Welcome to the Foundation Stage!

Meet Our Foundation Stage Team

Mrs Molloy - Class Teacher

Mrs Hall - Early Years Practitioner

Mrs Law - Early Years Classroom Assistant

 

Evidence Me Help for Parents

Our Class Saint

Saint Joseph

This year the Foundation Stage have chosen St. Joseph as their Class Saint. We chose this Saint as we feel that St. Joseph is an important figure in the introduction to our school and to our Holy Family. We will celebrate St. Joseph this year throughout our time in school and we will also celebrate his feast day on the 21^st March. We look forward to sharing the learning around this special saint and his Earthly, Fatherly figure to ourselves and to Jesus.

Feast Day: This will be celebrated in school on Friday 21st March.

Curriculum Goals across the Foundation Stage

 

English

We will continue to explore many texts throughout this half term. Some of our focus texts will include:

Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Brown Fiction

Dear Zoo Fiction

Festival of colour – Holi Non - Fiction

Nursery –

Reading - Joining in with songs and rhymes. Sharing favourite stories. Name recognition activities (without photo)

Writing – Dough disco, squiggle whilst you wiggle, mark making tuff trays and activities, colouring, how preference for dominant hand. pencil Grip – encourage tripod grip, encouraging forming the letters in name, drawing pre writing mark making patterns on paper – circles, lines, spirals, zig zags. Introduce (begin with large) - rainbows (humps)

Reading - Retell stories orally and through pictures and words- I am retelling stories using pictures and words, sequence story – use vocabulary of beginning, middle and end. Blend sounds into words, so that I can read short words made up of known letter.  Use and begin to create story Maps. Understand that that print is read from left to right. Touch each finger as they say each sound. Recognise tricky words.

Writing - Writing CVC words (with sounds I have been taught). Practise writing my name. Use initial sounds. Practise correct letter formation. Begin to write more captions and write dictated words and short captions.

 

Nursery – We will begin to explore Phase 1 phonics looking closely at:

Phase 1 Aspect 1- 7 

Aspect 4 – Rhyme

Aspect 6 – voice sounds

Aspect 7 – oral blending and segmenting

- Send home: Library Books. This half term the children will be coming home with a picture book (lilac books) and word purses containing rhyming pictures.

Please can you begin to share these at home and write any comments into the school diary.

In Spring 2 we will be introducing 3x reading.

Reception – We will recap phase 2 and begin to introduce Phase 3 graphemes. This term we will:

Unit 9: ai, ee, igh, oo (long) oo (short)

Unit 10: ar, or, ur, ow, oi

Unit 11: ear, air, ure, er

Decodable words - For, now, down,

HFW - you, all, was, give, live

Send home – phonics book, library book, word purse – sounds, CVC words, tricky words

 

R.E.

This half term we will be learning about three very special units within our R.E.

Lent – Children will learn that God is the Father of Jesus and that the sign of the cross is about God and Jesus. They will know that purple is a colour used at this time.

Holy Week – Children will learn that sometimes people go away and that people die. Know that Jesus dies

Easter - Children will learn that Jesus came back to life and that Alleluia is a word used to show that we are happy

 

 

Please let us know of "Magic Moments" when you feel that your child has learnt anything new as this will allow us to provide next steps in their learning. 

This can be sent to us through the Evidence Me APP

These magic moments can be something you have achieved a home – riding a bike, dressing yourself, helping at home! Anything at all, big or small!

If you have not already please pass on your email and download the Evidence me app. You will find and be able to share observations on here from school and home.

 

Each week the children will have a focus story, a rhyme of the week (these will be found in our weekly parent newsletter)

The children will also bring home a library book each week (Wednesday). This will need to be returned each week. The children will choose their own library book.

Nursery – Library books, picture books, word purse, school diary

Reception – Library book, phonics book, word purse and school diary.

Please read school books at least x3 weekly and sign school diary.

READING EVERY DAY WILL HAVE THE MOST IMPACT!

 

 

Dough Disco

Write dance

Fine motor opportunities – threading, playdoh, using tweezers and scissors

Gross motor opportunities – Climbing and balancing, throwing, catching, kicking – use small and large balls, using scooters, trikes and balance bikes

 

Self-care – Confidently using the toilet and washing my own hands. Feeding myself with knife and fork, putting on and taking off coat/shoes/wellies. Using buttons and zips

P.E – The children will be having Mr Sigley for P.E on a Wednesday

The children in Reception will be going swimming on a Monday afternoon – please bring in swimming kit, towel and swimming cap.

Please bring P.E kits into school. 

Please still make sure all clothes are clearly labelled.

 

For more information on what we will be looking at across the curriculum in Spring 2, please see the information sheet below.

Foundation Stage Curriculum Information Sheet - Spring 2

Collegiate Dictionary - EYFS

EYFS Dictionary

Ideas for books to be experienced

The Wild Woods – Simon James

Dear Zoo – Rod Campbell

Each Peach Pear Plum – Ahlberg

A Brave Bear – Sean Taylor

The First Slodge – Jeanne Willis

One Smart Fish – Chris Wormell

A Place to call Home – Alexis Deacon

Meerkat Mail – Emily Gravett

I Love you, Blue Kangaroo – Emma Chichester Clark

Kipper’s Toybox – Mick Inkpen

The Blue Balloon –

The Teddy Robber – Ian Beck

Bears Don’t Read – Emma Chichester Clark

I am Henry Finch – Alexis Deacon

Monsters at Bedtime – Ed Vere

Traditional Stories

Fredrick – Leo Lionni

Pumpkin Soup – Helen Cooper

Funnybones – Allan Ahlberg

The Jolly Postman – Alan Ahlberg

Wiinnie the Pooh – A.A. Milne 

Old Bear Stories – Jane Hissey

Where is My Teddy – Jez Allborough

The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out – Jill Tomlinson

The Emperor’s Egg – Martin Jenkins

The Little Polar Bear – Hans De Beer

Useful Websites

• Tweenies: Me First
  A game about caring for each other and sharing.

Useful Phonics Websites

• Letters and Sounds
  Lots of interactive phonics games.

• Phonics Play
  Phase 2 Phonics Games

• Phonics Play
  Phase 3 Phonics Games

• Phonics Play - Buried Treasure
  A fun game to help your child to segment and blend.

• Family Learning
  Lots of interactive games to help your child blend and segment

• Topmarks
  Interactive phonics game - reading and spelling

Useful Maths Websites

• Topmarks
  Great games for counting.

• Crickweb
  Lots of early maths games

• BBC Schools Maths
  Lots of fun interactive maths games.

Dental Health

All children are entitled to free NHS dental treatment. Take your child to the dentist regularly to ensure that their teeth are healthy and developing well.

Looking After Your Child`s Teeth