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Friday 19th December-End Of Term!

WoW!!! Here we are at the end of a fantastic term in Foundation!

The children have grown and progressed so well already! It always amazes us just how well the children progress in the first term!

Soo, we just want to say that we wish you all a wonderfully happy Christmas and we look forward to seeing all the children back to school on the 6^th January 2026

The Foundation Team

Friday 12th December

This week has been jammed packed of festive exploring and performing our Nativity!

The children have been practicing their Nativity for the last month, and we are amazed at how their confidence and oracy skills have progressed in that time! I think we have some stars on our hands!

The Nativity is always a precious experience for staff and parents, and it did not fail this year! We are beyond proud of the children and their resilience to perform in front of over fifty people for each show! Well done Nursery and Foundation!

The children have also been busy this week following instructions to make their own Christmas decorations, we hope you have liked the angels and handprint father Christmas'

Today was our Christmas fair and the children have helped to make wonderful things that we sold! Thank you to all that visited Foundation's stall.

We enter the final week of this term on Monday (wow! A whole term already!). It's been an amazing term, we have lots more festive exploration to do next week!

Have a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team

Friday 5th December

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

On Monday we were shocked to discover the Christmas Elves had indeed visited us and they had decorated our whole room beautifully. They had left us a lovely note and a book advent calendar (and maybe a chocolate one too!) They have been leaving lots of mess for Mrs Phillips to clean up this week. They have eaten our fruit, had a snowball fight with the adult's cotton balls and then splash disappeared last night and we found her in Mrs Waring's pocket in assembly!!!

In English this week the children explored the Christmas Story. They then sequenced the story into their books using some amazing oracy skills! The children's vocabulary is really progressing well.

In maths we have been learning how to represent numbers to five in different ways, for instance 3+1= 4 but 2+ 2 = 4 too!

This week the children have also made Nativity scenes, designed and decorated their own Christmas tree and Christmas jumper, made a manager and stable from building blocks and Lego and so much more!

It was Christmas Crafternoon on Tuesday, and the children loved completing Christmas craft with you all.

The Christmas magic has definitely arrived in class and we are using lots of Christmas activities to progress our learning, knowledge and skills!

Have a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team

Friday 28th November

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

We have nearly finished our Little Red Hen unit of work in English this week. We have been exploring what we would need to make bread. We have explored ingredients and how we would make the bread. The children have used their phonic knowledge to write a list and also sequenced a set of bread making instructions! Next week we walk down to town to buy some bread and then come back to school and eat it! We will also be baking our own bread too!

The children have been matching numerals to representations of numbers to 10 this week and they completed a lovely lesson with our student teacher Miss Wilson.

The children have loved exploring Little Red Riding Hood as their traditional tale this week. They have decorated pictures, practiced cutting skills by making story scenes, completing Little Red Riding Hood maths activities and so much more!

We are coming to the end of term now and have lots of exciting things planned so please look out for information on your emails.

Have a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team

Friday 21st November

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

In English the children have been recalling their phonic knowledge and using a sound mat to write CVC words that they know form the story of The Little Red Hen. The children continue to practice their tripod grip and letter formation every day.

In maths we have been subitising to five and beyond! The children are becoming amazing mathematicians! We weave our maths learning through all of our daily activities, and we can really see some amazing progress.

We have been practicing our nativity this week and the children are simply wonderful we cannot wait to share it with you in a few weeks.

The children have also been exploring The Three Little Pigs this week, and they have: sequenced the story, made masks, dressed the pigs, completed maths counting based on the story, coloured pictures, made traditional tale castes from blocks, used the small world table to make up their own traditional stories and sooooooo much more!

We are looking forward to the icy weather so we can get outside more and explore ice crystals and frost so please send your child into school with appropriate clothing for the weather each day please.

Have a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team

Friday 14th November

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

We have been practicing shoulder, arm, hand and finger strength by doing lots of gross and fine motor skills activities. Having strength is really important to be an amazing writer. So in English this week the children have been showing Mrs Phillips how amazing they are at holding their pencils with the correct tripod grip, we will continue to practice this lots. The children have drawn a picture of The Little Red Hen, in their books and then used oral blending and letter recognition to write a key word like /hen/ or /red/.

