Welcome to Early Years
Introducing you to our wonderful Early Years Team, Miss Wild (Teacher), Miss Smith (TA) and Mrs Leach (SMSA).
In the Early Years Foundation Stage
In Early Years our learning is derived from the children's interests. When your child enters Foundation Stage they will have submitted a list of their personal interests, which are taken into consideration and used as a basis to create a child-led curriculum. Within that curriculum, there are a number of areas of learning
CL - Communication and Langua
ge
L - Literacy
M - Mathematics
PD - Physical Development
EAD - Expressive Arts and Design
UW - Understanding the World
PSED - Personal, Social, Emotional Development
Children will be assessed through play and observations, against these areas throughout their first year in school.
What To Expect in the EYFS: A Guide for Parents
Communication via Class Dojo
Please ensure if your child is a member of Reception you have joined us on Class Dojo where we will keep you up to date with our latest adventures, send reminders and share key information throughout the year.
If you need to contact us for anything, please contact the school office on 01204 333 642 or message Mrs Wall on Dojo. Dojo is not monitored throughout the day by teachers.
Reception Overviews
Long Term Plan
Topic Overview
Our Chosen Phonics Scheme
Essential Letters and Sounds teaches children how to read, quickly!
It does this through consistent lesson structure, resources and language.
Minimising cognitive load and increasing the children's success.
Click on the links below to ensure pure and accurate sound pronunciation
ELS: Phase 2 pronunciation
ELS: Phase 3 pronunciation
Please see handout based on the graphemes taught whilst in Year 1.
For further information see the phonics and early reading section of the website.
Our Chosen Reading Scheme
For our earliest readers starting their reading journey, we use fully decodable readers from Oxford University Press. We have over 100 fiction and non‑fiction books, with beautiful artwork, humour and characters that children love, and books and topics that the children really want to read. The books are carefully matched to the phonics being taught within school and complement the reading stage your child is at providing challenge and reinforcement that works in partnership with the learning taking place within school.
Literacy in Reception
Maths in Reception
Reception Activities...