Learning in Reception
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is made up of 7 areas of learning. Each area is planned through short adult focus activities as well as the continuous provision that children access independently. Learning takes place both indoors and outdoors. We have two classrooms and a very spacious self-enclosed outdoor area. Activities and continuous provision are planned through our topics as well as through children’s interests.
Area of Learning
Personal Social Emotional Development
In EYFS, we teach and support children to:
Regulate emotions
Take turns and cooperate
Demonstrate positive behaviour
Learn about rules
Build positive relationships with others
Develop self confidence
Have a positive awareness of themselves.
Communication and Language
In EYFS, we teach and support children to:
Develop concentration and attention
Learn new vocabulary
Ask and answering questions
Develop and extend conversation skills
Build confidence to speak in familiar groups
Physical Development
In EYFS, we teach and support children to:
Build their gross motor skills- running, jumping, skipping, climbing
Develop their fine motor skills- pincer grip, threading, cutting
We teach PE weekly so that children can develop their spatial awareness, effects of exercise on the body, balance and co-ordination
Literacy
In EYFS, we teach and support children to:
Engage in RWI sessions- We follow Read Write Inc. every morning for phonics.
Develop letter formation
Listen to the sounds in words (segmenting)
Put sounds together to make words (blending)
Read and write simple sentences
Develop comprehension of stories
Mathematics
In EYFS, we teach and support children to:
Count by rote
Count objects to 5, 10, 15 and 20
Recognise 1 more and 1 less
Work out simple addition and subtraction
Double and halve
Recognise numbers to 20
Develop mathematical vocabulary
Measure in different ways including height, weight, length and capacity
Recognise and describe 2D and 3D shapes
Develop concepts of time
Recognise money
Recognise and create patterns
Understanding the World
In EYFS, we teach and support children to:
Celebrate festivals
Recognise features in our immediate environment
Learn about animals
Learn about plants
Learn about the seasons
Learn about different modes of transport
Develop an understanding about growing
Use and recognise different technology
Be safe when using the Internet including e-safety
Expressive Art and Design
In EYFS, we teach and support children to:
Mix colours and talk about what they can see happening
Draw objects and people
Plan, make and evaluate using junk modelling
Paint
Engage in Imaginative play- role play, small world
Make music
Dance familiar routines
Sing familiar songs
