Children arrive in Foundation Stage 2 (FS2) eager to take on the increased challenges of specific, content-led areas of our wider curriculum. Our teachers create structured activities, ensuring that FS2 is a vibrant and stimulating environment that challenges and engages each child.
Learning to read and write, and mathematics are key elements of the FS2 curriculum, which builds on the rich early literacy and mathematical reasoning experiences of Foundation Stage 1 (FS1). Teaching occurs through a balance of whole-class interactive teaching, small-group activities, partner work and play.
Reading and writing are taught through a systematic and structured approach, building children’s phonic knowledge and skills explicitly, and teaching spelling and handwriting directly. Spoken language, vocabulary development and listening comprehension are embedded into all aspects of their work.
We use a range of practical applications to encourage children’s understanding and fluency in counting, numbers, quantities, comparisons and problem solving. These hands-on activities help students develop mathematical understanding, and deepen children’s core understanding of the reasoning behind the concept they are learning about.
Through scientific investigation, children in FS2 explore and experiment. Teachers encourage inquiry, spurring children to ask why things happen and how they work, as well as what they think will happen next.
