Welcome to Foundation Class!

Mr Thrift - Class Teacher                                     

Foundation Class Update

Another Fantastic Week in Foundation!

Foundation have worked so hard this week, and it has been wonderful to see how much progress they are already making!

Phonics

In phonics this week, we have learnt just two new sounds: g and o. We have also spent lots of time practising and consolidating the sounds we have already learnt.

We now know a total of 10 sounds:

m, a, s, d, t, i, n, p, g, o

The children are continuing to practise Fred Talk and are beginning, with support, to sound out three-letter words before blending the sounds together. They are doing a fantastic job and are becoming more confident every week!

Becoming Authors!

The children have also been very excited about becoming authors! We are planning to write our very own class book called All About Me.

We started with an ideas party, where we thought about what we could include in our book. We then voted on the ideas we thought would work best. The children have even made the front cover this week!

They are now very excited to create their own page for the book and, when the time comes, share our finished book with everyone in an assembly. I think we may have some future authors in Foundation!

Reading

In reading, we have been looking at the story Once There Were Giants. We have talked about how everyone in our families grows and changes over time.

We also thought about how, at the moment, some people might seem like giants to us because they are so much bigger. However, one day we might be the giants to someone else!

Our Senses

In our topic lessons, we have been exploring our five senses, and the children have absolutely loved getting involved in lots of practical activities.

We had a tasting session, where we tried different foods including mint, tomato, onion, dark chocolate and ready salted crisps. We then explored our sense of smell by trying to identify and describe different smelling pots containing things such as mint, cumin, soap and onion.

The children also made their own telescopes and used their sense of sight to explore what they could see in our outdoor area. We used our sense of touch to feel objects hidden inside a bag and tried to describe how they felt. Finally, we played a listening game where we had to guess which animal was making different noises!

The children have really enjoyed exploring this topic, so perhaps ask them about their five senses at home and see what they can remember!

Maths

In maths, we have been doing lots of comparing. We have compared different objects by size, weight/mass and capacity.

We have also had a brief introduction to repeating patterns, which we will be exploring in much more detail next week.

Another brilliant week, Foundation! I am so proud of how hard everyone is working and how much progress the children are already making.

Have a great weekend, and I will see you all on Monday!

Many thanks,
Mr Thrift

Notices: 

• Please may children come to school with spare clothes where possible, just in case. (Including spare shoes or wellies). 
• Please may you bring in any recycling we can use for our junk modeling creations.