Foundation Stage Learning 

Week beginning - 19th January

Literacy  ​

This week we will start to explore the book 'Sam and Dave Dig a Hole'. In the story, Sam and Dave dig deeper and deeper, hoping to find something amazing — and although they don’t realise it, they come very close to buried treasures along the way!

Phonics 

F1

Sound of the Week: o

Rhyme of the Week: Row, Row, Row Your Boat

F2

New sounds: ur, ow, oi, ear

Tricky words: my, by, all

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.

Continuous Provision

This week the children will be:

Exploring building with shapes in F1.

Investigating more and fewer in F2 to understand that colour, size and type do not change the number.

Role-playing in the hot chocolate cafe.

Designing and constructing houses.  

Using their phonics knowledge to match digraphs to pictures.

Building words to write in a full sentence.

Creating underground worlds in the small world area.

Sorting items into 'winter' and 'not winter'.

Creating winter-themed pictures using cotton wool as snow.

Along with many other exciting activities!

Adult led activity: PSED: Identifying feelings and solving problems.

This week's Makaton sign is "me".

 

The Foundation Stage Team