Welcome to Foundation Stage 2!

The team is Mrs Readford, Miss Gyte,  Mrs Hussain & Mrs Haq.

Welcome to Foundation Stage 2. We are really happy that all of the children have settled in to Foundation Stage 2 really well and are eager to learn.

Learning Journey

Our learning journey this half term will be to look at who we are, who we want to be and our heritage. During our topic, we will be discussing the question ‘Who are we?’ Through this question we will be developing many of the children’s personal social skills, including building confidence when talking in groups, talking to friends about own wants and needs and developing the children’s vocabulary to talk about their own homes and communities, likes and dislikes. We will explore our feelings and senses.

Maths

In maths, we will be matching and sorting objects and numbers and comparing amounts, sizes, mass, capacity and patterns. We will also begin looking at representing and understanding numbers up to 10. We will be focusing on circles, triangles, squares and positional language too.

Phonics and English

We will be revisiting our Phase 1 oral blending and segmenting of the letters and sounds scheme. These skills are the foundation for all future reading and writing. 

We will continue our Little Wandle journey focusing on the phase 2 sounds and start to write simple words. Over this half term, both you and your children will be learning a lot of new skills and vocabulary through reading and through imaginative play. We will encourage children to act out their story ideas and together we will begin to write our own class stories using all of their wonderful imaginative language. We will also be looking at books that are written by Julia Donaldson, David McKee, Janet & Allen Ahlberg and will study vocabulary, rhyming words, characters as well as enjoy the story lines.

PE

PE is on Wednesdays.

Correct PE uniform must be worn to school that day: plain white top/plain black bottoms. No jewellery allowed.

Home Learning

• Reading 5 times a week and record it in the planner.
• Practise counting forwards and backwards to 20 starting at different numbers.
• Number bonds to 5 and 10
• Phonics play online (free resources)
• Name writing
• Literacy Planet

Check dojo for more home learning activities.

Other activities in the classroom:

Dough Disco - To promote fine motor skills we watch the 'Dough Disco' on YouTube. If you would like to do this at home with your child you will need a small ball of Playdough!

Helicopter Stories - Helicopter Stories involves scribing stories from children and supporting them to act out their narratives. While simple, this approach seeks to nurture and enthuse children of all backgrounds and abilities, using the power of story. This approach also enhances speaking and language skills, and an increased eagerness to write.

Show and Tell –Show and Tell is on a Thursday. Your class teacher will send a little list of when it is your child’s turn. Show and tell sets the stage for children to become comfortable when speaking in public. In addition, show and tell can be a great tool to help English Language Learners, giving them a chance to practice academic vocabulary, pronunciation, and other basic skills they need to succeed.

African land Snails – In our FS2 base we have an African Land Snail. We named our snail Shell, and after 5 months it is continuing to thrive.

Drawing Club – Greg Bottrill’s Drawing Club is a true adventure. Based around the Golden Blend of picture books, tales and animations, it involves a short period of Time Together as a whole class followed by time with children exploring their ideas and creativity.

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