Foundation Stage Learning 

Week beginning - 27th April

Literacy 

This week we are beginning the story Errol’s Garden by Gillian Hibbs, where the children will explore how Errol transforms a grey rooftop into a beautiful garden, inspiring our own ideas about growing, plants, and caring for the environment.

  

Phonics 

F1

Sound of the Week: v

Rhyme of the Week: Ring-a-ring-a-roses

F2

This week in phonics we will be focusing on Phase 4 CCVCC, CCCVC and CCCVCC words.

The new tricky words this week are: were, here, little, says.

Please continue to practise phonics sounds and tricky words at home.

Please ensure that reading books and reading records are sent into school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and please sign each time your child reads.

Continuous Provision

This week the children will be:

Completing simple repeating patterns in F1 maths.

Subitising number dots and matching them to their numeral F2 maths.

Role-playing life at a garden centre, selling and buying seeds, plants and flowers.

Using real flowers to inspire observational paintings of flowers and leaves.

Building their own roof top garden in the construction area.  

Writing CVCC words on the phonics table. 

Using their imagination to create flowers and plants in the creative area.

Writing sentences about gardens, remembering to use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.

Along with many other exciting activities!

 

This week's Makaton sign is "no".

The Foundation Stage Team