1. Autumn Term EYFS Parents Meeting
Tuesday 3rd October

2. Outline of the meeting Rewards Attendance
Inform you about the day to day running of Reception
A brief overview of the Early Years framework
Inform you about phonics, reading and maths within school
Clear understanding of homework
How you can support your child with their learning

3. Keeping you informed Half term curriculum newsletters
Look on parent notice board by the classroom door
Updates on website informing you about what the children are learning and how you can support your child’s learning at home.
Stay and Play sessions
Parents evenings

4. Rewarding the Children
Homework hero
Golden Time
100% attendance non-uniform days
End of term team awards
Stickers, team points and raffle tickets
Privilege cards
Head teachers award
Celebration Cup- in class reward
Lunchtime award

5. Punctuality and Attendance
Attendance is a high priority for our school
Children should aim to achieve 97%attendance at least throughout the year
For 100% attendance within the week the children will be rewarded with a non-uniform day
Remember school’s doors open at 8.50 and registration is at 9am. If it after this time the children will need to enter through the main entrance and you sign them in.
Please remember holidays are not permitted during term time as it can have a negative impact on their learning

6. Day to day running Access to daily phonics sessions
Literacy and Mathematics
‘Getting Busy’ time- learning through play
Continuous provision and enhanced provision and objective led planning
Reflection of learning- Rainbow Challenge
Fruit, milk and water access- ‘Snack and chat’
Assembly, playtimes and rewards

7. Early Years Foundation Stage
Children working towards the Early Learning Goal (ELG)
Achieving ELG= expected level
Achieving above the ELG= Exceeding age related expectation- more than ready to access National Curriculum
Not achieving the ELG= Below age related expectation
Achieving the expected level in PSED, Communication and Language, Physical Development, Literacy and Mathematics= A Good Level of Development.

8. Characteristics of Effective Learning
The characteristics are as follows:
Play and exploring
Finding out and exploring
Using what they know in their play
Being willing to have a go
Active Learning
Being involved and concentrating
Keeping on trying
Enjoying achieving what they set out to do
Creating and critically thinking
Having their own ideas
Using what they already know to learn new things
Choosing ways to do things and finding new ways

9. Baseline Assessment Currently completing baseline assessments
Getting to know your children and getting to know how they learn
Determine interest to ensure planning sparks enquiry and support what your children need to learn.

10. Observations During continuous and enhanced provision
Use tablet to take a range of evidence
Match against Development Matters standards
Observe and record Characteristics of effective learning
You will be able to log on a see and make ‘keep sake’ comments- or use ‘WOW’ cards.
We collect a large range of evidence in workbooks which you will see during parents evenings.

11. How to support your child’s learning at home.

12. Homework
Children will receive their homework book every Thursday and handed in by the children on the following Tuesday
They will choose an activity from the lists
They can complete one of their own ideas- perhaps in response to a family day out etc.
The aim of our homework is to continue your child’s learning at home, yet flexible
Try to be creative and make it fun
Occasionally some homework will be set- there will be a sticker in their book
Don’t forget reading, reading green words/ red words and spelling them
Homework hero.

13. WOW cards
Please complete these when your child has done something to be celebrated at home
It can be school/ learning related, something in a club like swimming lessons or anything in which you and your child are proud of such as staying over night at grandparents for the first time.
These give us insight into what they can do or their interests to develop in our planning.
WOW cards are really useful too!

14. Phonics Read, Write, Inc. programme (RWI)
Each sound is introduced- ensuring correct pronunciation
Children learn ditties to match the sound
Fred talk to segment and blend for reading (sounding out)
Further into the programme Fred Fingers for spelling
Green words will be stuck into their reading records.
They need to read these by sight: so recognise them with out segmenting and blending
The more practice they have the better- practice makes permanence!

15. Tricky Words (Red words)
These are words that they cannot sound out to read- ‘they just have to know them’
They need to be able to read and spell a good range of these by the end of Reception
They then move onto common exception words in Year 1.
These are checked every Monday.
Spelling sheets will be sent home too (in a green folder)

16. Reading Reading at home at 4 times per week.
Children will earn a ‘pom-pom’ towards a reading reward/ treat.
Reading at home incredibly important
Log in reading record.
Books will be changed as regularly as possible. It is encouraged that children look at their books on more than one occasion.
They will also bring a library book home to share with your family.
Please encourage them to look after the books and really enjoy them.

17. Handwriting We use cursive handwriting c a d g
Every letter starts from the bottom, sitting on the line
We say “get ready…” for the lead in stroke
The chn have handwriting practice every Monday
I will send sheets home in their green folder for you practise with your child.

18. Mathematics
Through the teaching of Mathematics we aim for deep conceptual understanding through a learning system of concrete objects, actions and vocabulary which develops fluency, reasoning and problem-solving skills.
Effective, fun and practical way of learning important foundations to mathematics
Concrete, pictorial and abstract (CPA)- please see sheet in pack
Important: regular counting practise.

19. Purple Mash Log in at the back of their reading record
Time on Purple Mash counts as homework
Please write in homework books the activities complete
A range of activities many of which will link with out topics

20. Other Areas of Learning
Understanding the world- science, technology and people and communities
Expressive arts
Singing PE
Music
RE- Religious Education
NSPCC Pants work
Helicopter stories
Dough disco

21. Website and Blog Please check for regular updates and notifications
Facebook is another avenue to keep up to date and can accessed through our website
Your comments are valued
We are always here to answer your questions.

22. In a Nut Shell… You can help by:
Reading regularly at home- at least 4 times per week
Talk to your children about what they have read- comprehension
Practise the phonic sounds
Practise segmenting and blending
Name writing- first and surname
Letter formation sheets- encourage cursive
Counting- forwards and backwards from 0-20
Number formation- the correct size and orientation.

23. AOB
It would be great if the children could have wellington boots and a waterproof coat in school at all times. (They can leave them on their pegs)
Use the parent noticeboard for up to date information
Stay and Play session will be arranged each half term – Thursday 25th October- 9.00am-10.15am
Thank you for you support and attending the meeting.