1. Welcome to Reception!
Merley First School

2. Our Curriculum EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum)
Cross-curricular Topics – learning through play.
Curriculum letter sent home.
Superheroes
Happy to Help
Eggciting Eggs
On Safari
Bugs Life
Sun, Fun and off to Year 1
EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum)
Seven areas of learning

3. PSED Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Making friends
Learning rules
Learning daily routines
Learning about other
cultures and respect
Understanding boundaries
Making relationships with adults

4. PSED - How can you help?
You can help by encouraging your child to use the toilet independently, wash their hands, put on and fasten their coats.
Playing games which encourage sharing and turn taking will help your child to build their social skills.

5. L Literacy Phonics/ letters and sounds Recognising and writing name
Reading
Writing

6. CL Communication and language Speaking Listening Understanding
Role play

7. CL and L – How you can help?
Reading books (stories, information books, newspapers, magazines, comics etc), encouraging your child to join in and talk about books
Singing songs and nursery rhymes
Modelling correct letter formation and pencil grip
Taking time to listen to them talking about things they’ve done and answering their questions

8. Mathematics Counting Recognising numbers and what they mean
Calculation
Shape
Pattern
Problem solving
Basic addition/ subtraction
Measuring
Time

9. Mathematics – How can you help?
Talk about the shapes you can see in the environment
Comparing things which are heavy and light or long and short
Pointing out numbers all around
Singing counting songs and rhymes
Counting, adding and subtracting anything and everything - socks, cars, shopping, cutlery, fingers and toes!

10. UTW Understanding the world Exploring Investigating
Learning about other cultures, places, things that happened in the past and living things
ICT
Constructing
Educational visits
Outdoor area

11. Understanding the World – How can you help?
Talk with your child about the places they go and things they see in the world around them
Answering and asking questions - what if…? Why do you think…? How did you…?
Letting children join in with everyday activities - washing up, cooking, shopping, helping in the garden...
If possible let them have access to ICT, CD players, mobile phones, computers etc

12. PD Physical Development Gross and fine motor skills Malleable area
Mark making area
Shoes and coats
PE – getting changed too
Dance
Outdoor area
Pencil control

13. Physical Development – How can you help?
Give children time to run, jump, climb and play outdoors
Encourage children in activities such as building, drawing, threading beads, or filling and emptying containers in the water – all of which develop manipulative skills.

14. EAD Expressive Arts and Design Role play Art Painting Drawing Dance
Music
Singing
Story
Imagination

15. Expressive Arts and Design – How can you help?
Talk with your child about their imaginative play and join in if possible!
Encourage them to be flexible in their thinking and use of materials and praising them for their efforts or ideas as well as the end product

16. Letters and Sounds Jolly phonics – actions
Send home the sounds and actions we have been learning each week

17. Reading in Reception Change books 3 times a week.
Can be changed more frequently if requested
One or two books
Record any reading in Reading Record Book
Please try and read as often as you can with your child.
Parents to help with reading are valued and welcomed after Christmas

18. Parents Open Evening 20th and 22nd October 3.30pm-5pm.
Opportunity to see your child’s learning journal.
Opportunity for an informal talk with class teacher.

19. Trips / performance Autumn walk in October
Year group trip in Summer Term
Christmas nativity in December

20. Special Educational Needs
Any concerns, please see class teacher
SENCo – Mrs Pope
Appointments can be made through the office.