Learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage September 2017

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Aim of the Evening Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS) EYFS Profile Phonics Reading and writing Maths Tapestry General Information

How do young children learn? Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 How do young children learn? Young children learn from everything they do. They are naturally curious; they want to explore and discover. Children learn through play. Play is children’s work.

Characteristics of effective learning Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Characteristics of effective learning Playing and Exploring – engagement Active Learning – motivation Creating and Thinking Critically - thinking

Principles of the EYFS Curriculum Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Principles of the EYFS Curriculum A unique child Positive relationships Enabling environments Learning and development

The Early Years Curriculum The Three Prime Areas of Learning Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 The Early Years Curriculum The Three Prime Areas of Learning Personal, social and emotional development Communication and language Physical development

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Four further areas Mathematics Literacy Understanding the World Expressive Arts and Design

What does a school day look like? Self registration (choosing lunch) Exploring and learning Reading Whole class session Adult guided activities Child initiated learning Phonics

And then… Lunch in the hall Playtime after lunch Handwriting and busy fingers More adult guided activities and child initiated learning Story time Home time

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 We teach a daily phonics lesson following the Letters and Sounds scheme. Children are taught to say, read and write sounds. We learn to hear sounds, rhyme and alliteration; the basic skills needed before learning to read and write. We learn the letter sounds and also the letter name. We teach children to say the pure sound.

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 There are 6 phases within Letters and Sounds Phases 1-4 are taught in Reception Some words you may hear: Phoneme Grapheme Digraph Trigraph We ensure the teaching and learning of each letter and sound is made fun and interactive

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 We teach the children to use their sound knowledge to read simple words (sound blending) m-a-t mat sh-o-p shop We teach children to use their fingers to help spell words (segmenting). We touch each finger as we say each sound. c-a-t cat k-i-ng king

Tricky Words Along side our phased phonic teaching we teach the children ‘tricky words’ which cannot be easily decoded. For example: the, to, go, all, was, you, are, they These are fed into our phonics planning for the children to learn by sight.

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 How you can help at home Encourage your child to teach you the sounds they have been taught Find the letters to match the sounds when you are reading together Find objects in the house that start with certain sounds

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Reading Children read with an adult at least once a week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orb6xXPPBK o Messages and children’s progress can be recorded in the purple message book. Children will bring home high frequency words for you to practise together at home (these will include some of the tricky words taught in phonics).

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 How you can help at home Share a variety of books with your child Listen to your child ‘read’ regularly Join a library Read to your child exposing them to more complex language Practise reading key words

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Writing We encourage lots of gross and fine motor movements to improve pencil control Writing is closely linked to phonics We use an interactive handwriting scheme – Penpals

How you can help at home Encourage your child to have a go using the sounds they have learnt through phonics Exercising muscles e.g. monkey bars, climbing frames, wheelbarrow races, pegging, squeezing sponges, bead threading

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Mathematics Fun Active Thematic Purposeful Successful

Developing number strategies Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Developing number strategies Counting Counting objects reliably Using mathematical language Practical addition and subtraction

Other aspects of mathematical development Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Other aspects of mathematical development 2D/3D shape Repeating patterns Measures- non standard units Comparing quantities Problem solving

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 How you can help at home Use real money Use time vocabulary Play board games Use mathematical language Continue to spot numbers in the environment

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Assessment Using the Early Learning Goals, an assessment of your child’s progress is made throughout the year These assessments are based on observations and information gathered In June, the assessments results are reported to yourselves, Year 1 teachers and County

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 How can Parents Help? Share information about what your child can do during parent interviews and messages in the purple book Also use the purple book to comment on how children have responded to reading at home Comment on your child’s attainments at home on Tapestry Encourage independence and a love of learning

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 Tapestry Comment on observations made in school Add your own observations of your child’s learning at home

Handout from Parent Information Evening 2009 General Information Pupil Premium Funding SCL Foster independence Named clothes Reward system Special time Book bags Wellies, rain coats and sunhats Long hair tied back