On Tuesday we had Remembrance Day, and all our activities were based on the day. We learnt and explored what this day meant, and we all stood to take part in the two-minute silence, which all the children did amazingly well, and it was very moving!

The children have been exploring Anti-Bullying week, we started with odd socks day on Monday and then we explored what bullying means and what we can do to ensure we are kind to others, how we can be good friends and also what to do if we feel we are being bullied.

Today we had a wonderful Children in Need Day and we all looked great in our PJ's. Thank you for all the donations. We explored why we take part in this day, and the children were so kind and thoughtful with their words during our children in need lesson.

We have started to practice our Christmas nativity concert this week, so apologies for the amount of Christmas singing you will be hearing at home over the next few weeks he he! More details about the performances will come out soon.

Have a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team

Friday 7th November

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

Our big question for this half term is: Who is afraid of the big bad wolf?

We will be exploring traditional tales and nearer the time the Nativity Story.

In English this week we started to explore the story The Little Red Hen. The children used a story map to help learn the story and act it out. We read the story but also watched videos of the story , we then used our oracy skills to discuss how the stories were the same and different! The children then used their oracy and sequencing skills to retell the story in their books.

The children started guided reading this week and they have amazed the adults at how well they have adapted to the routines of a guided reading session! We are going to have some amazing readers in our class!

In maths this week we have begun to explore representing numbers 1 2 and 3 in different ways! The children are progressing well with recognising, making and ordering numbers.

We have had two 'Understanding the World' days this week. On Monday we explored Halloween and used lots of learnt skills to cut, stick, and build Halloween tasks.

On Wednesday we learnt all about why we celebrate Bonfire Night. We explored how men tried to kill King James 1^st but did not succeed. We then explored how different people celebrate Bonfire Night. All of our activities were based on this celebration, we even made edible sparklers!

We have explored so much during the first week back at school.

The Foundation Team

Thursday 23rd October

WOW! It's the end of the first half term!
The children have had a wonderful half term and have progressed so much since joining Looe Primary Academy!

There have been so many activities, tasks and exploring going on in class, this half term!

Being in Foundation is so fantastic,the children have had so much fun with their learning!

We finished the half term by having a superhero day. We ended our big question: What is a Superhero?
We danced, played games and had snacks! We had the best time and could recall so many brilliant facts about real life superheroes!

Friday 17th October

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

Learning phonemes ff/ll/ss and digraph /s- making z sound. The children have learnt these sounds and then have worked hard to use these sounds, and previously learnt ones, to orally blend. Next week we will recap the sounds so far. After half term we return to the beginning of level 2 and we repeat the level with a strong emphasis on writing.

This week we have been finalising our English unit. Children have been discussing adults that can help us at school and within our community. Children decided to try and find Mrs. Waring, Mr Smith, Brian and Mrs. Juleff as they help us in school, so we went on an 'adult hunt' to find them. On Thursday we completed the second part and went for a walk to Looe Town to find adults that help us in our community. The children discussed who helps us in our community and why. The children found a member of the RNLI, a Fish Monger, a Pharmacist and a Postman. They discussed how all these adults help us and are all superheroes in their own right! We then became superheroes ourselves and cleared a part of Looe beach from plastic!

The children have been enjoying outside this week and have been making obstacle courses and problem solving together, they have been strengthening their fingers and hands by playing with playdough to make superheroes. In class the children have been practicing their scissor skills by making superhero scenes and completing pictures. They have been playing with puzzles and working as a team to make a massive marble run.

In PE this week the children continued ball skills with Ryan the coach, and they are progressing really well.

In maths this week we have explored mass and capacity. The children loved taking their maths lessons outside and using the cups in the water tray to explore capacity further.

Each week we discover more, and the children are progressing so well.

The Foundation Team

Friday 10th October

Some of this weeks wonderful exploration has included:

Learning phonemes h/b/f and digraph /l/. The children have learnt these sounds and then have worked really hard to use these sounds, and previously learnt ones, to orally blend. They are blending words together amazingly well!

We have been really trying to write our own names in foundation this week. The children create such wonderful artwork and creations and it's important they can write their names to send them home!

The children have been exploring water with their senses this week. Our water tray was filled with pinecones, conkers, orange and apple slices, the water was also fragranced with strawberry. We loved exploring each smell and touching the objects!

