Friday 16th January

Another amazing learning filled week in Foundation!

This week, in English,  we have continued our story of Snow White and we have used our oracy and sequencing skills to sequence the story. We then separated into groups and with an adult we practiced acting a part of the story. We then performed our acting to the rest of the class! The children were amazing.

In maths we have been concentrating on subitising 0-5. Miss Wilson has been helping the children learn how to subitise in fun ways and the children have completed some lovely activities after each lesson to show how much they have learnt.

In outdoor learning this week we braved the wind and rain and went stick collecting. Ince we had the right size sticks we made snowflakes but winding string around the sticks to hod them together. They are currently hanging in class drying, ready for us to paint next week.

In PE we started gymnastics. This week we have explored holding our bodies in a stretch pose or a curled pose!

The children have also collaged snowflakes, which currently hang I our class and are beautiful. They have made polar scenes, had library time exploring books and sooooooo much more!

The Foundation Team 

Friday 9th January- Happy New Year

We have had a wonderful start back to school this week. The children must have had Christmas magic sprinkled on them as they have grown over the holidays and have come back so determined to explore and learn! 
Our big question for this half term is: What would it be like if the world were frozen?

THis week the children have explored polar regions and made pictures, they have made icicles from small parts, used pencil control to follow lines and make a snowy picture, painted lasagna sheets in frosty colours ready to make a polar collage next week and so much more! 

In phonics we have started to learn level 3 phonemes and write the graphemes and the children have been trying so hard to write CVC words that include our sounds of the day! 

In maths we have been exploring zero. We have completed activities including zero or not zero. The children are really beginning to use mathematical thinking and full mathematical sentences when answering questions! we have a class of mathematicians! 

In outdoor learning this week we went on an ice hunt! It had all melted by the time we got there but we found some wonderful things in our forest area. 

On Thursday we were so lucky to have M and M productions visit us and put on a wonderful pantomime- Snow White! We had so much fun and it has really got us excited to start our English learning journey on Snow White! Wonderful wow work coming soon! 

Friday 19th December-End Of Term!

WoW!!! Here we are at the end of a fantastic term in Foundation!

The children have grown and progressed so well already! It always amazes us just how well the children progress in the first term!

 Soo, we just want to say that we wish you all a wonderfully happy Christmas and we look forward to seeing all the children back to school on the 6^th January 2026

The Foundation Team 

Friday 12th December

This week has been jammed packed of festive exploring and performing our Nativity!

The children have been practicing their Nativity for the last month, and we are amazed at how their confidence and oracy skills have progressed in that time! I think we have some stars on our hands!

The Nativity is always a precious experience for staff and parents, and it did not fail this year! We are beyond proud of the children and their resilience to perform in front of over fifty people for each show! Well done Nursery and Foundation!

The children have also been busy this week following instructions to make their own Christmas decorations, we hope you have liked the angels and handprint father Christmas'

Today was our Christmas fair and the children have helped to make wonderful things that we sold! Thank you to all that visited Foundation's stall.

We enter the final week of this term on Monday (wow! A whole term already!). It's been an amazing term, we have lots more festive exploration to do next week!

Have a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team 

Friday 5th December

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

On Monday we were shocked to discover the Christmas Elves had indeed visited us and they had decorated our whole room beautifully. They had left us a lovely note and a book advent calendar (and maybe a chocolate one too!) They have been leaving lots of mess for Mrs Phillips to clean up this week. They have eaten our fruit, had a snowball fight with the adult's cotton balls and then splash disappeared last night and we found her in Mrs Waring's pocket in assembly!!!

In English this week the children explored the Christmas Story. They then sequenced the story into their books using some amazing oracy skills! The children's vocabulary is really progressing well.

In maths we have been learning how to represent numbers to five in different ways, for instance 3+1= 4 but 2+ 2 = 4 too!

This week the children have also made Nativity scenes, designed and decorated their own Christmas tree and Christmas jumper, made a manager and stable from building blocks and Lego and so much more!

It was Christmas Crafternoon on Tuesday, and the children loved completing Christmas craft with you all.

