Welcome to Foundation Stage 

 

 

This term has been very exciting in Foundation Stage. Since starting school we have been busy settling in, making new friends and learning lots of new things.

 

We helped to do all of our classroom displays. Here are some pictures of our classroom displays.

 

                    

Our Makaton signs and symbols display.                    Our classroom rules display.

 

                   

Our Numeracy display.                                             Our name display.

 

                                                  Our birthday display.

 

We enjoy learning through play. Here we are in our inside and outside area.

 

                         

  Playing together with the marble run.                          Making a house using the lego.

 

                         

  Having fun with the bubbles.                                      Playing a game of Pairs.

 

Our new topic this half term is 'Marvellous Me'. Here is what we will be learning about this term!

 

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

·                  Independence skills

·                   Classroom rules, routines and expectations

·                   New beginnings – feelings and belonging

·                   Making friends, share and take turns

·                   Personal hygiene

·                   Favourite places

·                   Dressing and undressing for P.E

·                   SEAL – New Beginnings

·                   Feelings – ‘Owl Babies’

·                   Personal safety

·                   My house – pictures and labels

Communication, Language and Literacy

·                   Nursery rhymes

·                   Phonics (Letters and Sounds)

·                   Introduce reading scheme characters

·                   Make a class ‘Marvellous Me’ book

·                   Pencil grip and letter formation

·                   Recognise and write our own names

·                   Recognise other children’s names

·                    Listen to and retell stories

·                   Writing labels and lists (house labels, important people lists, etc)

·                   Make an alphabet book

·                   Reading development – book skills

·                   Non-fiction – body, senses and family

 

Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy 

·                   Number recognition 0 – 10 – stencils, dough and collage - ‘One More Sheep’

·                   Matching and sorting – fruits

·                   Length and height – hands, feet, size

·                   Days of the week

·                   Position and direction – hide and seek

·                   Patterns – clothes, bubbles, body parts

·                   2D shapes – pictures and patterns

·                   Using number names in order

·                   Counting reliably up to 6 objects

·                   Find 1 more/less than a number to 5

·                   House numbers

·                   Pattern/number/shape walk

 

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

·                   ICT – introduction to the suite, name, naming body parts, logging on, mouse control and drawing ourselves

·                   Ourselves – bodies and senses

·                   Our families – who we are and others

·                   Being healthy – eat, sleep and exercise

·                   Hygiene – teeth, body and hair

·                   The 5 senses

·                   All about me – information books

·                   Harvest – thank you prayers

·                   Weather chart – songs

·                   Nature table – seasonal objects

·                   Home address – post pictures

·                   Recycling materials

  

Physical Development

·                   Awareness of themselves and others

·                   Awareness of space

·                   Outdoor equipment – safety, control, co-ordination and confidence

·                   Keeping healthy – warm up, cool down – exercise/rest

·                   Imaginative dance

·                   Scissor kills and pencil control

·                   Group games – action songs and ring, group and playground games

·                   Sewing, building and making

·                   Different feelings movements

 

Creative Development

·                   Singing – rhymes and body shape

·                   Music - recognising instruments and exploration of sounds and patterns

·                   Dance – imaginative body dance

·                   Observational drawings – fruit and vegetables

·                   Portraits of themselves and family – paint, collage, crayons and sculpture

·                   Imaginative collage of ourselves

·                   Painting – easels and colour mixing

·                   Making funny face biscuits

·                   Collages - seasonal and plate faces

·                   Role play – home corner and school

·                   Make instruments (containers full of rice & pasta in wrapping paper)

 

We have been learning about Autumn. We have enjoyed learning about the changes all around us.

We went on a walk in our local woods and collected our favourite leaves.

 

            

 Walking through the woods.                                  Showing our favourite leaves.