Welcome to Reception at Sandringham and West Newton CE VA School - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to Reception at Sandringham and West Newton CE VA School

Reception Staff

Mrs Jane Gardener Mrs Heather Strudwick Mrs Claire Berry Mrs Julie Garrard Executive Head teacher Teacher/Head of School Reception teacher Teaching assistant

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Learning and Development

• The Characteristics of Effective Learning

Playing and exploring Active learning Creating and thinking critically

• Areas of Learning and Development:

Prime – Personal, Social and Emotional development Physical development, Communication and Language Specific – Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World, Expressive Arts and Design

PSED

Personal, Social and Emotional Development Making relationships Self-confidence and self- awareness Managing feelings and behaviour

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PSED - How can you help?

You can help by encouraging your child to use the toilet independently, wash their hands, put on and fasten their coats. Playing games which encourage sharing and turn taking will help your child to build their social skills.

Physical Development

Gross and fine motor skills Malleable area Mark making area Shoes and coats PE – getting changed independently Dance Outdoor area Pencil control

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Physical Development – How can you help?

Give children time to run, jump, climb and play

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Encourage children in activities such as building, drawing, threading beads,

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containers in the water – all of which develop manipulative skills.

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Communication and Language

Listening and attention Understanding Speaking

Please let us know if you have any concerns about speech and language.

CL – How you can help?

Sharing books (stories, information books, newspapers, magazines, comics etc), encouraging your child to join in and talk about books Singing songs and nursery rhymes Making time to talk together

Mathematics

Numbers Shape, space and measure

Maths – How can you help?

Talk together about numbers you see when you’re

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Singing counting songs and rhymes Counting, adding and subtracting anything and everything - socks, cars, shopping, cutlery, fingers and toes! Spot shapes in the environment

Expressive arts and design

Role play Junk-modelling Painting Drawing Dance Music Singing Story Imagination

Expressive arts and design – How can you help?

Sing together…go on, give it a go! Play together…be a Princess or a Superhero!

Understanding the World

Exploring Investigating Learning about other cultures, places, things that happened in the past and living things Technology Educational visits Outdoor area

Talk with your child about the places they go and things they see in the world around them Answering and asking questions - what if…? Why do you think…? How did you…? Letting children join in with everyday activities - washing up, cooking, shopping, helping in the garden... If possible let them have access to ICT, CD players, mobile phones, computers etc

Understanding the World – How can you help?

General Information

School day 9.00-3:30 (bell rings at 8.45) Free fruit and a hot school meal provided to FS and KS1 children. Please provide a named water bottle Please name EVERYTHING!!

Good to be green behaviour scheme

• A whole school approach to behaviour

management

• A simple scheme which positively

reinforces good behaviour and encourages improvement.

• Weekly Golden time…variety of exciting

choices!

• Stickers and certificates

Uniform Reminder

Uniform and bags need to be clearly labelled with names please! Please provide a PE kit in a bag and regularly check that trainers fit…little feet grow quickly!! Please label coats, hats, scarves etc

The new school year begins on Monday September 5th

Please let us know if your child has any allergies Please take a Parent questionnaire and return it by Tuesday July 12th Feel free to ask questions!