Foundation News
WOW! What a fun half term we have had! It has been great to have all the children back and they have been amazing at getting back into routine. This week was all about Easter, we read and learned all about the Easter story, made some lovely Easter chick cards by printing (which we [...]
We made some super repeating patterns in maths this week. We were very sad when the evil peas stole all of the colour from Foundation. We had been so busy getting colourful balloons and bunting ready for the carnival and the colour blaster took it all. Luckily we [...]
Oh no the evil peas escaped from the freezer this week but luckily our super children managed to trap them with the help of Supertato! After we had rounded them all up, the children turned their adventure into a story and produced some incredible pictures and writing. It was so [...]
It has been so lovely having all of the children back in school. It was quite emotional to see them all again. The Foundation Unit was full of chatter and excitement. I hope your children all had a lovely week and are not too exhausted! We spent the week playing, catching up and getting [...]
Friday 5th March Finger gym Colour and cut out a Traction Man picture (provided in pack) Dough Disco Get your dough ready and dance along with Mrs. Simister- https://youtu.be/I-dsGLonDp0 Or check out The Muffin Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Y_dw023G8 Phonics Jolly phonics video of songs phase 2 (qu, ch, sh, th, ng) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixndECFUbIo Check out Phonics [...]
Thursday 4th March NO SCREEN DAY! WORLD BOOK DAY! Finger gym Design your own bookmark. You can cut out any shape bookmark and then decorate with felt tips, crayons, etc. Phonics Play the bus stop game. Write ar, or, ir, air onto separate pieces of paper and put in four places around the room. [...]
Wednesday 3rd March Finger gym Thread Hula Hoops on string to make a medal for Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush. Dough Disco Get your dough ready and dance along with Mrs. Simister’s superhero dough disco https://youtu.be/I-dsGLonDp0 Or check out The Muffin Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Y_dw023G8 Phonics Jolly phonics video of songs phase 2 (qu, ch, sh, [...]
Tuesday 2nd March Finger gym Get some string and learn to tie a simple knot onto the spoon. Cross the string over, loop through the middle and pull! (I know that it is easier said than done.) Test to see if you have tied it correctly by lifting the spoon from the floor or [...]
Monday 1st March Finger gym Adult to read out the superhero words – pow, wham, crash, bash, zoom boom. Children to sound out words using their robot arms and then write them down . They could write them on their whiteboard or make some big comic bubbles. Guided Reading Please read along with Mrs. [...]
We have had a fun week introducing our new topic Superheroes. We have enjoyed playing in the Superhero den and office. We have so many kind, caring superheroes of our own in Foundation, it makes us super proud ! We did an experiment to find out which material [...]
