Foundation Stage
Welcome to Kingsbrook View's EYFS!
In Early Years at Kingsbrook View, we believe that every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and has the ability to be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.
We aim to create an environment in which the children learn and develop, providing experiences which relate to their individual needs. We foster a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers. The children in EYFS learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships and a stimulating and happy atmosphere. There are seven areas of learning and development that comprise the curriculum framework:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Physical Development
- Communication and Language
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts and Design
These areas, however, cannot be delivered in isolation; they are all equally important and depend upon one another to support a rounded approach to a child’s learning and development. All seven areas are used to plan the teaching and activities to ensure that every child has the opportunity to reach their full and unique potential. It is important to emphasise that at Kingsbrook View we also teach the children how to become learners:
- Through playing and exploring, they become engaged, curious and willing to try new things.
- Through active learning, they learn to be motivated and persistent and to enjoy a sense of achievement
- By creating and thinking critically, they develop their thinking skills so that they can have their own ideas, make links between their experiences and make decisions and choices in their learning.
Formal and academic activities take place alongside child initiated learning and are available where possible both inside and outside. Alongside the EYFS curriculum, all children have timetabled specialist lessons for Forest School (Summer Term).
Meet our EYFS Team
Mrs E Jones Foundation Stage Teacher, Learning for Life Lead |
Miss G Morgan Foundation Stage Teacher, Science Lead and Outdoor Learning Coordinator |
Mrs V Gibbons Assistant Head of Academy, EYFS Lead and Teacher in FM on Wednesdays |
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Foundation Stage Teaching Assistant |
Miss K Irving Foundation Stage Teaching Assistant |
Miss P Parrish Foundation Stage HLTA & PPA cover teacher in FM on Monday afternoons |
Mrs K Khan School SENCO & PPA cover teacher in FJ on Monday afternoons |
Mrs E Smith
A Week of Wow!
Spring Term 1 Timetable
PE Days
As your child begins their journey in Foundation Stage, they will need to bring in their PE kit in a named bag. This is a great opportunity to develop self-dressing skills.
From January, we then transition into the Academy's approach to PE kit, where children wear their PE kit into the Academy on their PE days.
| FM | FJ |
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Wednesday - Outdoor PE Friday - Indoor PE |
Thursday - Outdoor PE Friday - Indoor PE |
Reading Folders and Library Visits
All of Foundation Stage's reading folders will be taken in on Thursdays and returned on the Friday. Please ensure that your child brings their reading folder with them every day.
In addition to your child's reading folder, they will also have access to our Academy library once a week, where they will enjoy listening to a variety of stories and texts. They will also have the opportunity to take a book home, to be returned the following week when they can choose another one to take home.
| FM Library - Wednesday | FJ Library - Thursday |
Key Documents
KVPA Curriculum Goals, Overview and Progression
Information for parents - Reception Baseline Assessment
Progression Documents
How do we teach reading in EYFS
Reading
Enjoying books and reading stories from a very early age is crucial in the development of children. It helps with their ability to understand words, use their imagination and develop their speech, as well as being something they really enjoy.....Even from a very young age children love books!
Initially reading books will be wordless, please do not dismiss these as too easy and spend time daily looking at them with your child. Wordless picture books are great for encouraging a child's ability to infer what is happening in the story. With no words for guidance, they have to figure this out, using only the illustrations and their imagination. This not only develops comprehension but an overall understanding of story structure and plot.
Please spend time reading during the week. Either after school, over breakfast or at a time that suits your day. Reading must be recorded in the home reading diary at least 4 times a week. All children read to an adult in the Academy at least once a week in school.
Phonics
At Kingsbrook View, we use a phonics scheme called Essential Letters and Sounds. The whole class will begin this on their first full week in school. All children will have a 20-30 minute daily phonic lesson, each week the sounds that are taught during the week will be sent home so that you can work with your child.
Phase 2 Sounds Video Phase 3 Sounds VideoOxford Owl Homepage
Parent phonic workshop - October 2025
Reading and Phonics Parent Workshop - October 2025
Key questions when reading with your child
ELS sound mat phase 2ELS sound mat phase 3
Maths
Maths is interlinked within all areas of learning. Within provision children are encouraged to talk about number, shape, space and measures, in order to develop their mathematical skills. In Foundation Stage, we use 'White Rose Maths' schemes of learning for teaching mathematics. It is a mastery approach which enables all children to understand, enjoy and succeed in Maths. This is done by developing children's understanding. By truly understanding each mathematical concept and by mastering learning one step at a time, everyone can do maths! Children develop the right growth mindset, by solving problems using concrete resources, pictorial representations and abstract thinking.
Autumn 2025
Circles and TrianglesMatch, Sort and CompareMeasure and PatternShapes With Sides
Spring 2026
Summer 2026
Manipulate, compose and decompose
Planning Documents
We believe there is plenty of scope to realistically plan for children’s learning each half term to include the things we want them to investigate, experience, know about and understand. Combined with daily access to the key experiences in the continuous areas of provision and opportunities to follow their own interests and become involved in child initiated learning, whilst ensuring a broad and balanced curriculum. Half termly topic discussion sheets are feed into planning and learning challenge questions are created alongside our children's interests.
Newsletters
FJ - Autumn Term NewsletterSpring Term Newsletter 2026
