FS1 Caterpillars

Welcome to Foundation Stage 1 -

Caterpillars!

The Foundation Stage 1 Team

The Nursery Class Teacher is:

Miss Sarah Aspinall

The Teaching Assistants who support in Nursery are:

Mrs Kay Reeve

Miss Sian Cowlishaw

Mrs Tanya Littlewood

F1 Session Times

AM session:

Arrive 8:40am

Collection time 11:40am

PM session:

Arrival 12:20

Collection time 3:20pm

New Starters

We are looking forward to welcoming our new starters. You will receive an information pack at your stay and play session.

Dojo

Throughout Foundation Stage at Greenwood we use the online learning platform Dojo. On Dojo we will share important information with you. It is important you check the Class Story for any updates. Dojo has a private messaging tool where you can contact your child's group leader if needed. Please can you ensure any urgent messages are passed through the school office, as we cannot guarantee Dojo will be checked during teaching time.

Purple Mash

We upload activities linked to our learning on Purple Mash. Your child has their own individual log in details to access the activities on there. Please get in touch if you need help with log in details or accessing set activities.

Reading

Please read to your child at home daily, and record this in their reading diaries. Reading regularly with your child helps develop vocabulary, creativity, understanding of the world and most importantly a long life love of books. Each Thursday we reward our weekly Reading Stars, for children showing good reading habits and a love of books. They get to take home a special rucksack filled with hot chocolate, biscuits, a cuddly toy and most importantly a treasured book!

OUR AUTUMN LEARNING ENQUIRY - linked to History

“What Makes Me Who I Am?"

Some of the texts we focus on:

- Everybody has Feelings

- Lulu's First Day

- All Kinds of Families

- Mog's Birthday

- Building a Home

- 5 Days of Diwali (RE Focus)

- The Nativity (RE focus)

Our focus for Autumn Term is getting to know the children, and in turn them getting to know us.

In Autumn 1 we learn about feelings, families and what it means to belong. We learn about the school rules and expectations and what it means to be a good friend.

In Autumn 2 we learn more about celebrations - learning about how we celebrate and what we celebrate, as well as different celebrations around the world.

We end the year with our own special celebration where we perform our version of The Nativity in front of parents on the stage. We hope you will join us!

OUR SPRING LEARNING ENQUIRY - linked to Geography

“Where in the World Can we go?"

Spring 1 sees us learn about the world and how we can travel around it. We learn about the inventors Henry Ford and The Wright Brothers, discovering their early inventions of transport.

We then delve into information about countries around the world, learning about landmarks, culture and language in England, France, India and China.

In Spring 2 we cover other areas of the world closer to home, such as farms, the local pond and wildlife. We also travel out of this world, into Space and under the Sea. This term is aimed to give the children aspirations for places they would like to visit in the World.

OUR SUMMER LEARNING ENQUIRY - linked to Art

"What type of artist would you like to be?"

Summer 1:

We explore primary colours and colour mixing.

We use Traditional Tales to introduce different types of artists:

The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Zaha Hadid Architect

The Three Little Pigs - Gustave Eiffel architect

Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Denby Pottery

The Elves and the Shoe Maker - Paul Smith clothes designer.

We produce different types of art each week linked to the artists we learn about such as designing and building bridges, houses and towers, creating bowls for Goldilocks porridge and designing a piece of clothing inspired by Paul Smith.

Summer 2:

We look at the artist Van Gogh and explore different types of paint brushes to create sunflower paintings. We then explore the outdoors, learning about different types of trees, minibeasts and how to stay safe in the sun. We learn about the legend of Robin Hood and create transient art using natural resources found outdoors.