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Welcome to Foundation Stage!

2021-2022

Team SWAN

Show respect, Work together, Aspire, Nurture

Mrs Ellis, Mrs Hopewell & Mrs Watts

A warm welcome to the Foundation class page! We hope you've all had a lovely summer holidays and can't wait to work with you and your children this year.

Due to the school following guidelines to ensure the safety of the whole school community, communication will be different to what we are used to with parents/carers. If you have any questions or need to pass on information please do not hesitate to contact me via email: iellis@loverslane.notts.sch.uk and I will get back to you at the nearest opportunity.

We hope these pages help you to support your child(ren) with their learning. From September 2021 in Foundation we will be combined into one class which includes Foundation 1 part-time children (3-4 year olds) and Foundation 2 full-time children (4-5 year olds).

For Foundation 1 children we offer the 30 hour free childcare extended entitlement. If you would like to find out more information please visit our 30 hour extended entitlement childcare page.

The staff and children work closely alongside each other to make sure your child(ren) have the best possible experience whilst at Lovers' Lane in Foundation Stage.

Meet the EYFS Team

EYFS Latest News

F2 Balance Bike Bikeability 2022🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲

F2 children had an exciting lesson last week on learning how to ride a balance bike. All the children enjoyed it and were excellent balance bike riders by the end of the lesson. We thought we'd share a few photos from the lesson with you to show you how much fun we had

EYFS Pancake Day 2022 🥞🥞🥞

We just wanted to share some of the photos from our pancake tasting afternoon in EYFS. We learnt about the meaning behind pancake day and how to make pancakes. Then we had the chance to taste them and Mrs Watts, Mrs Hopewell and Mrs Ellis were very proud of all of EYFS as they everyone had a go at tasting the pancakes and toppings.
We hope you enjoy watching the video of our pancake tasting afternoon 🥞

To end children's mental health week we decided in EYFS we decided to have a spa afternoon. In the morning the children made a price list and decided on the treatments they wanted at the 'Lovers' Lane Spa' which included foot massages, yoga, hand massages, facials and of course chocolate milk. In the afternoon the children got changed into their PJs and had a relaxing afternoon where they had to find the correct money to pay for the treatments therefore working on our Maths skills. All the children had a fantastic afternoon and we hope you enjoy looking through some of the photos 😁

This term we’re reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar and for some of our art activities we’ve been making fingerprint caterpillar pictures and handprint symmetry butterflies. Come back soon to have a look at our amazing story maps and new versions of the story.

2021 First Class Newark Advertiser Pictures - We're so proud of our 2021 Reception Children who have been published in the Newark Advertiser.

EYFS Christmas Party 2021

Nativity 2021 - We were all super actors and actress in our 2021 Christmas play. Well done everyone 👏🏻

EYFS Rand Farm Christmas Trip - We all enjoyed a day which including feeding animals, attending elf academy, decorating biscuits with Mrs Claus and visiting Santa

EYFS Christmas Carol Singing in Newark Town Center 🎄

Post Office Visit and Winter Walk - As a class we went to the post office to post our letters to Santa, had a hot drink at Starbucks to warm us up and saw some lovely Christmas lights and squirrels!

No Pens Wednesday - On No Pens Wednesday we decided to make some fruit kebabs. We used our fine motor skills to cut up the fruit and thread it onto the kebab stick!

Have a look at all the exciting things we did this week to remember the men and women who fought for our country!

In EYFS this week we had lots of fun taking part in Bonfire Night activities. Enjoy watching the video of all our fun activities!

Autumn Term 2 Talk for Writing - Little Red Hen Hook Activity - To start this Talk for Writing story we have been making bread to get the children excited about the Little Red Hen story!

Talk for Writing - Nursery Rhyme Performance 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

This week for our poetry week in Talk for Writing we have been learning a new nursery rhyme which was ‘5 Little Speckled Frogs’. We have learnt the words and the marathon signs to go with the song. Once we had learnt the song and was able to sing it with confidence we performed it as a class to show our Mummy’s and Daddy’s on tapestry. We hope you all enjoy watching it and listening to our performance.

Thank you to all the parents who attended the Reception Phonics Workshop. It was a great turnout and we hope you all found it useful.

Foundation Key Information

Timings of the Day

Foundation Stage 1 morning session will start at 8.45am and finish at 11.45am.
Foundation Stage 1 30hours child's sessions will start at 8.45am and finish at 3.15pm.
Foundation Stage 2 day will start at 8.45am and finish at 3.15pm.

An adult from the Foundation team will meet the children at the FSU gate onto the playground. When the children arrive in the school building, they will be washing their hands and provided with hand sanitizer. This will be repeated throughout the day.

Reading

Your child will be given a reading book of their choice for you to share at home. They will change their book every Monday and we expect you to read with your child at least 4 times a week to support their communication and language development.

PE will be on Wednesday morning, the children are to come in school on this day in their PE kit: school jumper, plain navy/black/grey jogging trousers or shorts and a plain white/navy/black/grey T-shirt with trainers is expected. PE will be done outside, weather permitted.

Learning and well-being

The main focus for the children is to ensure they are happy and settled in school especially with the uncertainty children have had over the past few years in school. We will be providing them with many opportunities to share and discuss their experiences, worries and support with gaps in learning.