Welcome to Amber Class!
Welcome to the Amber Class page! Amber Class is Nursery and it is also known as Foundation Stage One (FS1). Miss Aspinall is the class teacher for Amber class and Mrs Hall is the teaching assistant.
Here at Dunsville, we work closely with Aquamarine class (Reception) during child-initiated time, within our Foundation Unit. We have lots of staff in our foundation unit, who help to support and challenge us as we learn through play!
In our Foundation Stage Unit you will see: Mrs Oakes, Mrs Clarke and Miss Atterbury everyday!
Every day we are busy exploring and investigating the different areas in our classroom both inside and outside. We are outdoors in all weathers and we love to explore and create our own new environments to play in!
Here are some photographs of us having fun in our provision:
Our topic this half term is 'All About Me'!
Our topic this half term is ‘All About Me’. We will be learning the names of our body parts such as ‘head’, ‘arms’ and ‘ankles’. We will talk about how we grow and change from babies into grown ups. We will then look at photos of our families and talk about who is part of our family. At the end of the topic we will look at where we live and talk about places that we see and visit in our local area!
We will read books alongside our learning such as 'Funny Bones', 'Ask First Monkey' and 'The Great Big Book of Families'!
Phonics!
In Phonics we are practising our Phase One skills that help us to recognise the sounds we hear in our environment and making sounds with our mouths and body parts! For example, we will listen to the sounds we hear in our outdoor environment and we will make sounds by clapping, stomping and tapping our legs. We will explore listening to the initial sounds for objects and people's names. We will begin to make marks on paper with pencils, crayons, chalk, and paints. We will learn how to 'robot talk, where we sound-out each sound in a word before blending the sounds together to say the word in full!
Maths!
In Maths, we will be learning about colours and the colours we see in our environment. We will learn how numbers can be represented in different ways, developing our skills to accurately count objects. We will be looking at 2-D and 3-D shapes and exploring mathematical vocabulary in our play!
Important information
Seesaw – Homework is uploaded on to seesaw each term. Please send any 'wow' moments that make you extra proud of your child so that we can celebrate them together!
If you have any questions please ask to speak to one the foundation stage team,
Thank you for visiting our class page!