Class 1 Foundation Stage 2
Welcome to Class 1 Foundation Stage
Miss Brook
My name is Miss Brook and I am Early Years Coordinator and a Foundation Stage 2 teacher. My favourite area of learning is in the outdoors, especially in the mud kitchen where I can make potions and get really muddy. In my spare time I love going on adventures with my two beautiful children, Emily and George.
Mrs Barker
My name is Mrs Barker and I am a class teacher in Foundation Stage 2. I love to read and sharing stories with the children at Royd is one of my favourite things to do. When I am at home I enjoy spending time with my daughter Rosie. We love to spend time outdoors, whatever the weather! I also enjoy music. I have lots of fun learning new songs and singing and dancing with the children at school.
Miss Darbyshire
My name is Miss Darbyshire and I am a curriculum specialist in Foundation Stage 2. I have worked in early years for over 20 years and especially enjoy reading with the children. In my spare time, I love walking in the local area, going on holidays to warm places and reading. I also enjoy spending time with my two grown-up sons.
Mrs Dobbs
My name is Mrs Dobbs and I am a lunchtime supervisor in Class 1. During my free time I enjoy spending time with my family. I also enjoy reading and going to the cinema.
Latest News for Class 1
‘The Kiln’ March 2025
Reception Children have had a very special task to complete this week. The very talented Rachael Wood and her colleague Georgia, who work at 'The Kiln' in Stocksbridge, came to visit us with an exciting task in hand. All of our children and some of our parents had the...
World Book Day Class 1 and Class 2 March 2025
The children in Reception had a fantastic day for World Book Day. We had lots of great costumes for our favourite book characters! Our focus story for the day was 'The Color Monster' and lots of children brought in some fantastic homework crafts based on the story....
‘How many colours in a Rainbow?’
In Class One we have just introduced our new topic; 'How Many Colours in a Rainbow?' We have started this topic by immersing our children in colour; so far we have spoken about different colour names, sorted colours, experimented with colour and discussed how rainbows...
‘Stay & Play’
The children had a lovely morning where they were joined by their grown-ups for a stay and play. The session was based around the children's current learning, including buildings, construction and repeating patterns. There were a variety of activities for the...
‘Why does that building stay up?’
Our topic this half term is called 'Why does that building stay up?'. The children have had great fun and have immersed themselves in the provision enhancements that have been provided for them, including building with connetix and forming shapes with kinetic sand....
96.5% Dec 2024
Well done children on achieving 96.5% attendance and punctuality in the Autumn term. Having high attendance has a vast amount of benefits. 78.7% of children that have 100% attendance go on to achieve 5+ GCSEs including English and Maths. Setting good attendance...
100% attendance Dec 2024
Well done children on achieving 100% attendance and punctuality in the Autumn term. Having high attendance has a vast amount of benefits. 78.7% of children that have 100% attendance go on to achieve 5+ GCSEs including English and Maths. Setting good attendance...
Storyteller Nov 2024
Last week, all children in the Early Years and some of our parents were lucky enough to take part in a storyteller session, delivered by Zoe. Zoe not only told a number of autumnal stories but she did so alongside music, thus bringing drama to her stories....
‘Why do Leaves go Crispy?’
Reception's topic this half term is called 'Why do Leaves go Crispy?' The children have really immersed themselves into the learning that has taken place, both indoors and out. We have used our observational skills to look at the changes in our environment and the...
Healthy Teeth
At Royd we teach the children all about the importance of having healthy teeth. We start this learning with our youngest children in school, as we know and understand the benefits of looking after our teeth and this starts by looking after our baby teeth. Some of the...