Foundation

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Welcome to Foundation at Wavendon Gate School. Please scroll down the page to find out more about us.

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  • Meet the team

    Class Teachers

    • Miss Hough – FA Class 
    • Mrs Sear/Mrs Gentry – FB Class 

     

    Teaching assistants

    • Mrs Sidat – Higher level teaching assistant
    • Mrs Fernando – Teaching assistant
    • Miss Edmans – Teaching assistant

     

    All of our Foundation team are trained in paediatric first aid. Please speak to the school reception if you have any questions regarding our first aid procedures or see our medical page on this website.

  • who I need to speak to if I have a question about my child?

  • Focus storybooks - Fiction

     

     

     

     

     

  • Focus storybooks - Non fiction

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Homework

    Pupils in foundation are expected to read to their phonics book to an adult at least four times each week. If your child is finding it difficult, please talk to their class teacher.

     

    Reading

    Please log all of your child’s reading experiences in their reading diary. This could be them reading to you or you enjoying a book together. Click on the link below for a parents guide to phonics.

     

    Tapestry

    Families are encouraged to share their learning at home with school using Tapestry, an online portal. Class teachers upload pupil achievements and work in school regularly. Click on the link below to log onto Tapestry.

  • PE Days

    Please make sure that children have their PE kit in school on the day below. A list of appropriate PE kit can be found by clicking here.

    Class FA Tuesday  
    Class FB Tuesday

  • Curriculum Information

    Please click on the following links to view your child’s curriculum.
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Curriculum Information

Please click on the following links to view your child’s curriculum.

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  • Overviews

  • Newsletters

  • Trips and visits

    Trips and visits offer learners opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills in ways that add value to their everyday experiences in the classroom. At Wavendon Gate School we strive to provide every pupil with either an offsite visit or visiting expert experience, linked to their learning, at least once in a term. Please see details of our experiences from 2024-2025 to give you a flavour of the exciting opportunities available at Wavendon Gate School.

     

    Please note: These visits are subject to change dependent on availability and local restrictions.

    Year group Visit or visitor Links to the curriculum
    Foundation Mead Open Farm
    PCSO visit
    Dentist visit
    Librarian visit
    Arts1 Performance    		 Understanding the World, reading, English, music
    Year 1 Local area walk
    Wavendon Church visit
    Whipsnade Zoo
    M & M Productions –
    Cinderella    		 English, geography, road safety, PSHE, science, music
    Year 2 The Stables
    MK Museum
    The National Space Centre
    M & M Productions –
    Cinderella    		 English, local History, science, music
    Year 3 Oxford Natural History and Pitts River Museums
    Zainaybia Islamic Centre
    Hazard Alley Safety Centre
    M & M Productions –
    Cinderella    		 English, science, history, Religious Education, Music, PSHE
    Year 4 Legoland
    Rectory Farm
    Gulliver’s Land sleepover
    M & M Productions –
    Cinderella    		 English, history, science, computing, music, design and technology
    Year 5 Young Voices – O2 Arena
    The Science Museum, London
    Hampton Court
    M & M Productions –
    Cinderella    		 English, music, science, history. maths, design and technology
    Year 6 Young Voices – O2 Arena
    Bletchley Park
    Go Ape
    Willersley Castle Residential
    M & M Productions –
    Cinderella    		 English, history, music, design and technology, physical education

  • Class timetable

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Baseline Assessment Information

 

What is the Reception Baseline Assessment? 

The Reception Baseline Assessment is a statutory assessment that all schools are required to perform with pupils within the first six weeks of them starting reception. It is a standardised assessment that assesses pupils language, communication, literacy and mathematics skills.

 

How is the assessment carried out?

The assessment takes roughly 20 minutes to complete with each child and is carried out with a trained member of staff. The children are given tasks to complete using practical resources that the child can manipulate. The assessment is carried out on a 1:1 basis.

 

How are the assessments used?

The assessments are not designed to label or track individual pupils. The data that the assessments collect creates a school-level progress measure which will show the progress pupils make from reception until the end of key stage 2. Teachers will receive a series of short, narrative statements that tell them how their pupils performed in the assessment. These can be used to inform teaching within the first term.

 

Where can I find out more information?

Please click the link below to find out more information. Alternatively you can speak to a member of the reception team.

 

Parent guide 2025-2026