This year is a very exciting and busy year for the children in Foundation 2.Â
Over the year we cover the following topics:
We also have lots of exciting and fun filled trips and event days throughout Foundation 2.
Reading is something we love to do and we really hope you can share this experience with your child. We ask you to listen to your child read daily and write a note in their diary to let the teacher know how they got on. When reading with your child at home, you will have a range of books to chose from. Each child will take home a decodable phonics book, a guided reading book and a reading for pleasure book every week. At Parkgate, gaining enjoyment from reading is really important to us, therefore each week the children choose a book from the reading area that particularly interests them.
These are used to communicate between parents and teachers. The teachers will check the children’s diary once per week. Please write a note when your child has read and comment on their understanding of the text. We really appreciate as much reading as you are able to do with your child. When they have read, please ask them questions about what they have read to make sure they understand the text.
We ask that the children focus on reading as their home learning. However, soon after your child starts in Foundation 2 you will receive access to your child’s Tapestry account. Using the app, you will be able to see what they have been learning at school. We encourage you to practise the activities, where possible, at home in order to reinforce the learning demonstrated at school. We will also include a small list of words in your child’s home school diary, each week, which will be matched with the words your child has been practising in phonics.
We pride ourselves on our uniform. Children should all come to school wearing full school uniform: black, white or grey socks, flat, black shoes with a strap or laces, black or grey trousers/skirt and a white t-shirt. Children should have a white P.E. top, shorts and trainers or plimsolls. It is very important that each child brings their own named P.E kit, to be kept in school, each half term. In Foundation 2, we have P.E every Monday.
The Parkgate Academy
Whinney Lane
New Ollerton
NG22 9TH
Telephone: 01623 860 584
Email: office@theparkgateacademy.co.uk
