Swift - YR

Welcome to Swift Class!

 

We are Swift class, a  mighty band of Reception children.  Classroom Locations Diagram

 

Our teacher is Miss Howlin, and our teaching assistant is Mrs Alexander. We may also work with Mrs Wilson, and Mrs Busson the Wagtail class teachers as we share our outdoor area with Wagtail class. Mrs Fielding, Mrs Hughes and Wiltshire Wildlife will join us on Thursday mornings for PE or Forest Schools.  

If you have any queries you can email the teacher on FPSswift@PalladianAcademyTrust.com

Miss Liz Howlin, Early Years Lead & Robin TeacherMiss Liz Howlin, Early Years Lead & Swift Teacher HZ7A1851Mrs Sam Alexander, Teaching Assistant

General Class Information

In Foundation we are taught through whole class sessions, such as Little Wandle Phonics and Numbersense Maths, and then practise, develop and extend our learning through high quality play experiences. Please come to our Fitz Playdates to learn more about your child's education in the Foundation Stage and discover how you can support your child's learning. Please see the link to the workshop presentations below for more details.

This page will continue to be updated throughout the course of the year. 

Our core aim as educators is to get your children reading and become confident writers and mathematicians. Please read to your children and with your children as often as possible. Regular practise with their phonic reading book is a key expectation of learning at home but it is also really important for you to read to your children - that bedtime story is growing their vocabulary and understanding!  Regular counting in ones will support their maths and opportunities to write at home are always beneficial. However remember they have had busy days at school - so if you can only fit on one thing before they are too tired, please read!

Reading books

Your child will receive their first reading book shortly. Come to our Reading Scheme Playdate to learn more (see below). We change reading books every Tuesday and Friday, this gives you opportunity to read and re-read your book three times. We also send home the read and share bags with your Reading for Pleasure texts; we ask that these are returned every Thursday please.

Rewards 

We reward your children using positive praise, marbles and Wow tickets home. The marbles the children earn feed into a jar and when this is full we have a whole class treat- this is often things like extra playtime, extra time on the pirate ship play equipment or a dance session. A Wow ticket will tell you about something they have done that is amazing! Whole school rewards include recognition bands. This term (Term 1)  children will earn their bands by performing acts of kindness!

Fitz Playdates dates and timings 

We have run sessions on the importance of play, our phonics scheme, reading for pleasure, how our reading scheme works and maths in the Foundation Stage.

Dates and timings can be found in our Induction Programme but do keep an eye on our newsletters for reminders and any last minute changes! You can see the presentations for our workshops below.

Raising readers Read aloud Einstein

 

FS2 Parent Workshop PresentationsFS2 Support Sheets - Letter Formation and Sounds

Recommened Websites

Here some websites that we thought Swifts would enjoy:

http://ictgames.co.uk/ - Lots of fun maths and english games.

Reading:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/  - reading books at different  levels.

Virtual Visits:

This website has a list of museums which now offer virtual tours:

http://mcn.edu/a-guide-to-virtual-museum-resources/

 

Visit an aquarium online:

https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/ocean-voyager/

 

Explore NASAs image and video library

https://images.nasa.gov/

 

Learning / lessons - various subjects:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/primary-live-lessons/zmc9jhv

 

Phonics:

Phonics Play

FS2: https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3

Y1: https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com

 

Story time:

Stories from space:

https://storytimefromspace.com/

https://www.storylineonline.net/library/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories

 

Arts & Crafts:

https://www.redtedart.com/?cn-reloaded=1

https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/

Draw with an illustrator: http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob

 

https://openclipart.org/   - free clipart

 

PE:

Try a PE lesson with Joe Wicks

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvQafyve889qVcPxYEjdSTl

Documents

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