Foundation Stage

Miss Goodrum (Starfish) and Mrs Moore (Turtles)

Welcome to EYFS,                                   

EYFS is very important for continuing the development of both the prime and specific areas of Early Years Outcomes. The focus is on three prime areas of learning:

•  Communication and Language
•  Physical Development
•  Personal, Social and Emotional Development

And four specific areas of learning:

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Arts and Design

Observations of child initiated learning are carried out continually to monitor each child’s progress throughout the course of the year. Reception children will also have an English and Maths book.

Nursery Sessions

Nursery starts at 8:45 am and finishes at 11:45 am every week day.   

For Nursery children who stay for 30 hours a week, the school day starts at 8:45am and finishes at 3:15pm each week day.                             

The Reception Day

School starts at 8:45 am and finishes at 3:15 pm every week day.

Miss Goodrum and Mrs Moore will be available before and after school. If you have any questions, concerns, or queries please do not hesitate to talk to us.

Our Classroom and Environment

We have a lovely open-plan classroom which has a wide range of different areas to be accessed during child initiated play. These allow children to develop lifelong skills such as, perseverance and independence. Some of the areas include a role-play area, water area, creative area and a reading area. We also have a fantastic outdoor area which is accessible from the classroom and is extremely beneficial in the learning and development within Early Years. 

Teaching includes phonics and for Reception children we will work through phase 2, 3 and 4 of Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised incorporating a lesson into our daily routine. We will also have daily maths sessions based on 'Maths No Problem' and 'Number Sense.' 

We place reading and stories at the forefront of our learning. Each week we focus on a ‘Story of the Week.’ We have carefully chosen high quality texts on which we will focus our learning for the week. Please see our Long Term Reading Plan for the stories we will be focusing on.                      

 Early Years Long Term Reading Plan

PE

Physical development will be addressed daily through a variety of activities to develop the children's gross and fine motor control and fundamental movement skills. 

Those children in on a Friday afternoon will take part in a PE lesson. For this, your child will need black PE shorts, a white t-shirt and some indoor plimsolls or trainers. Children can leave their PE kit on their peg in the classroom so they have it ready for the lesson. Please ensure all clothes and footwear are clearly named, long hair is tied back and any ear piercing removed. 

Homework

Reception children will bring home a Little Wandle reading book and a shared reading book each week. Please listen to your child reading the Little Wandle reading book and make a comment in their reading journal. Please read the shared reading book to your child and enjoy sharing this book together. These books will go home on a Wednesday and should be returned the following Monday to be changed. Children will also bring home a phonics pack of graphemes and words that we are learning each half term. Please practice these graphemes and words with your child. These will be given out on a Monday and are to be returned on Wednesdays.

Nursery children will bring home a story book to share each week. This will be sent home on a Wednesday and should be returned the following Monday to be changed.

All Early Years children will also bring home a half termly newsletter informing parents of the focus of our learning for each half term.