How to help your child succeed in Reception! Welcome How to help your child succeed in Reception!

Great start The children have made an excellent start!!!! Taking part in activities. Getting to know rules and routines.

Keeping in touch! You can expect to be kept informed- Planner – please sign consent - looked at daily No news is good news Parent’s Evenings, Oct, March & July Red Letter-every Friday and our Weekly newsletter/ blog online Reports Web-site DO NOT worry alone!

Please share Who is picking your child up if not already done so Any medical concerns/general wellbeing/appointments e.g. nits Food allergies – please avoid bringing in all nuts Hot Dinners Snacks, please do not send in too much My World Books …

Our expectations We expect a high standard of behaviour/manners. 5 Classroom Rules (sharing, listening, kind & careful hands and feet, good manners and hands up) Traffic Light. Stickers, Certificates, Raffle tickets, star of the day, star writers. Increased independence.

A typical morning 9.00 Registration/Book change (see planners) 9.20 Phonics 9.45 Wizzy Word Work – literacy 10.20 Frog Time 11.20 Handwriting 11.45 Lunch

Typical afternoon 1.00 Registration & Guided Reading 1.30 Number Crunching- Mathematics 1.50 Frog Time 2.45 Playtime – fruit & milk 3.00 Hall of Fame/Story/Singing 3.30 Home-time

Early Years Curriculum There are 7 areas of learning, they are all equally as important. Prime areas Personal, Social and Emotional Development Communication & Language Physical development Specific areas Literacy Maths Understanding of the World Expressive Arts

Mathematics Numbers Number recognition. Number formation-see sheet. Counting Objects reliably 1-1. One more/one less. Combining groups. Learn its…. Shape Space and Measure Recognise 2D shapes. Using language to compare quantities/weight/length/size Use language of time – sequence events Use positional language

Literacy Writing To reach the ELG they must be able to.. Use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds. They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible. We will begin with the simple segmenting & blending of words then look at captions and sentences before trying more creative writing later on in the year. Reading To reach the ELG they must be able to… Read and understand simple sentences. Use phonic knowledge accurately to decode regular and read them allowed accurately. They read common irregular words (tricky words) Demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read (comprehension) Please see reading prompt books

Planning and Assessment We plan using Foundation Stage Curriculum. There are 17 Early Learning Goals that your child is assessed against. More details throughout the year. We carry out both informal and formal assessments. Each child has an online Learning Journey that you can contribute towards (WOW Stars in ‘My World’ books).

Thankyou for coming… Do be proud of your child. Do come and see us. Questions?