Welcome to Foundation 2!

Summer Term
This is an exciting term for us in Foundation Stage 2! As the weather gets hotter, please 
remember to send your child to school with a sun hat and sun cream on if needed.
Now the Summer is here we will be finding out about the features of the Summer and 
comparing this to the seasons that have come before. This term our learning is based around 
the seaside and we will be finding out about different sea creatures including crabs, turtles, 
jellyfish, octopus and shark. We will also be identifying key features of the beach including 
sand, sea, cliffs and pebbles and talking about how the landscape differs from where we live. 
Another concept we will be exploring is floating and sinking and we will be predicting and testing 
different materials to see if we can identify any patterns. 
Our class stories this term are based on these key themes and include ‘Shark in the Park’ and 
‘Tiddler’. We will continue to make our story maps and use these to practise re-telling the story.
In maths we are learning about pattern and shapes including manipulating and rotating shapes 
to make shape pictures. We will continue to consolidate our learning of number bonds, doubles 
and odd and even numbers. 
We will also be taking part in Sports Day this term and will work hard with our class to get as 
many points as we can for our team! Our PE slots continue to be on the designated day for our 
class so please continue to send your child to school in their PE kit on this day. Soon we will be 
finding out who our new teachers are and what class we will be in when we move into Year 1, very exciting times! 

Hello All!

It's now our Spring Term even though it's Winter time! We will be learning all about Winter. We will be learning about the weather, the characteristics of Winter e.g. the temperature gets colder, dark nights and mornings, bare trees and animal life.  We will be finding out about hot and cold places in the world and looking at similarities and differences with animals that live in the woods compared to those that live in the polar regions.

We will also be learning about old and new objects/toys, which will be very exciting!

In English there will be more writing of CVC words and captions, new sounds in phonics and hopefully better control with our pencils when writing. There will be a big focus on developing language and the confidence to speak in sentences. This will be through whole class discussions, small groups and play based learning. Our core texts this half term focus are Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers and Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara.

In Maths we are trying to use as many mathematical words as possible to help our language skills such as heavy, light, weight, full, empty, half full, one less, one more and positional language (on/on top). We will also be learning to double a number to 8. For example, double 2 is 4 and double 4 is 8. Finally, we will be learning to combine two groups as an early form of addition. 

Autumn 1 - The Woods

We are learning about 'The Woods' this term and discovering which animals live in this habitat. We are learning the names of some common woodland animals such as squirrels, foxes and hedgehogs. We are also looking forward to our trip to an Arboretum to gain a woodland experience. Alongside this learning, we are focusing on our key text - 'We're going on a Bear Hunt.'  The children are enjoying taking part in retelling this story using our class story map. 

This term we are learning about our families, and talking about the important people in our lives. We will look at baby photos of the children and talk about how they have changed since they were a baby, and what they can do now.

Soon we will be looking for the signs of autumn and discussing leaves changing colour and falling from the trees.

How exciting!

Autumn 2!

Hello everyone. This half term we will be learning about lots of things dark and light. We will look at nocturnal animals, how our seasons change at this time of year, the Earth and space, important celebrations like Remembrance Day, Diwali and Bonfire Night. We will be enjoying more singing and dancing and music appreciation as well as lots of work on counting to 5.

Hello All!

It's now our Spring Term even though it's Winter time! We will be learning all about the Winter weather, finding out about hot and cold places in the world and looking at similarities and differences with animals that live in the woods compared to those that live in the polar regions. We will also be learning about old and new objects/toys, which will be very exciting! In English there will be more writing of CVC words, new sounds in phonics and hopefully better control with our pencils when writing. In maths we are trying to use as many maths vocabulary words as possible to help our language skills. In maths we will be practising sequencing time, knowing about numbers from 5-10 in depth and how things change in weight and size - and how we measure this! Happy days!