s day and you can use this to communicate back to the class team. Feel free to write anything that you feel might impact their day at school or anything else that is important for us to know E.g./Sleep, eating etc. Please make sure that messages are in the personal message option and not group message on dojo.

You can also speak to us by calling the school on 0161 359 5322. If we are not available, you can leave a message or ask us to call you back.

You can contact me on the email address below T.livingston@ashgate.manchester.sch.uk

Forest Schools                

Every Tuesday afternoon the Falcons will take part in a forest school session led by myself (Tom, the class teacher.) I am a fully trained Forest School Lead and will look to link sessions with the class topic and also build confidence as well as independence. The children will be in the forest in all weather conditions, so if you could send a set of wellies and waterproofs that would be great.

Summer term

This term's topic is: Toys

During this topic we will be exploring a variety of different toys and seeing how our own actions impact them. We will be using the toy topic to engage all pupils and use it to deliver Numeracy, Literacy and knowledge and undering of the world sessions in an interesting and exciting way.

Other things happening this term:

This term the Falcons will also access Music with Beth where they will be taking part in musical jam sessions where they will be exploring different musical instruments and moving their bodies to the music.

This term the Falcons will also be accessing Wythenshawe wheelers at Timperley running track on a Wednesday morning.This is a perfect chance for all the pupils to experience a wide variety of different bikes and also gives them the opportunity to be out in the community.