Year R
Welcome to Early Years Foundation Stage
'We Belong, Inspire, Succeed'
Class Teachers
Bumblebees - Miss Martin
Butterflies - Mrs Jones/Mrs Vass
Grasshoppers - Miss Christophers
Learning Support Assistants in Year R
Mrs Raci
Mrs Wordsworth
Mrs Maqbool
Mrs Kordestani
Miss Ferguson
Mrs Broad
Miss Clark
Mrs Hannington
Miss Sydor
Miss Bailey
Mrs Pemble
Our Learning Journey this week...This week we have been sharing the book “Super Safari” by Tony Mitton – this is a book which introduces simple facts about safari animals in the form of rhyming text. The children have enjoyed writing their own fun facts about safari animals. In Maths, we have been focusing on number patterns and building numbers to 20.
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Home LearningCan you choose your favourite safari animal and write a fun fact about it. For example: A cheetah can run really fast. An elephant has a long trunk. |
Parent PartnershipPlease could you check at home if you have any outstanding reading books and/or Lending Library books and return them to school - as our boxes are looking a little depleted – Thank you! As it beginning to get warmer, please can you make sure you send in a named water bottle to school every day. On sunny days, your child can wear a sunhat to school – again please make sure it is named – and if needed, please apply sun cream at home.
Important Dates
22nd Last day of half term 23rd May Inset day 2nd June Summer 2 term begins
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Sports and Star learners
Grasshoppers Star of the week: Jasper for being a concentrating crocodile this week during carpet inputs! Sports star: Albie for showing fantastic gross motor skills in squiggle and fine motor control during our handwriting practice.
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Bumblebees Star of the week: Oswa for her hard work in Phonics. Sports star: Theodore for working hard on our formation in Squiggle. |
Butterflies Star of the week: Musa for being a go for it gorilla with his learning this week. Sports star: Viha for fantastic fine motor skills in Squiggle. |
Curriculum
The Reception year is one of the most important in your child’s educational journey. It is paramount to lay the foundations to become a life-long learner. The skills taught in Reception are comparable to the foundations for a house – we need to make them nice and strong!
We have an exciting and engaging curriculum that encourages children to become resourceful, inquisitive, communicative learners who will always ‘give it a go’ and challenge themselves to be successful.
One of our key aims is to make the transition into school life as smooth as possible for all children and we enjoy working closely with parents and feeder Nursery settings to ensure we develop each child’s love of learning.
Prime Areas
Communication and Language
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Physical Development
Specific Areas
Literacy
Maths
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design
We plan experiences and activities that allow children to explore and extend their understanding in a stimulating indoor and outdoor environment. We use daily observations to inform further opportunities and enhance learning zones to encourage high levels of engagement and progress in learning skills.
In Reception we focus on developing the 'whole child' and ensure that all areas of learning are explored and developed with a skills based approach.
These areas are all important and the guide below shows some of the aspects we look for in Reception.
Our Learning Projects
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Main Project | Main Project | Main Project | Main Project | Main Project | Main Project |
| Let's Explore | Marvellous Machines | Long Ago | Ready, Steady, Grow | Animal Safari | On the Beach |
| Mini Project | Mini Project | Mini Project | Mini Project | Mini Project | Mini Project |
| Build It Up | Puppets and Pop Ups | Stories and Rhymes | Signs of Spring | Creep, Crawl and Wriggle | Move It, Moving On |
Communication Trail
We are a very approachable team. If you have any concerns and would like to discuss your child, please come and see your child's class teacher. We can usually solve simple problems or queries for you quite quickly. Nothing surprises or shocks us anymore - we've seen and heard most things before!!! Please see below the communication trail:
- Class Teacher - At the beginning or end of the day or email office@wbis.org.uk
- Year R Co-ordinator - Miss Jess Martin - email office@wbis.org.uk
- Head Teacher - Mrs Stacey Clarke -email office@wbis.org.uk
Please make sure that you use the communication trail to ensure that the right people can help you.
Cued Articulation
