Welcome to Foundation!

There are two Reception classes - RT and RH.
RT's class teacher is Mrs Turner (EYFS Lead) and their TA is Miss Elliott.
RH's class teachers are Mrs Held and Miss Gutteridge and their TA is Mrs Williams.
Miss Pearson works with lots of different children from both classes to help them with lots of different activities.

Mrs Green is our speech and language therapist who works with some children during the week.

Our email addresses are:

z.turner@woodgate.bham.sch.uk

l.held@woodgate.bham.sch.uk

s.gutteridge@woodgate.bham.sch.uk

PE will be on Tuesday mornings with Miss O'Shea. Please make sure the children come to school in the correct kit. If they do not, they will not be able to participate in our PE activities.

Here you will be able to find out about the recent projects and activities we have been involved in.

EYFS Timetable:

8.45 School opens

9.00 Daily Little Wandle Phonics session

Continuous provision, adult led activities and outdoor learning throughout the morning on a given theme

Daily Mastering Number maths session

Lunch

Continuous provision, adult led activities and outdoor learning throughout the afternoon on a given theme

Healthy/fruit snack and storytime/singing session

3.15 hometime

Early reading sessions happen 3 times a week

Tuesdays 2.45 Parent Drop-In sessions

Friday pm Celebration Assembly

Home Learning

EYFS will send home a piece of home learning every Friday.  It will be in your child's school bag.  Please send the home learning back in on Monday morning.

The piece of work with cover a range of themes, subjects and genres.

Please read with your child each night (5-10mins) and please record in their reading record book.  This will earn them 'reads.'

Parent Voice

Pupil Voice

Parent Drop In Sessions

We will start the Drop In Sessions after autumn half term.

You will be able to join us every Tuesday at 2:45 p.m. for Parent Drop In.  You will have a chance to see your child's environment, work with your child on a variety of tasks and talk with the EYFS team.

Look out for the first EYFS newsletter.  Every child will have a copy in their book bags.

September  2025

All the children have settled into school life well.  They come into school with bright and cheerful good mornings and are following routines well.

Home visits

All visits have been completed and it was wonderful to visit all the children in their homes.  We are looking forward to seeing them in their school uniforms on Monday.  Here is the information you will need for their first week at school.

Reception start dates:

Your child will either be in mornings or afternoons for the week beginning Monday 8th  and then full time from the week beginning Monday 15th September.

We will ensure that the gate at Trimpley road will be open for collection of children attending morning sessions at 11:30 a.m. and be open for the children attending afternoon sessions at 12:45 p.m.

Non-negotiables in reception.

Fastening coats.

Now the weather is turning cooler and wetter, could you please encourage your child to practice to put on and fasten their coat or jacket.  

Thank you for your support.

Outdoor Learning

Every week all the children will go outside with their designated adult. Children will be taking part in activities such as planting, observing growth, building, enjoying mud kitchen activities and experimenting with how water travels. 

Reading area

The children will be accessing the reading area, using story spoons, googly eye I spy's, story props and the listening centre. Sharing stories with your child is a special time and is a crucial part of them learning to love books.

Some useful websites 
Phonics Play:

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

We use this website daily in school to support phonics. The children love the interactive activities and it has a range of activities to support their learning of blending new sounds.  We love to play buried treasure, dragons den  and pick a picture games!

This link provides daily phonics lessons with a teacher that talks you through each sound.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/videos.

Oxford Owl:
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/help-child-learn-age-4-5/

Oxford owl provides a range of educational resources and activity ideas for all areas of learning 

Websites to get active:

GoNoodle

Joe Wicks daily PE lesson

Jumpstartjonny

https://www.jumpstartjonny.co.uk/home

Cosmic Yoga

The children also enjoy https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks to support their phonics sessions.