Foundation Stage Curriculum Workshop I am talented... Together we are amazing!

Welcome Whistle stop tour of the Foundation Stage Profile Overview of our learning and learning environment Writing and Talk for Writing Phonics and Reading Mathematics How you can help at home Website Any questions

I am talented. Together we are amazing. Our vision “Children are born ready, able and eager to learn. They actively reach out to interact with other people and in the world around them…this depends on each unique child having opportunities to interact in positive relationships and enabling environments.” I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing.

EYFS Profile The EYFS curriculum is divided into 7 areas. 3 Prime Areas:- PSED (Personal, Social and Emotional Development) CAL (Communication and Language) PD (Physical Development) 4 Specific Areas:- L (Literacy) M (Mathematics) UW (Understanding the World) EAD (Expressive Arts and Design)

Our learning environment Accessible resources Enabling environments Child initiated play Adult led activities Fun! I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing. Writing Everybody can! Writers for life Writing in play The mechanics Talk for writing programme I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing. Reading and Phonics What is Phonics? ‘Phonics is the link between letters and the sounds they make.’ At Haydonleigh, children are taught: The full range of common letter/ sound correspondences. To hear separate sounds within words. To blend sounds together to read words. We teach the children Phonics using the ‘Letters and Sounds’ programme (which works through 6 progressive phases), as well as using ‘Jolly Phonics’ in Foundation Stage. I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing. Jolly Phonics I am talented. Together we are amazing.

Cracking the code… Definitions Although there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, there are more than 40 speech sounds. There are 144 different ways we put letters together to represent the sounds. Definitions Phoneme: The smallest unit of sound in a word. Grapheme: What we write to represent a sound/ phoneme – for some ‘phonemes’, this could be more than one letter. We often refer to these as ‘sound buttons’. : For example:

I am talented. Together we are amazing. Reading and Phonics Oral blending Hearing a series of spoken sounds and merging (blending) them together to make a spoken word – no text is used. For example: When children hear b/u/s, they will say bus. Blending Recognising the letter sounds in a written word, for example c-u-p, and blending them in the order which they are written, to read the word ‘cup’. I am talented. Together we are amazing.

l e g ch i p Blending to read s i t c a n We often use our ‘robot arms’ to support the children with blending the sounds together to hear the word.

I am talented. Together we are amazing. Writing and Phonics Segmenting to spell ‘Stretching’ the word to spell it out The opposite of blending Identifying the individual sounds in a spoken word (e.g. h-i-m) and writing down letters for each sound/phoneme to form the word ‘him’. I am talented. Together we are amazing.

Tricky words Alongside learning to blend sounds together to read words, children will also begin to learn to read ‘tricky words’. From Phase 2 onwards, our children learn different groups of ‘tricky words’ to read, and then eventually learn to write. Tricky words are those words which cannot be sounded out correctly using the Jolly Phonics sounds. The only way these words can be read and spelt correctly is by learning them and having plenty of practise. There are lots of techniques we use in school and games that can be played with the children at home to help them learn these tricky words.

Tricky words Phase 2 tricky words: Phase 3 tricky words: Phase 4 tricky words:

I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing. Mathematics Numbers: Counting, recognising and putting in order numbers to 20 Improving counting skills Develop understanding and use of number Problem Solving Simple addition and subtraction I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing. Mathematics Shape, Space and Measure: Names of 2D and 3D shapes Money Time Size, weight, capacity, position Patterns Everyday language I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing. How you can help at home Reading! Play phonics games Encourage your child to label things – We love “magic writing!” When they draw a picture or make a model, encourage them to tell you a story to go with it Let your child watch you write – anything and everything! I am talented. Together we are amazing.

I am talented. Together we are amazing. How you can help at home Play number snap or bingo Sing number songs – “Five little ducks,” “10 green bottles” Draw attention to and create patterns Finding and talking about shapes Physical development Fine motor development Encourage your child to be independent I am talented. Together we are amazing.

E-safety at Haydonleigh At Haydonleigh Primary School, all children are taught how to stay safe and act sensibly whilst on line. We mostly deliver this through our E-Safety curriculum. This covers 8 different areas: In addition, in February every year, we take part in the National Internet Safety Day. We also ask that all children sign our Acceptable Use Policy. I am talented. Together we are amazing.

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