The Christmas magic has definitely arrived in class and we are using lots of Christmas activities to progress our learning, knowledge and skills!

Have a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team 

Friday 28th November 

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

We have nearly finished our Little Red Hen unit of work in English this week. We have been exploring what we would need to make bread. We have explored ingredients and how we would make the bread. The children have used their phonic knowledge to write a list and also sequenced a set of bread making instructions! Next week we walk down to town to buy some bread and then come back to school and eat it! We will also be baking our own bread too!

The children have been matching numerals to representations of numbers to 10 this week and they completed a lovely lesson with our student teacher Miss Wilson.

The children have loved exploring Little Red Riding Hood as their traditional tale this week. They have decorated pictures, practiced cutting skills by making story scenes, completing Little Red Riding Hood maths activities and so much more!

We are coming to the end of term now and have lots of exciting things planned so please look out for information on your emails.

Have a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team 

Friday 21st November

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

In English the children have been recalling their phonic knowledge and using a sound mat to write CVC words that they know form the story of The Little Red Hen. The children continue to practice their tripod grip and letter formation every day.

In maths we have been subitising to five and beyond! The children are becoming amazing mathematicians! We weave our maths learning through all of our daily activities, and we can really see some amazing progress.

We have been practicing our nativity this week and the children are simply wonderful we cannot wait to share it with you in a few weeks.

The children have also been exploring The Three Little Pigs this week, and they have: sequenced the story, made masks, dressed the pigs, completed maths counting based on the story, coloured pictures, made traditional tale castes from blocks, used the small world table to make up their own traditional stories and sooooooo much more!

We are looking forward to the icy weather so we can get outside more and explore ice crystals and frost so please send your child into school with appropriate clothing for the weather each day please.

Have a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team 

Friday 14th November

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

We have been practicing shoulder, arm, hand and finger strength by doing lots of gross and fine motor skills activities. Having strength is really important to be an amazing writer. So in English this week the children have been showing Mrs Phillips how amazing they are at holding their pencils with the correct tripod grip, we will continue to practice this lots. The children have drawn a picture of The Little Red Hen, in their books and then used oral blending and letter recognition to write a key word like /hen/ or /red/.

On Tuesday we had Remembrance Day, and all our activities were based on the day. We learnt and explored what this day meant, and we all stood to take part in the two-minute silence, which all the children did amazingly well, and it was very moving!

The children have been exploring Anti-Bullying week, we started with odd socks day on Monday and then we explored what bullying means and what we can do to ensure we are kind to others, how we can be good friends and also what to do if we feel we are being bullied.

Today we had a wonderful Children in Need Day and we all looked great in our PJ's. Thank you for all the donations. We explored why we take part in this day, and the children were so kind and thoughtful with their words during our children in need lesson.

We have started to practice our Christmas nativity concert this week, so apologies for the amount of Christmas singing you will be hearing at home over the next few weeks he he! More details about the performances will come out soon.

Have  a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team 

Friday 7th November

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

Our big question for this half term is: Who is afraid of the big bad wolf?

We will be exploring traditional tales and nearer the time the Nativity Story.

In English this week we started to explore the story The Little Red Hen. The children used a story map to help learn the story and act it out. We read the story but also watched videos of the story , we then used our oracy skills to discuss how the stories were the same and different! The children then used their oracy and sequencing skills to retell the story in their books.  

The children started guided reading this week and they have amazed the adults at how well they have adapted to the routines of a guided reading session! We are going to have some amazing readers in our class!

In maths this week we have begun to explore representing numbers 1 2 and 3 in different ways! The children are progressing well with recognising, making and ordering numbers.

We have had two 'Understanding the World' days this week.  On Monday we explored Halloween and used lots of learnt skills to cut, stick, and build Halloween tasks.

On Wednesday we learnt all about why we celebrate Bonfire Night. We explored how men tried to kill King James 1^st but did not succeed. We then explored how different people celebrate Bonfire Night. All of our activities were based on this celebration, we even made edible sparklers!

We have explored so much during the first week back at school.

The Foundation Team