Welcome to Foundation Stage 2

Today’s Meeting

• To help you to understand the curriculum that your child will be covering in the Foundation Stage.

• To understand how we teach in order to cover the requirements of the curriculum.

• To identify the key ways in which you can help your child at home and in school.

The Staff

Foundation Stage Leader

Mrs Cooper

Foundation Stage 2 Teacher

Miss Hoggard

Early Years Practitioners

What is the Early Years Foundation Stage?

• The Early Years Foundation Stage (E.Y.F.S.) is the stage of education for children from birth to the end of the Reception year.

• It is based on the recognition that children learn best through play and active learning.

• The importance of talk.

Within the theme of Learning and Development there are 7 areas. All areas are connected to one another. There are 3 Prime Areas and 4 specific

areas.

The areas of learning are:

● communication and language.

● physical development.

● personal, social and emotional

development.

● literacy.

● mathematics.

● understanding the world.

● expressive arts and design.

Characteristics of Learning

Playing and exploring – engagement

Finding out and exploring Playing with what they know Being willing to ‘have a go’

Active learning – motivation

Being involved and concentrating Keeping trying Enjoying achieving what they set out to do

Creating and thinking critically – thinking

Having their own ideas Making links Choosing ways to do things

The Learning Environment

• The seven areas of learning are reflected in the indoor and outdoor environments

• Children can ‘free-flow’ between the areas

• Some activities will stay out for longer periods of time depending on children’s interests/allow children to build and develop skills

• ‘Process over end product’ – children will not always bring something home

The first few weeks

We will find out what the children already know and can do

and use this information to help us develop an individual learning programme

for each child.

We would value any contributions you would like to make in helping us

get to know your child’s needs.

Tapestry

Baseline Assessment

Y

“Adults who help children to play are

adults who help children to learn.”

Our Themes• The Seasons of the Year

• Calendar events

• Children’s interests and needs shape the curriculum

Topics

All about meLighting up the sky

Dinosaur Stomp

On the FarmCreepy Crawlies

Typical Day in The Foundation Stage

9am- School Starts

9.05am- Morning Job and Register

9.20am- Phonics (Sounds Write)

9.50am- Literacy

10.15am- Independent Learning Time

11am- Tidy up

11.10am- Number

11.50-Lunch

12.50pm- Register

1pm-Handwriting

1.15pm- Curriculum

1.30pm -Independent Learning

2.10pm-Story/Songs

2.40pm- Hometime

Transition Days

F2 teachers to visit Pre-Schools/settings to meet new children and speak to Key Person – June/July 2021

Meeting for new F2 parents/carers – 24th June in the hall.

•Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd September

- Morning session 9.15pm- 12pm (children who attended our Nursery).

- Afternoon session 1pm-2.30pm (children who did not attend our Nursery)

Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th September

-All children 9am-1pm (School Lunch)

Wednesday 8th September

-Full time 9am-2.40pm

And Finally…

•If you have any worries or concerns please come in and see your child’s teacher and we will do our best to help you ☺

•Thank you for coming! We appreciate your time and are looking forward to getting to know you all! ☺