Welcome to Foundation Class!

Mr Thrift - Class Teacher                                     

Foundation Class Update

The children have had another busy and exciting week in Foundation!

In phonics, the children have continued to recap and practise the Set 2 sounds. These are quite tricky sounds, so please keep practising them at home whenever you can. It has been wonderful to see the children starting to use these sounds in their own sentences—we truly have a class of superstar writers, with everyone trying their very best.

The children have also finished their books all about pets and enjoyed sharing them with each other. Our topic this term is “Tails and Trotters,” and we have been learning about pets and the life cycle of a dog. The children have really enjoyed exploring life cycles and may even be able to tell you all about it at home!

On Thursday, we celebrated Book Week, and the children looked fantastic in their costumes. It was lovely to see their excitement and enthusiasm, which we hope is helping to grow a real love of books and reading. We focused on the author Julia Donaldson and the illustrator Axel Scheffler, and the children created their own Gruffalo-inspired stories, drawing and watercolouring their illustrations in Axel Scheffler’s style.

In maths, we have been working on number bonds to 9 and 10. It has been great to see the children’s confidence in maths continuing to grow. We also discussed the different parts of a number sentence, such as + and =, and what they mean.

On Thursday evening, two children from our class took part in the Eisteddfod competition, and both came away with prizes. Well done Chloe and Jack! Foundation Class is very proud of you!

It has been a fun-filled week. Have a wonderful weekend, and I look forward to seeing you all next week.

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.