Miss Farrar and Mrs Clark The Reception Class Curriculum The Early - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to Reception! Miss Farrar and Mrs Clark

The Reception Class Curriculum

• The Early Years Foundation Stage
• Balance between teacher led and child led learning
• Role of teachers in observing and planning the

environment and activities

• Role of the environment in planned and purposeful

play

Areas of learning

• 7 areas of learning with 17 Early Learning

Goals

• Prime Areas - Personal, social and emotional

development, Communication and Language, Physical Development.

• Specific Areas - Literacy, Maths, Understanding

the World, Expressive Arts and Design

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• Baseline assessment
• Ongoing assessment
• Learning Journals – Online
• Literacy and Maths Books
• EYFS Profile at end of Reception year
• Transition into Year 1

Assessment and Records

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• Tapestry Online Learning Journals
• “We have loved being able to add comments on their learning at school”
• “Her grandparents have the log in and look at her learning from Yorkshire
• Meeting to follow in September.

Permission slip return next week please!

Learning Journals

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Typical day in Reception…

• Start at 8:50am
• Early morning activities – register, ordering their

lunch and organising belongings

• Learning time
• 10am Collective worship
• 10:30am – Morning playtime – Snack
• Milk time (for children up to their 5th Birthday)
• Learning Time
• Lunchtime – School dinner free for all KS1 children
• Learning Time
• Afternoon playtime
• Fruit time in the classroom
• Learning Time
• Home time 3:15pm

The busy Reception week!

• Daily phonics
• Daily Literacy and Maths
• One to one reading with

adult

• RE
• Collective worship/Songs

for Worship

• PE twice a week
• Library
• ICT suite
• Wellington Wednesday
• OWL adventures
• Lunch and play times
• Story Times
• Music
• Circle Times
• Learner of the Week
• Discovery Time
• Class Visitors
• Class trips
• Shared reading with a

junior class

Getting ready for September…

• Literacy and Maths – Meetings with Mr Purkiss on ‘Induction

Mornings’ and again in September for teaching strategies and top tips! Getting ready document to take home today.

• Practice dressing independently, order of clothes, label uniform,

coats and PE kits please!

• Eating with a knife and a fork
• Be aware of technology use – listening and attention and eyesight.
• Pencil grip
• Independence in toileting
• Talk about school and routines of school, look at photo booklet

from preschools

• Most of all…please don't worry!