Foundation Class Update

Another fun and exciting week in Foundation!

We have continued learning all about our topic “Glorious Gardens.” The children have been carefully watering their beans and learning about different types of plants. We have also been exploring the signs of summer, making our own rain makers to help us stay calm when we feel angry, and even doing some computing by programming Bee-Bots (including a dog one!) to move around a garden and find different objects. The children especially loved giving instructions and watching their Bee-Bots follow them—I think we may have some future computer scientists and engineers in the class!

In phonics, the children have been working really hard with their reading, writing, and handwriting. We have started looking at some polysyllabic words and how we can break them into parts to help us read and write them—for example, light-ning makes lightning. This is tricky work, but the children are doing brilliantly! Others have been focusing on writing CVC words, and we are so proud of the progress everyone is making. I am sure they would love to show off their writing at home.

In maths, we have been exploring numbers beyond 10 and even challenged ourselves to count to 100! We had a fun counting competition, and the children did really well. Please do practise counting at home—see how far your child can go and help them when they get stuck.

In our assemblies, we have been learning about service—thinking about how Jesus served others and how we can be kind and helpful to people around us.

With the lovely weather, we have made the most of being outdoors, enjoying stories together in our garden area under the tree.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the sunshine!

Mr Thrift