Foundation Stage
Well done to all the children for completing such a successful first half year at Englefield School. How the time is flying! We have enjoyed hearing all about their adventures during the half term break.
We will continue to have an exciting and busy term of learning based on our topic 'Pole to Pole'.
Using our fabulous book 'Poles Apart' by Jeanne Willis and Jarvis we will enhance our knowledge of polar regions generally.
Our R.E learning for the term is based on asking the question 'Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden?'.
We look forward to helping the children sow the seeds for a flourishing future during their time at Englefield and beyond. The class will continue to use our school values which are all centred on love:
Love of God
Love of Others
Love of Myself
Love God's World
Love of Life
We hope that you are hearing more about these values and how they impact on life both at school and at home.
Please do feel free to come and see for yourself how these values work within school. We also very much welcome parent helpers if you have any time to spare. Any such help is invaluable in supporting learning within school and also helps to build relationships between home and school. This help is welcomed on a regular or ad-hoc basis.
Please do look at the Curriculum Overview below to gain more detail about what we will have fun discovering this term.
Curriculum Overview
Timetable
Shared Learning
Woodland Learning - Friday mornings - Starting soon...
On Friday mornings FS2, Year 1 and Year 2 go out exploring the woodland on the Englefield Estate. We have found this learning outside not only very enjoyable but also very effective in covering a wide range of areas of the curriculum. In order for this woodland learning to take place we will be looking for at least 5 parent helpers each week as we are a larger group and we are off the school site. If you are able to help, please get in touch via our class email.
Children will need 'overs' or a puddle suit with outdoor shoes or wellie boots on rainy days. As the weather gets warmer, please remember to apply sunscreen before your child comes to school and provide them with a hat, long sleeved top and leggings/trousers. It is important that children are fully covered as we are in a deer park and deer ticks can cause Lyme Disease.