We love books!

Has anyone seen the children from Foundation?!

Wow...how amazing are all the costumes the children came in to celebrate World Book Day 2025. From princesses to dinosaurs, we have had such a fun day exploring the wonderful world of books! The sun came out for our BIG book swap. The children loved sharing the books they had brought in and were excited to choose a new one to take home. As part of our Design Technology unit, the children in Foundation also designed and created their very own bookmark using the skill of sewing! They will be bringing their bookmarks home very soon!

Ask your child what they enjoyed the most about this special day!

Books, books and more books! 

Katy from BCP came to visit the children in Foundation. Katy is a literacy officer who spread the word about what their local libraries have to offer.

We learnt how we can borrow a range of books, including audio books, the importance of looking after them and what it means to ‘borrow’ them. Katy shared one of her favourite stories with us. Together we read The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. 

At the end of the visit, Katy told us how we can get our very own library card, she showed us what it looked like and told us how many books you could borrow at once (20 to be exact!).

Maybe at the weekend or in the holidays, you would like to take your child to your local library. We can't wait to here about your library adventures. Talk to your child about the stories they are most looking forward to reading.

The Land of Roar

Jenny Mclachlan, a children's author came to visit us at school. We explored the world of dragons, fairy doors and used our imagination to bring her stories to life. 

Throughout the session, we cared for a dragon's egg and with the invention of ideas, the dragon's egg hatched into a bright red dragon!

Talk to your child about their favourite part of Jenny's stories. 

PC Harold and PC Paul's visit

Thursday afternoon, we're having fun and then all of a sudden two police officers turned up...oh no!

Phew, they we only here to talk to us about what police officers do. Did you know that they keep us safe?

PC Harold and PC Paul showed us the equipment on their uniform. We saw walkie-talkies, a body camera, hand cuffs and lots more! They spoke to us about what things they do within our community, including the numbers we would need to call in an emergency or non-emergency. 

Ask your child and see if they can remember these numbers. Don't forget to ask your child if they know their house number/address too!

999, it's an EMERGENCY! 

As part of our topic 'Real life Superheroes', we had a very exciting visit from the fire officers. We couldn't believe it when a fire engine turned up and drove onto our playground, lights and sirens blaring.

As a year group, we were able to see where important equipment is kept on the fire engine, what it does and how it keeps people safe.

 We learnt the rhymes 'Get out, stay out, call 999.'

The fire officers spoke about the importance of fire alarms. Perhaps, you can show your child where it is kept in your house, checking it at the same time.

Real-life Superhereos

We have met a real-life superhero...A paramedic!

We learnt some first aid skills, including how to put bandages and slings on each other. The paramedic told us that it was important to know the number house we live at so we can tell the person on the phone if we ever need to call 999. Talk to your child about this at home. 

Our soup is delicious!

As part of our Design and Technology unit, we have been exploring how to make soup. We began by thinking about why fruits and vegetables are an important part in the food that we eat, designing our own along the way. We have also read 'Pumpkin Soup' by Helen Cooper, and we discussed why it would be tricky to find pumpkins this time of year if we wanted to make soup. Together in classes, children made butternut squash soup. The process was to cut, cook, blend and eat. The children showed great courage by trying the soup afterwards. 

Ask your child if they can remember what ingredients we used...

Keeping our bodies healthy

As part of our PSHE scheme, Harold the giraffe from CORAM came to visit us all. He spoke to us about how to keep our bodies healthy. We looked at different body parts, including why bones are important and what our hearts, alongside food do in order to give us energy! We also helped Harold check his overnight bag and made sure he had packed important items to keep himself clean and healthy. It was so much fun exploring the importance of exercise and sleep so our bodies can keep on growing and getting stronger. Ask your child what their favourite part of Harold's visit was!

Our welcome service at St Mark's Church

On Thursday afternoon, Foundation had their welcome service at St Mark's Church, Highcliffe. We put into practise our road safety skills by walking sensibly to the church whilst spotting signs of Autumn. The children performed Autumn-themed songs, paraded around with their self-portrait and listened to their house captains, explaining what exciting adventures are ahead in their time at our school. Talk to your child about what they have enjoyed most about Foundation since starting in September. 

Stop, Look, Listen and Think!

The team from BCP road safety came to visit the children in foundation. First we read a story about staying safe when we are near roads or in a car. This included the importance of wearing a seatbelt and having a car seat. We then had the opportunity to role play pedestrians, cars, community police officers, traffic lights and road crossing officers so we all stayed safe as the lights changed near the pretend road in our hall. Ask your child what words they should use to check it is safe to cross the road with an adult...

A musical visit

On the last day before half-term, we had a musical visit from Grace Savage, a beatboxer. Grace taught us how to use different parts of our mouth to create different sounds, including ripples and clicks. Talk to your child about what they enjoyed, remembered, or have learnt to do!

Starting school!

What a fantastic first week we have had exploring our new classrooms and learning gardens! We are so proud of how the children have settled as they begin their new school adventure. Here are some of the things that we have been doing this week...