Foundation Stage

Welcome to Foundation

Hello and welcome to our class page!

Our Christian value this half term is Respect and in our Collective Worship will teach the children the importance of this.

Please see Seesaw for weekly updates sent out to you on a Friday about what we will be learning. This will follow our interests and activities and will be a mix of adult led and child initiated play.

Spring 2

During the second half our spring term we will be learning about our understanding of the world. Due to our location the children are very interested in the transport that is nearby our school, we often hear trains planes and see lots of farming vehicles drive past our school.

Therefore we will be recapping our past and present learning through transport and talking about the childrens own experiences of transport. We will be collecting, sorting and collecting our own photos and data.

We will then be celebrating pancake day and learning about Lent and the lead up to Easter, We will be looking for signs of spring and recapping knowledge learnt about the four seasons. We will go on a spring hunt and write poetry about this time of year.

We will then learn about the Easter story and its importance whilst rehearsing for our Easter service in church.

We will be reading stories that inspire our learning and we will be reading stories that make our imaginations run wild such as the 'Odd Egg'.

In maths we will begin learning all about units of measure and exploring this both in and outdoors. Then we will move on to different units of work such as : Building 9 & 10 and exploring 3d shapes.

In RE our new topic is Special Things this relates to the special artefacts of the religions we study, Christianity and Islam .

In PSHE we will be completing the jigsaw unit of Healthy Me and we will be learning about self care and keeping our bodies healthy. This links nicely with Science week when we will be learning about Oral health and how important it is to keep our teeth healthy!

Autumn 1!

In RE this term we will be focusing on 'Special Books we will be discussing how we have books that are special to us baby and then how people of different religions have their own special books too. We will be looking at two religions in Foundation, Christianity and Islam.

In Foundation we will be beginning our daily phonics lessons using 'Read, Write, Inc'. This will be done in groups and the children will have opportunity to practice their new sounds during the lesson alongside some gross motor activities too.

In the autumn term a new sound will be sent home each day in a sound book for you to practice together at home.

In Maths we will be doing short, sessions of practical maths. We follow the White Rose Maths Curriculum and enhance it using Master the Curriculum to plan engaging and hands on sessions for all our pupils.

Our maths lessons include high quality vocabulary which is modelled at the beginning of each lesson and throughout to help our children to think like mathematicians and challenge them where needed.

The children then move into the provision where they are engaged in exciting and challenging maths activities in the provision both indoor and outdoor.

Finally...

- Snack is available for all Foundation Stage children in the Foundation classroom.

Please bring in £1 weekly to help us provide a variety of healthy foods for your child to try

-Children need to read to an adult at home 3 times per week and have their reading records signed.

- Weekly announcements and home learning challenges are sent out via Seesaw (our online learning platform)

- PE for our Foundation Stage children will be on a Monday afternoon. PE kits must be worn all day on our PE day.

Miss Harrison & Mrs Guilfoyle