F1 - Preschool 2023 - 2024
Mrs Fitzmaurice
Teaching Assistant
Mrs Jones
Teaching Assistant
F1 2s Lead
Miss Massie
Teaching Assistant
Miss Fisher
Welcome to Foundation 1 - 2 and 3 year old classes.
Early Years Lead: Mrs McLaren
Within our 2 year old room we have 5 key workers.
Room Lead: Mrs Jones
Key workers: Mrs Pilecka
Mrs Ainsworth
Miss Massie
Miss Jenkins
The Topics we learn about throughout the year are:
Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Myself Jungle
My Family Sealife
My Body Farm
Celebration days: Halloween, Bonfire night, Remebrance Day, Diwali
Spring 1 Spring 2
Shapes I can see Rainbows
Making patterns Colour mixining
Puzzles Colour in nature
Celebration days: Chinese new year, Easter, Mothers day, World Book Day, St George's day
Summer 1 Summer 2
Seasons Textures
The Garden Senses (taste, smell, touch, hearing)
Bugs and Insects Summer Holidays
Celebration days:Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Queen's Birthday
Within the 2 year old room we ensure that children are given the freedom to explore different areas whilst being given excting and fun activities that engage and develop their Prime areas of Communication and Language, Personal, Social and Emotional Develoment and Phyiscal Development.
Staff within the 2 year old room ensure that children are given high quality experiences in a very interactive way. Children have access to our outdoor area. Children are also able to visit different local places by using our outdoor bus, a six seater pram with shelter that allows children to visit places around our locality.
3 year old room
Within our 3 year old room we have 4 members of staff.
Class teacher: Mrs McAlynn (Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri) Mrs Carney (Wed)
TA: Miss Fisher
Mrs Fitzmaurice
Within our 3 year old room we ensure that children are developing their Communication and Language, Personal Social and Emotional Development and Physical Development.
We ensure that children are given opportunities for high quality learning both indoors and outdoors.
We send story book bags home each week to every child. These books are chosen weekly by the children to ensure interest and engagement.
Our class homework is on the website and is developed to follow our topics throughout the year.
We are also working on a high quality communication and language programme that will support all children throughout the year. This is in association with Dr Helen Bibby and Cradle to Career.
The Topics we learn and the texts we use throughout the year:
Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Nursery rhymes Night and Day/Space
Range of nursery rhymes 'Whatever next' Jill Murphy
All about me Weather/Water
'Goat Goes to Playgroup' Julia Donaldson 'Splosh' Mick Inkpen
My Family and My Home Colour and Light
'Three Little Pigs/Goldilocks' Tiger Tales 'The world made a rainbow' Michelle Robinson
Celebration days: Halloween, Bonfire night, Remebrance Day, Diwali
Spring 1 Spring 2
My amazing Body Animals
'Funny bones' Janet and Allan Ahlberg 'ABC Zoo' Rod Campbell
Five senses At the seaside
'Brown Bear,Brown Bear what do you see?' 'Sharing a Shell' Julia Donaldson
Bill Martin Jnr
Growing Minibeasts
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar/Jasper's Beanstalk' 'Doug the bug who went boing' Sue Hendra
Eric Carl/Nick Butterworth
Celebration days: Chinese new year, Easter, Mothers day, World Book Day, St George's day
Summer 1 Summer 2
The Circus Superheroes
'Fearless Mirabelle and Meg' Katie Haworth 'Supertato' Sue Hendra
Fairy tales People who help us
'Jack and the Beanstalk' Mara Alperin 'Real Superheroes' Julia Seal
Pirates Transport/Travelling
'10 little pirates' Mike Brownlow 'Brilliant boats' Tony Mitton
Celebration days:Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Queen's Birthday
We also have Mrs Parr who works with all year groups within the foundation stage to support with interventions and group work, including our Early Language Project, Created for us by Dr Helen Bibby. This is to support children with their listening and attention.
F1 - Preschool: News items
Whole School Advent Trail, by Mrs Harris
Art Workshop, by Mrs Harris
Biiiiig Raffle Winners, by Mrs Harris
F1 - Preschool: Blog items
Advent Mass at St Michael and All Angels, by Mrs Harris
Alzheimer's Society Elf Day 2023, by Mrs Harris
Whole School Advent Trail, by Mrs Harris
F1 - Preschool: Calendar items
Christmas Songs Performance (2 Year old Room), by Mrs Walker
Christmas Songs Performance (2 Year old Room), by Mrs Walker
F1 3's & F2 Performance, by Mrs Walker