Foundation Stage
A big welcome back to all the FS2 children. We hope that you have all had a lovely Half Term, spending time with your family and friends. It is lovely to see you enjoying your return to school - you seem to have grown up in that short space of time! We are excited about all the fun we are going to have this term when we will be learning many new things.
This term the inspiration for our learning is traditional tales and, in particular, we will be looking closely at a traditional tale from the Indian subcontinent entitled The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy and Niamh Sharkey.
We will have lots of fun exploring and learning more about the Englefield Estate as our local environment during our Woodland Learning sessions. We will be comparing our local environment to what we learn about other environments when looking at a selection of books. We look forward to seeing how seasonal change has affected our local environment.
Our R.E. learning for the term will answer the question:
Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden?
We will help the children sow the seeds for a flourishing future during their time at Englefield and beyond. The class will learn about and 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 Web (below) to gain more detail about what we will have fun discovering this term.
Our phonic teaching is based on the Phonics Scheme 'My Letters and Sounds' by Schofield and Sims.
Curriculum Overview
Timetable
Shared Learning
Woodland Learning – Friday mornings
We will be out and about again this term – hopefully with less rain and more Spring-like weather – exploring the woodland on the Englefield Estate. We will also be enjoying completing outdoor activities based within the school grounds. Mrs Sheppard and Mrs Street will be looking for at least 5 parent helpers each week as we are a larger group. We do need parents to help with Woodland Learning as without the legally required number of adults, we are unable to take the children out onto the Englefield Estate. If you are able to help, either regularly or just occasionally, please get in touch via our class email.
Children will need 'overs' or a puddle suit and wellington boots and as the weather gets colder please also ensure they have warm socks, gloves and a hat.