Foundation Stage
Belong – Committed – Love – Faith – Joy
Welcome to Foundation Stage!
Here you will find information about the themes we are teaching, curriculum and other important information.
Please visit regularly to see what we have been doing in class.
You can also see what we have been doing in class by following our twitter page:
@HolyRosary FS
Meet the Foundation Stage Team!
Miss Pomfret
EYFS Lead & Foundation 2 Teacher
Mrs Newton
Teaching Assistant
Mrs James
Foundation 1 Teacher
(Monday-Wednesday)
Mrs Atkinson
Foundation 1 Teacher
(Wednesday-Friday)
Miss Giles
Teaching Assistant
Class Information
In Reception, all children will have a reading book to take home. Reading books will go home on a Monday and they must be returned to school on a Friday, so that they can be changed. We also ask that to build fluency and improve sound recognition, that children read their book 3 times at home before it is changed at school. Children will have the opportunity to read with an adult during the week using a book from school.
We also have our special ‘Reach for the Stars’ challenge where children will move up the chart if they read once a week. Once they have reached the stars at the top then they will have a raffle ticket entered into the draw, where they can win a prize at the end of each half term.
Please read the letter below from Miss Mcbride (Reading Leader) that explains more about reading books.
Meet the Teacher
Click the buttons below to find out more about Holy Rosary Foundation Stage.
EYFS Expectations
You can click on the buttons below to show the end of year expectations for Nursery and Reception.
Homework
Our homework is updated each half-term according to our class themes. Homework is given out as a ‘Takeaway Menu’ and children can choose the tasks to complete each week. We ask that you share pictures of your child’s home learning on Tapestry.
Click the button below to see our homework for this half-term.
Tapestry
Tapestry is our online learning journey. We use Tapestry to build up a profile of your child’s learning in the Foundation Stage. We use observations, photographs and videos to assess how the children learn. We also ask that parents add to their child’s learning journey too. As this build up a full picture of the child. If you need any support with this, you can ask one of the teachers in your child’s class.
EYFS Curriculum
Practice in EYFS is led by the four guiding principles that shape our approach in our Early Years setting, these are:
- Every child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and is resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.
- Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships.
- Children learn and develop well in enabling environments, in which their experiences respond to their individual needs and there is a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers.
- Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates.
Children in both our Nursery and Reception classes follow the EYFS Guidance, which has seven main areas of learning.
The Prime Areas:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Communication and Language
- Physical Development
The Specific Areas:
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts
Through the seven areas of learning we aim to provide themes that excite and engage children, building on their own interests and developing their experiences of the world around them. We recognise that all children come into our setting with varied experiences and all staff work hard to ensure that the learning opportunities provided widen their knowledge and understanding of the world, setting ambitious expectations for all children.
Foundation Stage News
This half-term our focus is ‘Julia Donaldson‘. We are looking at some class favourite stories written by Julia Donaldson. We will also look at key events: Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day, Diwal, Advent and Christmas.
Have a look below at some of the stories we will be using to support our learning:
