Wagtail - YR

Welcome to Wagtail Class!

We are class of children from FS2 (Reception). You will find us in the room known as the Nest. 

Miss Liz Howlin, Early Years Lead & Swift Teacher

Mrs Sam Alexander, Teaching Assistant

Miss Howlin is our teacher and our Early Years Teaching Assistant is Mrs Alexander.Iif you want to get in touch with Miss Howlin please use the email address below.

FPSwagtail@palladianacademytrust.com   

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 Phonics Home Learning book. It will tell you the phonics that your child has learnt that week. Please practise saying the sound that each letter makes, and practise any blending or segmenting for that week. Please bring them back in on the following Wednesday so we can stick the next week's learning.

Handwriting

We are just about to start our journey with Kinetic Letters and will provide you with information about the scheme and how you can help in due course.