Welcome to Early Years!
In Early Years we have two classes (Gold Class and Silver Class), who work and play together.
Gold Class is a Reception class of incredible children led by Mrs McLeish and Silver Class is a Reception class of equally incredible children led by Ms Proctor and Ms Del Corso. We have a great team of teaching assistants in Early Years: Mrs Joyce, Mrs Foote, Ms Kate, Miss Whiting and Mrs Wojciechowska. We work hard together to build a happy and engaging learning environment for everybody to thrive in and to have the best possible start to their exciting school learning journey.
Our topic for the Summer 1 term is, ‘Look what is happening…’. During this half term we will be investigating how living things change over time. We will be focusing on learning about the natural world around us.
We will continue with our Floppy’s Phonics Programme learning a new sound every day working through Level 3 of Floppy’s Phonics, which includes vowel sound digraphs and trigraphs. Children will be blending these sounds to read longer words independently and segmenting sounds to write words linked to our Phonics ability.
In maths we will consolidate our counting skills, counting to larger numbers and developing a wider range of counting strategies to help us to count successfully beyond 10. We will explore the composition of 10 and make number patterns to 5 and 10, recognising number bonds and using part-whole models. We will subitise 1 more and doubles, learn about ordinality, counting to 20 and beyond and ordering sets of objects.
Please make sure to bring book bags, reading records and books into school every day to get into good habits when they begin their group reading sessions. They are also a handy way to bring home letters and wonderful creations from our busy learning time!
General Information
You will receive weekly newsletters through Parent Mail outlining what we have covered during the week and how you can support children with consolidating their learning.
P.E. lessons will usually take place on Fridays, and will either be outdoors or indoors. Please keep PE kits in school so we can take advantage of opportunities on other days too. PE kit consists of: navy blue shorts, white t-shirt, navy blue tracksuit (top and bottoms), velcro strap trainers or plimsolls and spare socks in a draw string bag – remember to name all clothing and bag clearly!
Children have a fruit snack and milk every day (the milk is available through Cool Milk and free for all children up until the age of 5, after which you will be asked if you wish to continue and contribute to the cost). Please opt in to receive milk (speak to the office for further information). Children should bring in their own named water bottles to school and take them home daily to be cleaned.
If you have any questions about school, please contact the Office by phone, email, in person or come and find us!
Useful Information
EY Curriculum Descriptor Summer 1 26
EY Curriculum Descriptor Spring 2 26
EY Curriculum Descriptor Spring1 26
EY Curriculum Descriptor Aut1 25
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Penpals – Example letter formation before joining
What to expect in the EYFS – A guide for Parents
Floppys Phonics Letter to parents and carers
Floppy Phonics extra practice zone