1. Welcome to Grangefield School
Reception Curriculum Evening
Mrs Patel and Mrs Hodgetts

2. Stages at Grangefield School
Foundation stage – Reception
Key Stage 1 (KS1) – Year 1+2
Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Years 3-6

3. Foundation Stage Records
We use the Foundation Stage curriculum to assess your child’s progress throughout the year (EYFS). It is an ongoing assessment and observation of the children. It covers all seven areas of learning in the Foundation Stage curriculum. You will see this through your childs tapestry.

4. Foundation Stage Curriculum
1) Personal, Social and Emotional
2) Communication and Language
3) Literacy
4) Mathematics
5) Understanding of the World
6) Physical Development
7) Expressive Arts and Design

5. Parental Involvement - Tapestry - Informal chats
Parental contribution to our Foundation Stage record is important.
We gather information from you through:
- Tapestry
- Informal chats
- Notes in reading diaries
- Parent consultation evenings
- Stay and plays

6. Parents as Partners and Communication
Curriculum newsletters
Tapestry
Reading record book
Pop in to see us
Website
Help with home learning
Help your child to choose things to bring into school that are related to our theme or that they have made themselves

7. Reading

8. ‘Jolly Phonics’ and ‘Letters and Sounds’
Teaches letter recognition linked to letter sounds
Each letter sound is linked to an action
YouTube – ‘Phonics Sounds and Actions’
Early teaching of putting sounds together to read words
Phonics wallets with new sounds will go home when a new sound is taught
Wallets need to be in their book bag everyday

9. Letters and Sounds Phonics terminology
Description
example
phoneme
a single unit of sound
44 phonemes in the English language
grapheme
written form of a phoneme
digraph
a single sound/phoneme represented by two letters
wh, ch, th, sh
tri-graph
a single sound/phoneme represented by three letters
Igh, air, ear, ure
Split digraph
when a vowel sounds is split by a consonant
a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e
wrote – the o-e here make oe sound split by the t
lake – the a-e here make ae sound split by the k
Complete – the e-e here make ee split by the t
segmenting
how you spell a word
c-a-t / d-o-g / m-a-t / p-i-g /
blending
how you read a word
cat / dog / mat / pig

10. Reading your child will bring home
Wordless books - lots of talk and story telling
Pictures and words (matching)
Picture and caption
Books with words that can be blended (sounded out)
In addition they will bring home word cards to learn (high frequency words)

11. Changing books Books will be sent home soon
Please record in the reading record when your child has completed a book
Books will be changed on a Mon, Wed and Fri – BUT only if it has been recorded in the reading record
It is good to read a book more than once or read a book over a few days
Keep enjoying books you have at home or borrow from the library

12. 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!

13. s a t p i n
a pat tap tip
at sat pin

14. It is important to say the sounds correctly e.g. ‘sss’ not ‘suh’

15. Writing

16. Writing is hard! Many things are involved in writing. You have to…
Have an idea
Think of words to express that idea
Know how to write remembering direction, spaces, letter formation, punctuation etc.
Still remember your idea!

17. A child’s writing journey in Reception!
The point of writing is that it conveys a meaning.
Might be letters or squiggles but needs to look different to drawing a picture.
Starting to see letter shapes – possibly from own name.

18. We will begin to see some sounds which the children have learnt in phonics appear in their writing
Sounding out and having a go at spelling
Children will be introduced to tricky words, which will start to appear in their work

19. Handwriting We have four letter groups which we teach
How to hold a pencil
How to go around a letter – movement not neatness

20. Letter Formation

21. Mark Marking

22. Writing all the time
Children have many opportunities to write on their own in school:
At the class writing table
On the whiteboards
In the home corner

23. Writing at home Let your child see you write – lists etc
Praise and encourage as much as possible – get them to tell you what it says
Write for different purposes – cards, lists, post its, treasure hunts …anything!
Big pieces of paper
Correct formation and grip

24. Maths

25. Maths experience
Try not to influence your child based on your own experience of maths…
Your children will have come into school with a varied knowledge of maths concepts – try not to compare with other children at this stage.

26. Now your child is in Reception, they should begin to…..
Know the sequence of numbers
Understand what each number means
Begin to understand positional words: in, on, outside, next to, between
Show an awareness of time
Be aware of shapes in their environment

27. Practical…

28. Games…

29. Shape …

30. Messy maths…

31. Ways to help at home
Count the stairs in your house, steps on a walk etc. In fact, count everything and anything!
Talk about daily routine in order to understand concept of time
Setting places at the table, can you set the table for three people? Can you find a bigger plate?
Steering the pram / car journeys (directional language)
Tidying up – putting similar items together, sorting toys
Compare weights and quantities of everyday household objects

32. Thank you for coming!
If you have any questions, please come and speak to us after this meeting or send us a message via tapestry.