Welcome to Foundation Stage 2024 - 2025
Our Learning Journey
Our World
This half term our learning has focused about our local environment, the world around us and ourselves. We have looked at the story of Handa's Surprise, focusing on Africa, we listened to some African music and used the instruments to accompany the music. In maths we have looked at teen numbers, focusing on place value.
Lifecycles
This half-term we have concluded our learning on lifecycles; we wrote about the lifecycle of a frog and butterfly, created artwork and also talked about the lifecycle of humans.
Summer Learning
During this half term the children have spent lots of time outside in the sunshine. Learning has focused on Farm stories and farm animals. In maths we have learnt have learnt about doubling and halving and number bonds to 10.
Farm Visit
We enjoyed a visit from Emily’s Mini Farm. We saw lots of different animals including ‘Barbie’ the Sheep and ‘Ant’ and ‘Dec’ the goats. We had the opportunity to hold and stroke a tortoise, rabbit and chick. We then headed across to the field for lots of fun and a picnic lunch. We finished our day with an ice cream, yummy!
Celebrations
This half-term the children have learnt about a number of celebrations. At the beginning of the half-term, the children enjoyed pancakes for Shrove Tuesday. The children made beautiful cards for Mother's Day. In the last week, the children learnt about Eid and we have finished with Easter, culminating in an Easter Disco and an Easter Egg hunt.
Spring learning
During this half-term, we have been looking at the Season of Spring; Miss Lonsdale brought in some frogspawn, so we are watching them grow. We had a special visit from a farmer who brought in a two week old lamb, the children were very excited to see it. We have created art work of flowers and sketched daffodils that are growing in our garden.
Traditional tales
In our literacy this half-term, we have looked at a number of Traditional Tales; these have included, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, The Gingerbread man and The Runaway Pancake to coincide with Pancake Day.
The children have written about the characters and the settings of the story, and created some fantastic art to accompany the stories.
Chinese New Year
This week the children in Foundation Stage have been learning about the festival of Chinese New Year. The children learnt about the story of the Zodiac race, made lanterns and enjoyed tasting some Chinese food. In PE the children used scarves and our homemade dragon to do a Dragon Dance.
Winter learning
During this half-term, we have been looking at the season of Winter. We enjoyed some fun in the snow, created winter artwork and enjoyed listening to Winter stories.
Christmas Fun
During December in FS2 we have been very busy; the children took part in the annual Nativity production, all the children were superstars. We have written letters to Father Christmas, taken part in fun maths activities that were Christmas based. We made and decorated buns for our Christmas party, and also made lovely cards and calendars for parents. Winter wonderland was amazing and the children were excited to see Father Christmas.
Being active
In Early Years we like to keep active. The children take part in PE, brain break dances, Forest school and have lots of fun during outdoor play.
Autumn Festivals
In FS2 this is a busy time of year; we have celebrated and learnt about a number of festivals, Halloween, Harvest, Remembrance Day and Bonfire night. We created art work, made bread and breadstick sparklers, and respected the two minutes of silence on November 11th. Please enjoy looking at all our learning.
Our First Days
Enjoying our first days at Mount Pleasant; exploring the Foundation Unit, doing the Daily Mile and having lunch together.
Autumn Learning
During the first half term the children have been learning lots of new things. They have enjoyed taking part in Forest School, learning about number in maths and thinking about our families.
