The Foundation StageCovers the period birth to five.
The final year of the Foundation stage is when children are in a Reception class of a primary school.
It is a play based statutory framework.
It prepares children for learning in their future school career.
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Communication and language.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Encourages children to be independent and to interact with other children and adults.
Helps children to become confident, safe, secure and ready to learn from new experiences.
Helps children manage their feelings and
behaviour
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Will help children to develop listening and concentration skills.
Enables children to understand instructions, humour and to answer “how” and “why” questions.
Encourages children to develop conversational skills.
Encourages children to express themselves effectively
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Supports children’s healthy development.
Provides opportunities for using a range of large and small equipment.
Helps them to develop a sense of space around themselves and others.
Encourages balance.
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Literacy
Enables children to hear sounds in words and to link these sounds to letters.
Encourages children to write simple sentences, labels and captions.
Helps children to learn to read individual words and eventually, simple stories independently.
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What can you do to help your child’s literacy development???
Words to learn
Practising the phonemes they are learning
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Mathematics
Add and subtract.
Encourages them to use mathematical words such as greater, smaller, heavier, lighter, more, less etc
Recognise, create and compare patterns
Supports children’s understanding of shape and size including 2D and 3D shapes.
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What can you do to help your child’s mathematical development???
Numbers to learn
Play simple board games
Sing number rhymes and songs together
Try problem solving- I only have 2 apples but there are 4 of us. What shall I do?
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Encourages them to look at changes over time
To learn about communities and traditions
Encourages them to explore and investigate
Will give your children the opportunity to understand and use information and communication technology
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Inspires children to explore colour and colour changes.
Helps them to explore shape and texture using all of their senses.
Develops an interest in music, singing and music-making.
Develops confidence and imagination.
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November 5th at 9.00am
We hope you can join us!
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Thank-you for coming and
please have a look at the tables showing some of the things you can share with your child, and the benefits in doing so.
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