Year R
Welcome to Early Years Foundation Stage
'We Belong, Inspire, Succeed'
Class Teachers
Bumblebees - Mrs Hale
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...We have had a lovely second week back at school – we have been looking at representation of 5 and numbers that are more or less than 5. In Phonics this week we have learnt the diagraphs; oo oo ar or We have been exploring traditional tales and have shared the story of ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’, we then had a very exciting discovery in the classes– some tiny shoes appeared in the classroom and the children thought that they had been left behind by the elves! We had an email with some CCTV footage of an elf creeping around the classroom – we think they were looking for their lost shoes!
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Home LearningWashing Line Word Game: Using the diagraphs from this week, encourage your child to hang some of the cards in various orders to create a variety of word. E.g. if you have cards reading AI, L, R, N, S, your child could make RAIL, RAILS, SAIL, SNAIL, NAIL, NAILS
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Parent PartnershipReading We would love to hear about any reading your child is engaging in to help support their love of books and reading, whether this is the Little Wandle books or any additional reading happening. Please may you sign the yellow reading diary when you child has read at home – if you have any questions about this at all please do ask your class teacher!
Important Dates Thursday 30th – ‘Let’s Get Physical’ Parent workshop 2-3pm - details to follow nearer the time. Friday 31st – ‘Let’s Get Physical’ Parent workshop 9:15-10:15am - details to follow nearer the time. Monday 17th February – Friday 21st February – Half term holiday. Tuesday 4th March - Parent Consultation Evening - details to follow nearer the time. Thursday 6th March – Parent Consultation Evening - details to follow nearer the time. Monday 7th April - Monday 21st April – Easter Holidays Tuesday 22nd April – INSET Day Wednesday 23rd April – Children return to school |
Sports and Star learners
Star Learner: Margot for being an ‘I know rhino’ with her sounds when writing. Sports star:Jewelyn for being a go for it gorilla during squiggle.
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Star Learner: Lottie for wow writing about the Elves shoes. Sports star: Ella for demonstrating great balance in the outdoor learning environment. |
Star Learner: Amaia for being an amazing role model to others during carpet learning Sports star: Carter for always giving 100% during our PE sessions. |
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
