Welcome to the foundation stage page!
Young children will have had a wide range of experiences and will have a wide range of skills and interests when they join school at the age of three, four or five. They need a well planned and resourced
curriculum to take their learning forward and to provide opportunities for all children to succeed in an atmosphere of care and feeling valued.
The curriculum for the Foundation Stage underpins all future learning by fostering and developing children's:
- personal, social and emotional well-being
- positive attitudes and dispositions towards their learning
- social skills
- attention skills and persistence
- language and communication
- reading and writing
- mathematics
- knowledge and understanding of the world
- physical development
- creative development
Reception Topics
Below are a list of useful websites for the foundation stage:
- http://www.safesurf.com/kids1.htm#kids (Sites for Elementary Ages)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/teletubbies/ (The Teletubbies ? very good site but some parts are slow to appear)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/ (Young children?s site from the BBC ? links to other young children?s BBC sites)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/laac/ (Little Animal Activity Centre from the BBC)
- http://www.thebigbus.com/ (Activities for 3+ some of these activities are free, others you need to pay for)
- http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/children.html (Explore nature)
- http://www.coloring.com/ (Colouring)
- http://www.funwithspot.com/ (The Official Spot web site)
- http://www.mrpotatohead.com/ (Fun with Mr.Potato Head)
- http://www.bobthebuilder.com/ (Bob the Builder)
- http://www.thomasthetankengine.com/ (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends)
- http://www.disney.co.uk/ (Disney UK)
- http://disney.go.com/ (The American Disney site)
- http://www.funschool.com/ (Fun School)
- http://www.northpole.com/ (Father Christmas)
- http://www.emailsanta.com/ (Write to Father Christmas and the reply appears before your eyes!)
- http://www.bigeyedowl.co.uk/ (Useful resources for Young Children - aimed at teachers and parents)
For literacy
- http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/infant/ (Infant Explorer - Big books)
- http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html (Storybooks online)
- http://www.candlelightstories.com/defaultnew.htm (Literacy)
- http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk/ (The interactive site of the books of Beatrix Potter ? also to buy ? beautiful)
- http://www.magickeys.com/books/links.html (Links to good literacy sites)
Jolly Phonics in Reception