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Stages at Woodmancote School Early Years Foundation Stage – Pre-school and Reception Key Stage 1 (KS1) – Year 1+2 Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Years 3-6

Foundation Stage Curriculum 1) Personal, Social and Emotional development 2) Communication and Language 3) Literacy 4) Mathematics 5) Understanding of the World 6) Physical Development 7) Expressive Arts and Design We use the Foundation Stage curriculum to assess your child’s progress throughout the year. This is a continuation of the records that pre school settings kept and passed on to school. This is based on ongoing assessments and observations of the children. It covers all seven areas of learning in the Foundation Stage curriculum.

Parental Involvement Talk to us Reading diaries Parent consultation evenings Home-learning celebrations WOW vouchers Photos Help your child to choose things to bring into school that are related to our theme Help with home learning.

Communication Curriculum newsletters School newsletters DOJO and class story The reading record book Pop in to see us! Letters

Reading

Ways to get words off the page Non word books Use the pictures Use repetition, rhyme and actions Know the letter sounds Try to make sense of the text (a good guess) Know words by sight- word cards Modelling the direction of reading and turning pages. We need to use all of these strategies to be confident readers

‘Jolly Phonics’ and ‘Letters and Sounds’ Teaches letter recognition linked to letter sounds Each letter sound is linked to an action Other phonemes (sounds) are included e.g. sh, ch, oo, ee, or It is important to say the sounds correctly e.g. ‘sss’ not ‘suh’ Early teaching of putting sounds together to read words

S A T P a pat tap at sat

To achieve happy, successful readers we need to work in partnership Read daily with your child – try to make time in your routine Regular exposure to lots of different types of books (remember story time too!) Praise and encourage Discuss the stories, pictures and words Help your child learn the Jolly Phonics actions Help your child learn the sight words in context Know when to stop! Have fun! Enjoy reading with your child and they will enjoy reading with you!

Writing in the Early Years ‘Language used in play is similar to more formal, literate uses of language required of children…’

What should their writing look like at the moment? Depends on their experiences – writing in their world and in play: Mark making Scribbles Patterns

Talk For Writing -Pie Corbett

Imitation and Immersion in a story - Familiarisation Learning of a story really well off by heart using story language like ‘Once upon a time’ We use maps/mountains, actions.  Getting into the story – book talk, drama, model making, art, etc. Underpinned by phonics, sentence work and hand writing teaching in letters and sounds

INNOVATION – adapting the well-known text. Change small parts of the well known stories e.g. we change the setting in Bear Hunt Write parts of the story ‘hugging closely’ to the original – use that as a model Invention….comes later!

Writing for a purpose Shopping lists / receipts Labels / signs Write to friends / grandparents / tooth fairy… (thank you notes/Christmas lists) Recipes books

Help at home Let them see you writing and expose them to print as much as technology. Go over Jolly Phonics sounds and actions Praise your child when they have a go at writing- ask what it says Practise the Talk for Writing stories and actions. Enjoy seeing the progress!

Children are assessed as: emerging, expected or exceeding in early June. Using recognisable letters to communicate meaning, but can't be read by self or others, not phonetically plausible.

EXPECTED WRITING. Some irregular words spelled correctly others phonetically plausible, can be read by child and others. Clear sentences.

Mathematics in the Early Years

Their journey has already started… Your children will have come into school with a varied knowledge of maths concepts – try not to compare with other children at this stage.

Our Experiences…

Mistakes are beautiful! Growth Mind-set… Mistakes are beautiful! Mistakes are beautiful!

What we are working towards… Early Learning Goals. Numbers Children count reliably with numbers from 1 to 20, place them in order. 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. Shape, Space and Measures Children use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems. They recognise, create and describe patterns. They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.

What we do in school…

Ideas to help you at home… How many cups on the table, stairs… count anything! Count how much is in your shopping basket Make a repeating pattern- cheerio colours or fruit Looking and talking about shapes. Board games- snakes and ladders. Use directional language- in the car or using a pram. Help with the washing- matching socks/ big or small.

Ways to help at home… continued…. Setting places at the table e.g. a cup for me, a cup for you, can you set the table for three people? Can you find a bigger plate? Tidying up – putting similar items together, sorting toys Matching lids to saucepans Let your child count out items in books – how many animals are on the page, how many items are blue. Using rhymes can also help develop your child’s awareness of sequencing Talk