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.
 

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 sessions with Miss O'Shea - we will let you know what day and when they start once the children have settled. 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

Daily handwriting sessions.

10.00 Daily Little Wandle Phonics session

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

Lunch

Daily Mastering Number maths session

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

Tuesday Rh and Thursday RT 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.'

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.