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Welcome to Foundation

Summer Term

We are very proud to be an Outstanding Early Years Unit after our Ofsted visit last year! 

This term we will be learning all about 'Where we live'. 

We will be talking about our local environment and the different types of houses people live in. We will be looking at some non-fiction books throughout this term. We will then compare our local environment to that of other countries. We will celebrate Earth Day and talk about the different ways we can all help to protect Planet Earth.

In Foundation we have worked very hard to create an exciting and engaging learning environment. We value individuality in Foundation and we are excited to explore the children's interests and watch them learn and grow throughout the year.

Our Early Years Rationale

At Salisbury Road Primary, the Early Years Team believe that all children deserve an education rich in wonder, excitement, independence and memorable experiences. At Salisbury Road we believe children learn best through play in an environment that promotes creativity, curiosity and independence. Our ethos is to support children’s personal, social and emotional development so that they feel safe, secure, happy and ready to learn.

We recognise the importance of giving our children the best possible start to their education by planning and implementing teaching and learning opportunities that supports them in reaching their full potential and develop a love of learning. At Salisbury Road, we recognise the crucial role that Early Years education and educators have to play in providing firm foundations upon which the rest of a child’s education is successfully based.

Through the Early Years Curriculum, we provide children with a rich learning environment that builds on the children’s interests and develops their experiences of the world around them. We support the children in their transition into school and ensure that the start of the children’s learning journey is enjoyable for both the children and their families. We recognise that all children come into our setting with varied experiences and we work hard to provide equal learning opportunities to develop children’s understanding of the world around them and we have high expectations for all our children.

Important dates

Back to school - Tuesday 22nd April

Earth Day - Tuesday 22nd April.

Science Week - Week beginning 19th May

Science Fair - Friday 23rd May (3.30-4.15)

PE Days - Tuesdays

End of Summer term 1 - Friday 23rd May 

Back to school - Monday 2nd June - Summer term 2

PPA for Mrs Burke and Miss Pearce will be on Wednesdays, this will be covered by a supply teacher called Mrs Pluckrose

Reading books are changed Mondays and Thursdays 

Fridays - Library (please return the children's library books on Thursday of each week) 

Mrs Luscombe will teach FGP on Mondays and Miss Pearce on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 

Underpinning all of our learning and time together is our school values. They are also linked to our Class Dojo rewards. We will learn about and celebrate examples of each value daily. 

Our value this term is 'Unity'.

We will be discussing what it unity means, as well as these 2 key questions.

What does belonging mean to me?

What can I do make others feel they belong?

Phonics: Here at Salisbury Road, we teach phonics from the start. We will begin by listening to sounds and playing phonological awareness games. We will then begin working through the Read Write Inc scheme to learn all the individual letter sounds and begin to read simple CVC words. The children will be grouped according to their knowledge so the learning can be tailored to their needs.

Maths: We provide the children with a secure foundation of numbers 1-10. We learn about the composition of each number and talk about 'what we see' and 'how we see it'.  We will look at patterns in objects, colours and numbers and explore making our own patterns too. Oracy is at the heart of our maths sessions to enrich the children's vocabulary and make sure they are using full sentences. 

Topic: We base our topics on the children's interests. 

Reading: Reading is a priority at our school. In foundation, we pride ourselves on promoting a life long love of reading. Reading is at the heart of everything we do in foundation so we encourage you to read with your child everyday. We have an exciting reading raffle where child could win the book of the term! All they need to do to be entered each week is to read at home at least 4 times each week. The more times they do, the more chances they have to win the book, so get reading!