Queniborough
Primary School
My name is Mrs Worby and I am the class teacher in Foundation Stage, I am supported in the classroom by Ms Shell and Mrs Walters.
Our Foundation Stage value is belonging. We will find out about belonging to Queniborough School, our families, and the Christian meaning of belonging. We will have a Christian Value Champion for the year who will be a role model for showing the school values to the school and the wider community.
We deliver a rich play-based curriculum in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage and the National Curriculum. Our classroom is a space where each individual is valued and encouraged to initiate and act on his or her own ideas, resulting in a fun, busy, and stimulating environment. We create meaningful topics to ignite children’s thinking, imagination, and a love of learning. This enables the children’s skills to continue to grow and develop and to have the confidence to make choices and take risks. This offers valuable insight into the children’s abilities.
On this page, you will be able to discover what your child will be learning about in class each term. Please access Weduc and Tapestry for further information, photos and reminders.
When the children join us in reception they will be already on their reading journey. Within a few weeks of starting school, the children will be taught phonics daily, starting with phase 2. In addition to learning the sounds, the children will be able to identify tricky words (also known as common exception words). These words cannot be sounded out and the children need to be able to read these by sight.
Children will bring home reading books every day and we expect children to read at home for a short time each day.
The children are encouraged to use their phonic knowledge when writing using the sounds they have already learned. Children will participate in role-play and acting sessions called ‘Helicopter stories’ or ‘Creation station’.
We use Mathematics Mastery throughout the school. In our class maths is a practical subject based around the language of maths, patterns, shapes, size, and numbers to 10.
In the autumn term, we will be thinking about ourselves. This will include our friends, our families, our birthdays, and our preferences in a variety of areas.
We use an online learning profile called Tapestry. Tapestry is a useful resource as it allows us to share the children’s learning at school with you through written observations, photos, and videos. It also allows you to upload any learning the children have done at home.
PE is on Tuesday and Wednesday. Children come to school in their PE kits on these days.
*Harvest festival is on Friday 15th October, 9:30.
*Christmas church service is on Thursday 16th December, 2pm.
*Please label everything your child brings into school.