Welcome to Foundation 2
Welcome to all of our new families and welcome back to all those who are coming back to join us in F2! We are enjoying meeting all of the new children and getting to know your families.
We greatly value the important role that the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) plays in laying secure foundations for future learning and development. Our Early Years curriculum is carefully structured to provide opportunities for children to learn through planned, purposeful learning activities.
At SMC, we understand that play is an integral part of learning and this is at the heart of our early years curriculum. We believe that the correct mix of adult directed and uninterrupted child initiated play ensures the best outcomes for pupils. Warm and positive relationships between staff and children, consistent routines and strong relationships with parents are key.
We have an exciting year ahead of us. The curriculum has been planned to meet the Early Learning Goals set out in Development Matters 2021, covering the 7 areas of learning. Each term we will focus on a new topic which has been carefully planned to ensure the children make the small steps needed to achieve in all areas of learning. We will also be learning how to be kind friends and live out our school mission of ‘Love One Another’ every day. Please see the documents below for more information:
Our school has chosen Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised as our systematic, synthetic phonics (SSP) programme to teach early reading and spelling. The children will have a daily phonics lesson. We usually teach four new sounds a week and have a review lesson on a Friday. You will get a list of the sounds that we are learning to reinforce at home each week. This will also include some words to practise reading. As well as learning the sounds each week, we will also learn tricky words. These are words that include a tricky part (not pronounced the way they look.)
If children are to become lifelong readers, it is essential that they are encouraged to read for pleasure. The desire of wanting to read will help with the skill of reading. To help foster a love of reading, your child will bring home a book that they can share and enjoy with you. This is a book for you to read with your child, not your child to read to you. It is a book to enjoy together. This book will be changed every Monday. Your child also has a reading record which allows you to add any comments. If your child has not received a new book please speak to one of the team.
