Swarcliffe Primary School

Welcome to Foundation Stage

Learning in Foundation Stage

In Foundation Stage, we believe that young children learn best through play and following their own interests. With this in mind, we decide on a theme for each half term but this will often change direction based on the children's ideas and fascinations. 

Children in our Foundation Stage learn by exploring and investigating our areas of provision in which resources and activities are set to challenge and extend learning and development. In addition to our engaging indoor and outdoor provision, children take part in daily focused activities in which they are directly taught skills and knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics.

Autumn One: Who Am I?

Welcome to Foundation Stage at Swarcliffe Primary School! We are so excited to meet all of you and get to know you over this first half term.

This half term our learning is all about you! We will learn all about who is in our family, what our favourite colour is and the different activities we like to do. We will be making creative portraits of ourselves using different materials and thinking carefully about our different features. We will also be using our senses to talk about tastes, sights, feels and smells we like and dislike.

We will be starting daily, whole class phonics sessions during this half term. We follow the Read Write Inc phonics programme so please check the link below for video clips and ways you can support your child at home.

In maths we follow the White Rose Maths programme. We will be learning all about the numbers 1-3 and securing our knowledge on each number by exploring different ways of showing the amount. We use BBC Numberblocks to support us with our mathematical understanding and development. We will also compare objects to see which group has more or less. We will be relating this to capacity to see which cups, pans and bowls can hold more or less liquid. 

If you would like to see how your child is settling into school, please check tapestry where there will be daily updates to show you the interesting activities your child has been partaking in :)

Key Dates 

^9th September – EYFS parent meeting

18^th September – Roald Dahl Day

30th September - School Photographs

16th October - Reception Phonics workshop

21st + 22nd October – Parents Evening

23rd October – Flu vaccinations and End of Autumn 1 Half Term

More information about these activities will be sent out

EYFS Framework 

Class Dojo 

Class Dojo is an online service that the school has recently signed up to. On this platform, children will receive 'Dojo points' from their teachers and  as parents you will be able to observe how many points your child achieves. Class Dojo can also be used as an area for sharing information and activities that the class has taken part in. There is also a messaging service on there for parent and teacher communication. More information will be given at the Parent information meeting on 10th September. 

Sporty Friday

PE lessons will take place on a weekly basis every Friday.

Reception pupils – Please come to school dressed in their PE kit every Friday.

Please follow this link to the uniform page for an update on what the PE kit entails:

 https://www.swarcliffeprimary.co.uk/parents/school-uniform 

Nursery pupils – you can wear either a school PE kits or comfortable sports clothes.