Foundation Stage – Miss Anna Burdon

Welcome to the Foundation Stage

Our Curriculum

To help support your child at home we have provided grids showing what each class learns throughout the year. You can view or download the Curriculum Grids from our website.

Early Years Photos

2026-2027

We printed our own cauldron designs

 

We carved pumpkins

We dressed up for our Halloween Disco and enjoyed games and dancing

Developing our sports skills

Harvest at St Barnabas Church

Book in a Box

Our Colour Run

2025-2026

Our School Council

We used our imagination to create a story with author Adam Bushnell

We went on a nature trail in our school grounds looking at autumn changes

We went to St Barnabas Church to learn about Harvest Festival

We supported Children in Need and got to meet Pudsey Bear

Our Bonfire Night pictures

We made pictures of poppies as when we learned about Remembrance Day

We made our own playdough

Angela from Tesco at Houghton le Spring kindly donated Christmas goods for our children

Thanks to our Parish Council for organising the village Christmas tree lights switch on for us all to enjoy

Santa and his elf came to our Christmas fair to wish all the children a Merry Christmas

Photos from our Christmas nativity play

Christingle service at St Barnabas’ Church

Making our Christingles

We made our own X-rays as part of learning about ‘People who help us’

Early Years completed their own investigation around school when they learned about how the police help us

Decorating our own biscuits

Children made and launched their own rockets

Learning about Chinese New Year

Planting potatoes in our garden area

World Book Day