Foundation Unit
Welcome to our wonderful Foundation unit!
Starting school is an exciting time: a time of new experiences and meeting new friends. We hope you find the information below helpful.
Take a look around our Foundation Stage Unit.
We create an environment which is rich in wonder that allows children’s creativity and curiosity to grow and develop.
Children have the opportunity to:
- Encounter new experiences
- Develop confidence
- Extend skills and knowledge
- Learn as individuals
Our learning environment allows children:
- Freedom to explore
- Become independent in making choices
- Build on what they already know
- Be resilient to solve problems
Our outside classroom:
Becoming outdoor explorers:
- Our outside space is where children can explore and investigate the outdoor environment, developing their language and gain first-hand learning experiences
- Children make use of our climbing and balancing equipment, sand pit, planting areas, mud kitchen, role play house, water play as well as activities such as sensory play, playing in the forest, building, exploring the environment, investigating plants and animals and having lots of fun.
Our curriculum:
We want all of our children to be enthusiastic, successful, happy learners. The aim of our curriculum is to give children a vast range of experiences and opportunities. You can read more about our over arching topics in more detail in our curriculum documents below.
Foundation Stage Reading Spine Cycle A 2023-2024
Foundation Stage Curriculum September 2022 – 2023
Foundation Stage Long Term Plan September 2022-2023 (Cycle B)
Intent, Implementation and Impact Statements 2022-2023
How to help your child at home
Nursery Rhymes
Nursery Rhymes are key to help your child’s language and literacy skills. We aim for each child to know 10 nursery rhymes by the end of Foundation 2. Find a list of links below to take you to some of our favourites!
Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds concentrates on developing children’s speaking and listening skills and lays the foundations for the phonic work which starts in the summer term.
Phase 1 Letters and Sounds: Information for Parents
READ WRITE INC.
Read Write Inc (RWI) is a phonics programme which helps all children learn to read fluently Phonic sessions will be taught at 9.10-10.10 daily. Please listen to your child read at least 3 times a week and write in their reading record after every read.
Please click here to find more information from our phonics page.
Maths nursery rhymes
We often sing number rhymes throughout the day. These are a great way to introduce counting, adding and subtracting. Follow the links below to share some rhymes at home.
Rhymes to 5
Rhymes to 10
Links to topic learning
Below is a link to our learning pages. These pages are updated with each term’s learning.
Useful documents to download
Foundation One Prospectus Handbook 2022-2023
Foundation Two Prospectus Handbook 2022-2023
What to expect in the EYFS 2022