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F2
Welcome to F2!
We are delighted to welcome our Foundation 2 children and families to Old Basford School. We are so excited to be a part of your school journey. We look forward to a wonderful year filled with lots of fun-filled learning!
We are committed to providing a caring, supportive, and engaging environment where every child feels happy, valued, and ready to succeed. We cannot wait to see all the progress and achievements the children will make throughout the year.
We provide a balanced curriculum which offers a wide range of learning opportunities for all our children to enable them to become well-rounded learners!
Our team
Class 1 – Ms Singh
Class 2 – Miss Ahern EYFS Lead
Teaching Assistants – Miss Squires and Miss Hillary
Care Assistants- Miss McDaid and Miss Ogden
Dates for the Diary Autumn 2
Monday 2nd November - Inset Day
Tuesday 3rd November - First Day of Term
Tuesday 3rd November - Individual pupil photos
Wednesday 11th November - Phonics Workshop 9.15am
Monday 16th November - Odd Socks Day
Monday 23rd November - School Disco 4.30-5.30pm
Tuesday 1st December - Christmas Jumpers worn for the rest of term
Thursday 10th December - Christmas Jumper Day & Christmas Dinner
Monday 14th December - F2 PROUD assembly 9am
Friday 18th December - Last day of Term
Communication
We are always happy to help. If you have any questions, concerns or need to discuss anything, please feel free to catch us at the end of the school day. We also use the Tapestry App to send pictures and messages home about what we are doing during the school day. We also invite you to send any pictures/ news through the app which we can share in class.
PE days
Tuesday - Indoor PE
Reading
Children will bring home a coloured book band reading book and a reading for pleasure book to enjoy with family members at home. We ask that children read at least five times each week and that an adult signs their reading diary. On a Monday, reading diaries will be checked and reading books will be changed. On a Friday, the reading for pleasure books will be swapped.
We follow the Rocket Phonics reading scheme and your children will move through book bands as the year progresses. In your child's diary they will have a copy of the sound mat we use in class.
Here is a link to a guide on pronunciation of phonics sounds in Reading Planet Rocket Phonics: Pink A/Phonics Phase 2
Spare Clothes
The children will be playing outside and inside all year round. It is great if the children have spare clothes in their bag in case they need to be changed during the day. The children will also be going outside in all weathers, so we ask that the children bring a waterproof coat to school.
School Dinner Menu
Please find below a copy of the school dinner menu. If possible, please choose a meal with your child and order on the Arbor app or discuss it with them so they can choose when they come to school.
Autumn 2
Autumn 1
Week 7
In our final week of term, the children really enjoyed exploring Room on the Broom. We made an exploding potion at the beginning of the week, explored the story in Drawing Club and made potions in the water tray. We also made wands and there were lots of spells being cast on the teachers and children!
Week 6
This week we opened our painting shed! The children really enjoyed helping set up the space, sweeping the floor and sorting all the resources. They took time to understand all the rules and then got started mixing the paint, pouring, filling and negotiating the space with each other. At the end of the week, we then washed the shed down with water ready to start again next week!
Week 5
This week the children have really settled into the school routines and become a lot more confident from the moment they come in, in the morning! This week in P.E we really enjoyed playing different games with the parachute.
Week 4
This week we started our writing journey with Drawing Club. Our story was The Three Billy Goats Gruff and the children drew their own troll, bridge and a way to save the troll from the river.
Week 3
This week we have started our phonics work and the children have done a great job of learning the 's' and 'a' sounds. It has been great to hear them engaged in their learning – having a go at saying the sounds, blending and writing them.
Week 2
It has been lovely to see the children settle into the school routine this week, make friends and enjoy exploring the indoor and outdoor environments.
