1. What does your child do in Foundation Stage Two?
Gayton Primary School
What does your child do in
Foundation Stage Two?

2. How children learn and develop.
All children are unique and individual learners, learning at different rates and in different ways.
Kinaesthetic
Visual
Auditory
Learning and Development

3. Characteristics of Effective
Children Learn through play, their interaction with others and their environment. The learning and development is viewed through the way in which the child plays and explores, how active they are in their learning, and how they are creative and thinking critically.
Learning
, which move through all
The Characteristics of Effective Learning move through all areas of learning
areas of learning

4. Development Matters in the Early Years

5. Your child’s day Self registration Star of the Day Activity skills
Focused activities- adult led
Play and Learn- continuous activities

6. The children work on a variety of activities around the classroom.
The children learn daily routines and how to use the equipment, developing their independent skills.
The children work on a variety of activities around the classroom.
Role Play
Outdoor Physical Area

7. Small World
Computer
Painting
Malleable area

8. Construction
Maths area
Natural materials
Sand Area

9. Water Area
Outdoor Construction
Reading area
Writing Area

10. Areas of Learning Activity board Adult led activities
Number of children
Named pegs
Skill based
Focus
Adult led activities
Focused groups
The work is set, relating to the EYFS Development Matters ages and Stages bands.
Activity books/ Learning Journals
WOW

11. Awards and Sanctions Rocket- class rules Good to be green House points
Stickers
Merit awards

12. Language of Choice Language is positive thinking
Identify the behaviour you want to stop
Give a clear choice- positive
Each choice has a consequence
Positive behaviour- good choice- encourage
Negative behaviour – poor choice- discourage

13. Will this work?
Stop misbehaving! I’ll buy you an ice cream if you’re good.
Behave yourself or you can’t watch television for a month!

14. Positive thinking
If a child was throwing sand, you’d give them a choice
If you want to stay here and play in the sand with your friends, you need to keep the sand in the sand tray.
Or if you can’t keep the sand in the tray you’ll have to come in and do an activity that I will give you to complete.
Your Choice
Better to be a non materialistic reward eg walk/ playing in the park, seeing friends

15. Playtimes and Lunchtimes
Quiet area in the playground
Buddies help the children
Lining up and walking in
F2 start their dinnertime before the rest of the school.
To help with choices
To show them what to do and where to go.

16. Over the year your child will cover many topics and themes, encompassing the Areas of Learning.
There is an Open Afternoon shortly for you to look at how your child is already accessing the areas.
Over the year, there will be various other opportunities for you to learn about your child’s development, through - Parent meetings, Workshops and Open Afternoons.
Please feel free to ask and come to see us if you have any concerns or you wish to share things with us, even the amusing anecdotes.

17. Children going home with other parents Medicines
Clothes being labelled, including all items of PE kit and clothes that will be taken off during PE time.
Accidents- procedure
Signing book
Data sheets completed
Children going home with other parents
Medicines
Parental help during the week or term.