Welcome to Foundation!
 

In Foundation we have 3 classes of 30 children. The Red and Green apples are based on our Balderton site and the Oranges are based on the Fernwood site.  Mrs Mitchell is Foundation Lead, usually working across both sites except at the present time. At Fernwood the children are taught by Miss Whiles along with Mrs Edkins. At the Balderton site Miss Pope is teaching Red Apples, supported by Shannon, Becky and Nicola. Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Palethorpe are teaching the Green apples, supported by Jess, Kate and Nicola.  Kate also has a speech and language support role in the setting.

Planning

Teaching and learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage at Chuter Ede begins with each and every child and what they already know and can do by themselves. We pay a great deal of attention to their interests and personalities, incorporating these in our planning.

Curriculum and assessment

In Foundation we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework as set out in the documents "Early Outcomes" and "The Foundation Stage Profile Handbook". This covers the 3 prime and 4 specific areas of learning: Personal Social and Emotional Development, Communication and Language, Physical Development, Literacy, Maths, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.

All children learn at different rates and in different ways. Much assessment of what children can do in the Early Years Foundation Stage is done through observation and as part of this attention is paid to each child's "Characteristics of learning", e.g.their creativity, persistence, etc.

A really useful parents guide called "what to expect, when?" outlines children's developmental milestones, i.e. what a typical child will be able to do before starting school and the sorts of things they will be doing before they move into year one.

Please follow this link if you would like to look at this document.