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In the EYFS at Aspin the children learn through a balance of child-initiated play and adult-led focus activities. We believe that play has a pivotal role in developing children’s confidence, collaboration and love of learning through children following their own interests and fascinations. We create opportunities and experiences in a stimulating environment to promote discussion, exploration and curiosity.  We are extremely lucky to have our two classrooms, an ajoining Calm Space and an outdoor area for the children to free-flow between during Busy times.

 Curriculum

Early Learning Goals

In the EYFS there are 17 Early Learning Goals which the children are expected to reach by the end of the academic year in Reception. Please see link to view the Early Learning Goals.

Our long term plan shows the learning themes we cover throughout the year. We also allow for time to get to know your child and follow their own interests.

Reading

In Foundation, reading is primarily taught through daily phonics lessons. We follow the Read, Write, Inc (RWI) scheme, which encourages children to learn sounds through catchy phrases. They then begin to blend these sounds into real and alien (nonsence) words using the famous character Fred the frog. In every lesson, children have the opportunity to make words that contain the sound they are learning as well as words containing previously taught sounds, using magnetic white boards initially and then writing in their phonics books.

 

As the scheme progresses the children are also introduced to a story, which is pitched at their phonic level. They read the story a minimum of three times with a focus on accuracy, fluency and comprehension. It is in our reading lessons that the children are introduced to ‘red words’. These words are tricky for the children as they are unable to segment and blend the words but instead must learn to read them by sight.

We value your support at home when helping your child to learn how to read. Please read the following document which is guidance for you to support your child to learn to read. 

Read Write Inc. Parent Information

In addition to our daily RWI reading lessons, we also have daily Fab Five oracy lessons. We choose our favourite five books each half term and study one book a week. We read and re-read these books in order to develop story language and expression. These books are high-quality and contain at least two tier two vocabulary words per sentence. Each day we focus on a different reading domain (VIPERS - vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and sequencing).

Writing

Once the children are ready to write we will begin by learning how to form the letters in teh alphabet. These are split inti letter types dependendt on how they are formed for example curly caterpillar letters - c, o, a, d, g and q. Once they are secure in wrting the letters, they will begin to learn to write their name with correct letter formation. We then move onto writing simple words and phrases and once the children are confident we will develop the writing of simple sentences and short descriptions. Weuse our Fab 5 books as the stimulous for our writing. 

Maths

Maths is taught daily following Mastering Number (Number learning) and White Rose scheme (pattern and shape). We use Numberblocks resources to capture the interests of the children and encourage discussions around mathematical vocabulary and concepts. We develop a deep understanding of  counting, numbers, comparison, composition and how to represent them.

Each half term we have a Key Instant Recall Fact which we practice everyday. The team send out a postcard detailing the fact we are learning each half term with ways to support your child with this learning at home. 

PE

We teach PE lessons once a week. Mrs Fletcher/Mrs Windsor's' PE day is a Tuesday and Mrs Bolton/Mrs Rushton's class is a Thursday

The children come to school in their PE kit with comprises of:

• White t-shirt
• Black shorts/ joggers
• Trainers/plimsolls

Homework

We encourage you to read to your child as well as listen to your child read as regularly as you can. In addition to this, once the children are settled we will send home phonics videos on a Friday for you to watch alongside your child. On a Monday the children will choose a 'reading for sharing' book from the classroom. The purpose of this is for you to read this book to your child and talk about the vocabulary and plot. Your child may wish to predict and join in with familiar phrases. Once the children have learnt the first set of sounds and are able to blend they will also bring home a book-bag book to read to you. Ideally this needs to be read 3 times for decoding, fluency and comprehnsion. Book-bag books will be changed on a Friday.

 

In Reception we use Tapestry to share your child’s learning journey. We will share photos and videos of the activities and learning that your child has been involved in during school for you to see and comment on. We love to see the children’s experiences and hobbies out of school and therefore encourage parents to upload photos and videos. We upload lots of other useful documents to help you understand what your child is learning at school. You can also use Tapestry as a tool to communicate with your class teacher.