Welcome to Foundation Class!

Miss Edwards - Class Teacher                                     

Last weeks learning: 

Take 1 Book (reading): 

Last week we continued to read 'The Growing Story'. On Monday each child planted cress seeds to watch them grow throughout the week. Each day the children watered their seeds and we began making a timeline of their growth. 

The story finishes with the boy discovering that he has grown because his winter clothes have become too small, the children put their pictures into timeline order and then we had a discussion of what the children wanted to be when they grow up. Some of the answers given were a police officer, a ballerina and a farm vet. 

Writing for Pleasure: 

The children were introduced to a girl called Dottie and the story she wrote. The children looked at the story and were confused because it was only scribbles. The children learned that stories do not have to be in 'adult' writing but can be told in many different ways. I made a book about myself using pictures and simple written sentences. The children were asked if they could read my story and learn things about me. The children were able to understand what they writing was about based on the drawings. For example, I drew a bunch of grapes, the children were able to understand that the sentence would say 'I like grapes'. As a class we made a poster about how we make books in the classroom. The different steps are; We talk, we draw, we write and we share. 

After each lesson, the children were provided with blank books so they could make their own stories. 

Maths: 

Last week we continued to look at matching and grouping different objects. The children were asked to guess what the sorting rules were. We did this with different aliens. Some examples of the groups were; Hair and No hair, One eye and Two eyes, Legs and No legs. The children then sorted objects into different colour groups. 

Phonics: 

We looked at the sounds M, A, S and D in more depth. Learning how to write them with the pre-cursive flick by saying 'Here we go' as we write it, and sound blending CVC words that start with each of the different sounds. S-U-N= Sun, D-I-G= Dig. 

Our learning this week

Take one book (reading): 

This week will be looking at a new book called 'Once there were giants'. I will be reading the book in stages and then ask the children questions based on what we just read to strengthen their comprehension and understanding. 

Writing 4 Pleasure:

The children this week will be preparing to make a whole class book. We will be making a poster about what we want to content of the book to be. On Thursday we will make the front cover of our book. Each child will draw a picture of themselves and writing their name underneath. 

Maths: 

We will continue our topic of matching and sorting objects. The children will be sorting pasta and buttons into different groups based on their shape, size and colour. 

The Big Picture (Topic): 

We will be talking about our different senses. Feeling and smelling different objects, and then making a tally chart of the things we liked or disliked and why. 

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.