Meet the Teacher Wednesday 26th September 2018 Reception

What a fantastic start your child has made to their school journey What a fantastic start your child has made to their school journey! Every child is settled and is enjoying coming into school. Our school day is extremely busy and action packed so they may be tired when you pick them up! These first few weeks are aimed at settling your child into the school routine and establishing relationships. Baseline assessments are also made to give a starting point of what they can do. Nursery transition documents are also used as a guide as are my notes from when I visited your child at their nursery.

End and Start of Day Reception come in through the classroom door from 8.45am. Can the children please say their goodbyes on the playground from now on? This is to ease congestion by the door and for safeguarding reasons as sometimes it is difficult to see the children amongst the adults. This will also encourage their independence. A member of staff will be ready to greet your child at the door. If you need to speak to me or pass a message to me this can be done through their communication book or if you would like to chat to me can I politely ask that you arrive earlier so that we can have a chat before the doors are open? The day starts at 8.55am and ends at 3:15pm and is action packed.

A typical day: 8:45-9:10 Door open and the children access Continuous Provision 9:10-9:30 Phonics 9:30-10:30 Continuous Provision and Adult directed groups 10:30-10:40 Snack in key worker groups (Communication and Language focus) 10:40-11:30 Continuous Provision and Adult Directed groups 11:30-11:45 Story time and preparing for dinner 11:45-12:45 Lunch 12:45-1:05 Teacher input 1:05-2:45 Continuous Provision and Adult directed groups 2:45-3:15 Story time/Circle time/singing At the end of the day they go out of our door onto the playground. We are doing our best at recognising your faces! Thank you for your cooperation 

EYFS CURRICULUM Prime Areas- Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development, Communication and Language Specific Areas- Literacy, Maths, Understanding the World, Expressive Arts and Design Young children learn best when they feel secure, settled and happy within the learning environment and when they are: Playing and exploring Engaging in active learning Creating and thinking critically

LEARNING JOURNEYS Your child has their own ‘Learning Journey’. This is to track your child’s progress throughout the year. This comprises of photographs of your child, observational notes made by staff, examples of work, comments made by the children and parental comments. We have ‘Star Moments’ slips which are for you to complete when your child does something magical at home. We can then celebrate this in school and add this to their Journey.

PE & Uniform PE – is on a Wednesday morning. The children are encouraged to dress independently and take part in physical activity in the hall. In EYFS, PD is integral to the day. The children are developing their gross and fine motor skills whilst in provision. Sports Day-Tuesday 2 October 9am-The children need to come into school wearing their P.E kit . They can wear jogging bottoms if they choose.

Gross Motor Skills Gross Motor Skills: Birth to 5 years. Gross motor skills involve the larger muscles in the arms, legs and torso. Gross motor activities include walking, running, throwing, lifting, kicking, etc. These skills also relate to body awareness, reaction speed, balance and strength. Working on gross motor skills helps a child gain strength and confidence in his/her body. It also helps them get exercise and physical activity, which is important for a healthy lifestyle. Developing these skills helps a childs ability to do more complex skills in future activities

FINE MOTOR SKILLS Fine motor skills are those that involve a refined use of the small muscles which control the hand, fingers and thumb. Little hands need to develop dexterity and strength. Children use their fine motor skills when writing, holding small items, buttoning clothing, turning pages, eating, cutting with scissors, and using computer keyboards

MATHEMATICS By the end of the year your child should be able to: Count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number. Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer. They solve problems, including doubling, halving and sharing.

Thank you for coming. Any questions?