Welcome to Foundation Class!

Mr Thrift - Class Teacher                                     

Foundation Class Update

Foundation Class – Weekly Update

Foundation have been amazing this week in their first full week of school! We are so proud of how well they have settled and how hard they are already working.

Phonics

This week in phonics we have been learning the sounds:

• m, a, s, d

The children are doing so well and trying really hard. We have also been practising blending sounds together using our helpful friend Fred the Frog, who speaks in Fred talk (e.g. m-a-t → mat).

Many of the children are just beginning to pick up this new skill and they are making fantastic progress. They have also been practising writing the letters that go with these sounds, which is really tricky at first! To help with this, we have been doing lots of fine motor activities and pencil control sheets.

Reading

In reading, we have been going through “The Growing Story” and thinking about:

• What grows

• How we are growing

• How different characters feel

The children have really enjoyed this book and we will continue to look at it next week too. We have also been sharing lots of different stories throughout the day, building their love of books and story time.

Topic – All About Me

Our topic this term is “All About Me”.

This week we have been:

• Looking closely at ourselves and what we look like

• Creating beautiful watercolour self-portraits

These self-portraits are now displayed on our amazing art display board, and the children are all very proud of their work.

Alongside this topic, we have also been:

• Learning our classroom routines

• Talking about our school rules

• Learning how to look after and use the equipment on the shelves in Foundation

The children have been fantastic at learning these rules and are already showing a great level of responsibility and care for their new classroom and resources.

Maths

In maths, we have been exploring:

• Matching

• Sorting

• Comparing

We have discussed:

• What items are the same and different

• How we can sort things in different ways, including colour, shape, and size

In between lessons, we have also been doing lots of counting and number recognition activities. The children are working really hard and growing in confidence with their maths skills.

Thank you

They have worked so hard this week and we are incredibly proud of them. We hope you all have a lovely weekend and we look forward to another exciting week in Foundation!

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.