Foundation Stage 1
Welcome to Foundation Stage 1!
In our Foundation Stage 1 team there is Miss Lathwood, Mrs Booker, Miss Inglis & Mrs Stols
We are here to help you with child's first step of their learning journey. You can always speak to us at the gate, leave a message with the school office or use Class Dojo.
Your nursery business support officer is Miss Hayley Bosworth
Learning Journey We will be asking the question Which animals does a farmer keep on a farm? We will be looking at “Peace and conflict” as part of our Global Curriculum. | |
Farm animals This half term we will be learning about animals that we usually find on a farm. We will be learning about the noises that they make, what their babies are called, the products that we get from animals, the different buildings on a farmyard and the different equipment that farmers use on the farm. | Physical Education – PE We have PE on a Monday morning and a Friday afternoon. Please send children in their PE kit for those sessions. We will be working on balls skills and working with equipment such as bean bags and skipping ropes to work on their throwing and team building skills. |
Parents coming to play! From the second week of term, we will be inviting you parents in at the start of the session for 15 minutes on one day a week. You will be able to come into nursery with your child at drop off time, play with them and see the different types of activities and learning experiences we have out in nursery. The dates are Thursday the 15th of January, Wednesday the 21st of January, Monday the 26th of January, Friday the 6th of February and Tuesday the 10th of February. When the bell rings in the morning, that is your time to go and, in an afternoon, we will shake a tambourine at 12:30 to signal your time to go. You don't have to stay for the full 15 minutes, even if you only come in for 5 I'm sure it will make your child happy to have you in nursery! | |
Books we will be reading:
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Events
Parents story time We would love for some of our parents to come and read a story or tell a story to our children at the end of the session. You can read a story or tell a story in your home language or in English. Please let me know if you would like to come and read a story for us. I’m sure your child would love to see you read to their friends in nursery! Book bag Sharing and reading books will help children become better readers and writers. We will send a book bag with your child’s name on it, it will have a book, which we will change every Wednesday. Please help us with this, by bringing the book back to change every Wednesday.
| Labelled water bottles Please make sure your child brings a reusable water bottle to school with them each day. We can only allow water in their bottles. Children are offered milk at snack time and are encouraged to drink from their water bottle throughout the session.
Class Dojo
Please continue to check Class Dojo regularly, ensure you look at the school story as well as our class story. There is lots of information on there that you do not want to miss out on! |
Please provide your child a bag with spare clothes in, your child may be toilet trained but it is always good to have lots of spare clothes as nursery can be very messy!
We do not allow any mobile phones inside nursery, and we ask for parents to put their phones away when you walk through our school gate at drop off and pick up time. Please take the time to say goodbye to your child and greet your child when they come out of nursery.
- Each child is assigned a key person
- Ensures learning and individual needs are catered for
- Supports needs of parents of children in their care
- Refers parents to specialist support if needed e.g. speech therapy
Story time
Sharing a book with your child is very important not only for their reading journey but their journey in education as a whole. Reading with your child can support their listening and attention skills, it can teach them new words, it can provide you time for bonding without distractions, it can build on their understanding.
Encouraging a love of reading is really important to start from an early age. It is important to talk about the book, ask your child to point to objects in the book, point out an object, for example a tree and ask them to find another one, ask your child what they can see in the book, the things to talk about are endless! Turn over this sheet to see some ‘blank level questions’ these help to develop your child’s understanding of questions and the story.
Independence
In Nursery it is important for the children to be independent in as many ways as possible.
Teaching your child to do things for themselves helps them become fantastic problem solvers and helps to build on their learning skills.
Please teach your children to feed themselves, tidy away their toys, put on and take off their coat themselves and use the toilet independently by pulling down and up their pants and trousers.
Our Foundation Stage Vision
