Welcome to the Foundation Stage.

Foundation Stage One (nursery) Larch

and Foundation Stage Two (reception) Elm.

Meet the staff:

Mrs Saddiq (Foundation Stage Lead)

Mrs Ord    Mrs Abbas Naziq   Mrs Woodhead Mrs Stirling

Foundation Stage 2 PE day is Wednesday.

Please remember to send your child to school in their PE kit. They need a pair of trainers, a white/blue t-shirt and a plain grey/blue/black tracksuit.

Outdoor Learning in our woodland area is on Monday.

Your child will need to bring wellies and a waterproof coat.

Government Announcement: All schools to close from Tuesday 5th January 2021.

Please access remote learning daily on our FS class dojo page.

Thank you.

FS Team

Autumn 2

This half term our learning question is

' What is a shadow?'.

We will be learning about  light and dark, how a shadow is formed, nocturnal animals and all about colours.

Here are some websites that will support your learning at home:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2yf4j

www.thenational.academy

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5-years/letters-and-sounds

https://www.turtlediary.com/games/alphabet.html

If your child is not in school due to isolation or closure of their bubble, please access the slides below.

Additional support materials such as videos and activities will be available on our class dojo page.

FS Curriculum Information 

Well done to all the children coming back to school and showing 'readiness' to learn.

We had a busy learning week.

We are sadden to let you know, the FSU bubble has closed until Monday 23rd November.

We will see you all back, well and healthy on TUESDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2020.

We are currently working hard and putting together a home learning pack for your child closely linked to the FS curriculum.  This will be delivered as soon as possible. 

However until then, please continue to access our FS class page and class dojo.

Here is a sneak preview of the timetable below.

The children in FSU have been busy working very hard at home to complete learning challenges and work in their packs.

We are all very proud of you!

Thank you to all the parents for joining in and supporting your child.

Have a look at all this FANTASTIC work.

We are so happy to announce that this term, all our nursery children (F1) we will be working with speech language therapist students to take part in a range of activities to further develop language, communication, understanding and social skills.
Please take some time to read the leaflet provided and take part in the activities suggested.

Here is the link to Carla's video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdA_T6OTZYo&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=CarlaLMitchell

Celebration of weekly learning:

Look at all the fantastic work we have done this week!

Autumn Term 2

Week 1:

This week in maths we have been exploring number. We have been developing our number recognition skills, counting skills by matching the correct amount to a number and thinking of different ways to represent a number.

 We are learning about the story Puffin Peter

We have been thinking about things we want to find out about puffins.

We watched a video to look at the different ways puffins move. We can show you at home.

• Here we are by Oliver Jeffers 
• Owl babies by Martin Waddell
• Bog baby by  Jeanne Willis
•  Puffin Peter by Petr Horacek

Learning question: Why am I special?

We will be exploring our classroom.

We will be learning about the full school day and will be taking part in many activities.

We will be engaged in provision independently.

We will be getting to know all the children and adults in our class.

We will be settling in our new to Acres Hill children by creating a friendly, calm and happy environment.

We will be making new friends. 

We have been reading the story of the Owl Babies.

We have been thinking about how the owls felt when their mummy owl had gone.

We have been naming and describing the owls.

In literacy we have created drawings of the owls and made a WANTED poster for mummy owl.

The children enjoyed echoing Bill's voice by saying

'I WANT MY MUMMY'.

In Maths, we have be practising our counting skills.

We have been counting on and back from 20.

We have been counting a given number of objects from a large group and making comparisons.

In theme we have been discussing what makes us the same and what makes us different.

This has been great! We have enjoyed exploring our own unique personalities and learning more about each other.

" We all come in different size, colour and shape. We are are the same, we are all wonderful people".

In art we have been looking at the work of Pablo Picasso. We developed our painting skills and created self portraits by using bright colours. 

You can keep in touch with Mrs Saddiq & Mrs Ord on ClassDojo. Teachers use the app to set home learning activities, pass on messages and to send you photos of your child learning at school. You can use the app to get in contact with Mrs Saddiq & Mrs Ord and they will do their best to answer any questions as soon as possible. Let school know if you need instructions for how to access your child's Dojo account.