We loved singing our Harvest songs to some of the parents in assembly on Tuesday. We also enjoy singing each day in class and learning lots of different songs.

In maths this week we have been comparing amounts, and the children have been using full mathematical sentences to compare objects. Our focus words have been more and fewer.

Each week we discover more and more and the children are progressing so well.

The Foundation Team

Some of this weeks wonderful exploration has included:

Learning phonemes e/u/r and digraph /ck/. The children have learnt these sounds and then have worked really hard to use these sounds and previously learnt ones to orally blend.

This week the children have been practicing their tripod grip and pencil pressure when drawing a picture for the bear hunt book. They have then practiced letter formation and writing initial sounds of words from the book. For instance, /s/ for swish.

The children have also been making their own sorting rules in maths and have loved asking their friends to guess their rule!

We have also made superheroes using our cutting skills, playing popper counting games, colouring autumnal pictures, practicing our name writing, collecting massive leaves for a hedgehog surprise next week, we went outside to collect crunch leaves to complete stage one of our wand making and so much more!

We also had the pleasure of inviting Pop-up Play to school and we enjoyed the best morning on Monday playing and exploring all the wonderful toys. We were construction builders, cafe owners, hairdressers and campers! It was greeaaaattt!
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend
The Foundation Team

Friday 26th September

Some of this weeks wonderful exploration has included:

Learning phonemes g/o/c/k. The children have learnt these sounds and then have worked really hard to used these sounds and previously learnt ones to orally blend.

For instance K-i-t kit. They are amazing the adults with how well they are all doing.

Please use the weekly phonics sheets sent home to allow your children to share their reading knowledge with you!

The children decorated our season tree in class this week by learning about deciduous trees and exploring the colour changes in the tress on our school grounds. The children then worked in teams to collect fallen leaves and use autumnal colours to complete leaf rubbings. Mrs. Phillips then cut them out and placed them on our season tree- it looks amazing!

We have started formal mats this week and the children have been exploring matching, sets , and sorting. For one of our activities we went outside, collected some natural materials and sorted them into groups that the children suggested. You may have seen this when walking into class.

In English this week have continued to explore the story We're Going on a Bear Hunt. The children have been individually using their oracy skills to retell the story and sequence the story in their books.

In our Forest school time with Kelly this week , we explored the forest area and loved the rope swing , the trees to climb, the woodland to explore and so much more!

The children have also, used their funky fingers to cut out items in a house and make their houses, explored the Harvest table, used shaving foam to mark make, and sooooo much more!

Next week we move away from our sub theme of All About Me and we start to explore Superheroes/ People Who Help us! Eventually this will include a walk down to Looe Town to explore people that help us so please ensure your consents are complete on arbor! We are so excited!

What a great week!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

The Foundation Team

Friday 19th September

What another wonderful week in Foundation!

This week in phonics we have learnt the phonemes (sounds) i/n/m/and d

The children are progressing so well with their oral blending and sound recognition.

We also made bears from our Story We're Going on a Bear Hunt, we had a class competition to see who could sequence the story, Miss Ginn and Mrs Phillips' team both tied!! The children have been using wonderful oracy skills to describe parts of the story when retelling.

In forest school with Kelly we learnt a new hide and seek game, Mrs Phillips tried to hide but the children found her very quickly! Kelly took the children on a treasure hunt too! The children also collected sticks and leaves to use as craft in class. They have made some wonderful magic sticks in class!

The children have been name writing, colouring, counting using numicon, drawing who is special to them, making family trees and so much more!

What a great week!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

The Foundation Team

Friday 12th September

We have had a great first full week in Foundation!

The children started their formal phonics learning this week. The sounds that we learnt were: s/a/t/p. We practiced actions to help us remember these sounds and we practiced holding our pencils and learning the correct letter formation to write these letters!

The children were amazing in phonics.

This half term our bog question is: What is a Superhero? As an introduction to this question, we have started this week with an 'all about me' theme.

The children have coloured handprints and said the things they love to do, and we have discussed how we are all joined in our class but all different and made jigsaw pieces to join together. This display can be seen in the foundation foyer.

The children have used their funky fingers to make themselves out of Lego, they have worked as a team to make marble runs, used the role play area to be doctors and care for each other and so much more!

The children have settled into Foundation class so well and we are so proud of them all!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

The Foundation Team