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

 

Summer 2

This half term our topic is

 ‘Down at the bottom of the garden!’.

This half term we are going to be exploring the season of Summer. We will be looking at the weather changes and the things that we do in the summer months. We will also be exploring planting, growing and how to care for plants. We will do this through our focus text – Jasper’s Beanstalk. We will also be looking at mini beasts and the life cycle of a butterfly. We will do this through the text – The Hungry Caterpillar. Look out for our very own caterpillar’s!

We will continue to explore many texts throughout this half term, some our focus texts will include:

Jasper’s Beanstalk Fiction

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Fiction

Life cycles – seed to plant/caterpillar to butterfly – non fiction

 

Nursery

Reading - Recognise and read their name, retelling a well-known story. Enjoying an increasing range of books.

Writing – Dough disco/write dance

Show preference for dominant hand.

Pencil Grip – encourage tripod grip.

Drawing pre writing mark making patterns on paper

- circles

- lines

- spirals

- zig zags

- rainbows (humps)

- loops

- diagonal

- crosses

Write some or all of their name.

Write some letters accurately.

Weekly name writing in name writing books.

Give meaning to marks.

Reception 

Reading –

Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary.

Can draw pictures of characters/ event / setting in a story.

Listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events & respond to what they hear with relevant comments, questions and reactions.

Make predictions.

Fiction and Non- Fiction: Beginning to understand that a non-fiction is a non story- it gives information instead.

Fiction means story. Can point to front cover, back cover, spine, blurb, illustration, illustrator, author and title.

Reading and understanding sentences.

Writing –

Writing simple sentences and phrases that can be read by others.

Story writing

Writing sentences using a range of tricky words that are spelt correctly.

Beginning to use full stops, capital letters and finger spaces.

Using familiar texts as a model for writing own stories.

Write three sentences with beginning, middle and end.

Using correct letter formation.

Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed.

Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters.

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

All aspects

Whole class reading 3x week

Send home: Library Books/ picture book/word purse

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

Reception – Recapping all phase 3 and introducing phase 4

Focusing on all HFW words

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

 

R.E.

 

This half term we will be learning about the following units in our R.E.

Pentecost – introducing the Holy Spirit as the third part of the Sign of the Cross and that red is the colour associated with this Season.

God’s Family – focusing on membership of God’s Family through Baptism into a community which has a gathering place and a gathering day

 

 

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 – This half term we will be focusing on travelling and moving and multi sports in preparation for sports day!

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 preparing for Sports day activities this half term

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 Summer 2, please see the information sheet below.

Foundation Stage Curriculum Information Sheet - Summer 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