Welcome
to FS1
Miss Frost
Welcome to FS1 where your learning journey begins. The days are full of fun, laughter, lots of time outside and getting messy. We can’t wait to welcome you to our beautiful school.
Meet your teachers
Miss frost – F1 teacher & eyfs lead
My name is Miss Frost and I am the Foundation Leader at Ashwood Primary School. I have worked at Ashwood since 2014 and I love being part of the Ashwood Family.
I teach in the F1 classroom on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and I also support children in the F2 classroom in the afternoons.
Miss Kon – F1 Early Years Practitioner
My name is Miss Kon and I am an Early Years Practitioner at Ashwood Primary School.
I teach in the F1 classroom on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and I also support children across school with their speech and language development.
Mr Brearley – FS1 Teaching Assistant
Hello, I’m Mr Brearley and I will be supporting across F1 and Y2 this year. I’m looking forward to meeting you all and working with everyone this year.
Outside of school I love playing football and watching Derby County. I also like going travelling and visiting new countries.
Class Information
At Ashwood Primary Foundation Unit, we celebrate learning through play. Our Foundation Unit is made up of F1 (ages 3-4) and F2 (ages 4-5). We also have a fantastic outdoor learning space that is available to both classes.
Our staff have carefully construct a curriculum that is ambitious and designed to give children the knowledge, self-belief and cultural capital they need to succeed in life. You can be assured that the curriculum is exceptionally well planned and sequenced, allowing all children to cumulatively build knowledge and skills to meet their full potential. We are passionate about supporting children to build on their previous knowledge so that they have can succeed in all of their learning.
Oracy
We ensure that children acquire a wide vocabulary. In our FS1 unit, you will see staff modelling vocabulary for children and supporting them to communicate effectively.
Phonics
This is supported through daily phonics sessions, which help our pupils become confident and fluent readers.
Our learning environment
Our newly renovated classroom environment supports our carefully sequenced curriculum to support pupil’s learning. We will also offer regular stay and play sessions and parent workshops where you can learn more about how to support your child at home.
Areas of Learning
Our FS1 curriculum covers all aspects of the Early Years Framework and each area of learning is designed carefully to be progressive so that children are prepared with the necessary knowledge and skills to thrive in FS2.
Our curriculum is split into six engaging themes. Each theme introduces children to learning that is based around age appropriate and vocabulary rich texts.
FS1 Newsletters
Class News
Daily Phonics with FS1
Our smallest children have been working hard to identify environmental sounds during their daily Phonics sessions. These children have also started reciting their alphabet song
FS1 Working Together
The children in F1 have been learning to sing ‘The Wheels on the Bus’. We learned how to perform this using Makaton and practiced building
FS1 Learning Update
Our focus rhyme last week was ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. We learned how to perform this using Makaton and practiced matching star counters to the
Useful Information
