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Early Years

WELCOME TO WREN CLASS

AIM HIGH, ACHIEVE MORE

  • Teachers: Mrs Collins and Mrs Grainger
  • Teaching Assistants: Mrs Stevens and Mrs Persson

In Reception class we are starting the exciting journey into primary education.  We learn to settle into the new routines of school life, develop friendships and become independent learners.  Our learning in Early Years is done through ‘Playing & Exploring’ and ‘Active Learning’. 

Early Years Foundation Stage Framework 

The EYFS curriculum is split into Prime and Specific areas.  The prime areas are important because they lay the foundations for children’s success in all other areas of learning and of life.  The specific areas provide the range of experiences and opportunities for children to broaden their knowledge and skills:

The Prime Areas of learning are:

  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development;
  • Communication and Language;
  • Physical Development.

The Specific Areas of learning are:

  • Literacy;
  • Mathematics;
  • Understanding the World;
  • Expressive Arts and Design.

At the end of the Reception year, pupils are benchmarked against the Early Learning Goals for each area of learning (AoL).  Attainment is described as either emerging (working below the expected level) or expected (working at the expected level) and these are reported to parents in the end-of-year written report.  

Within the Early Years Foundation Stage, children learn through a range of play based opportunities as well as adult led and independently selected activities.

At Tatsfield Primary School, our children experience a range of learning activities in the classroom and outside.  These activities promote the characteristics of effective learning such as independence, self-confidence, determination and communication as well as the ability to think critically and share their thoughts and ideas. These characteristics describe how a child learns and are interconnected with the EYFS Prime and Specific areas of learning.

Our children receive daily whole class teaching sessions along with daily whole class phonics sessions and hand-writing and mathematics sessions. The children also work in smaller focus groups to provide both challenge and support where needed. We plan half termly topics that we feel will inspire the children's curiosity, understanding and development. Daily child-initiated activities combine the children’s likes and interests with the current topic and cover all seven main areas of learning.

By the end of the year, our intention is that children have gained the relevant social and emotional skills, reading, writing and maths skills, so that they are fully prepared for Year 1 and can flourish and achieve their full potential as they progress through the school.  An overview of our Early Years curriculum at Tatsfield can be found on the link below:

Early Years Curriculum 2024-2025

We encourage Home Learning in Reception Class and this is communicated via Tapestry, email or through your child's Home Learning folder.

Phonics and Early Reading 

At Tatsfield Primary School we use a comprehensive phonics teaching programme called 'Bug Club Phonics'. Children in Reception Class have daily phonics sessions.  Some useful tools and resources are below to support your child develop their early reading skills at home. 

Our class termly topics include:

 

Click the links below to find out more information about the EYFS:

 

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