Swift - YR

Welcome to Swift Class!

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

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 McGrath and Wiltshire Wildlife will join us on Thursday mornings for PE or Forest Schools (our Forest School Terms this year are Term 1, Term 3 and Term 5).

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

Miss Liz Howlin, Early Years Lead & Swift Teacher

Mrs Sam Alexander, Teaching Assistant

Term 1

Welcome to Fitzmaurice School! It was lovely to see so many of you during the summer Stay and Play sessions and taster mornings. We are looking forward to getting to know you and your children and making sure that they have the best start to school life as possible.

This term children will be learning their first phonemes and beginning to read words! Please check out our Phonics workshop to find out how to support your child’s learning. In Maths we will be working with numbers to three and exploring our new classroom environment. 

Below you will find some helpful information to get you and your child started on their Fitzmaurice adventure!

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

In Term 1 your child will receive their first reading book. Come to our Reading Workshop 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. 

Phonics home learning 

On Fridays your child will bring home a pink book. It will tell you the phonics that your child has learnt that week. Please practise saying the sound that each letter makes, practise any blending or segmenting for that week and have a go at the handwriting sheets to practice writing the letter too. Please bring them back in on the following Wednesday so we can stick the next week's learning.

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 being Kind! Children will also be chosen to have a special hot chocolate with our Head of School Mrs Hill if they have demonstrated Over and Above behaviour. 

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 will be able to can see the presentations for our workshops below.

FS2 Parent Workshop PresentationsFS2 Support Sheets - Letter Formation and Sounds

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