Willowcroft Community School September 2015 Welcome to Frogs and Dragonflies

YOUR CHILD IN RECEPTION We aim to create a fun, caring, educational and positive approach to learning. In the reception class we are building on the children’s previous knowledge. Practical experiences are very important at this stage of development.

EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE

EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE (EYFS) Communication and language Physical development Personal, social and emotional development Three prime areas: Four other areas: Literacy Mathematics Understanding the world Expressive arts and design

During the reception year we will be focusing on developing your child’s understanding of key concepts in order for them to reach the Early Learning Goals for each of the areas of learning. The early learning goal for reading is below:

At school we use a mixture of three phonic schemes called Letters and Sounds, Jolly Phonics and Read Write Inc to teach children letter sounds and skills called segmenting and blending for reading and writing. Phase One of Letters and Sounds concentrates on developing children's speaking and listening skills and lays the foundations for the phonic work which starts in Phase 2. The emphasis during Phase 1 is to get children attuned to the sounds around them and ready to begin developing oral blending and segmenting skills. In Phase 2, letters and their sounds are introduced one at a time. A set of letters is taught each week, in the following sequence: Set 1: s, a, t, p Set 2: i, n, m, d Set 3: g, o, c, k Set 4: ck, e, u, r Set 5: h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss PHONICS

Your child will begin to learn how to read. When your child has developed their reading skills through the teaching of phonics they will begin to take home reading books. Our reading books are from a variety of schemes such as Read Write Inc and Oxford Reading Tree. The reading scheme follows colour book banding as follows:

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TERM 1 TIMETABLE Frogs Forest School is on is on a Monday afternoon. Half the class will attend this term and the other half will go next term. P.E is on Tuesday mornings before lunch. Please make sure your child’s PE kit is in school. Show and tell is on a Friday Dragonfly’s Forest School is on is on a Tuesday afternoon. Half the class will attend this term and the other half will go next term. P.E is on Wednesday mornings. Please make sure your child’s PE kit is in school. Show and tell is on a Friday

THINGS THAT WILL HELP YOUR CHILD AT SCHOOL Hold a pencil – Nip, flip and grip Write their name with most letters recognisably formed Recognise their name in written form Understand which way to hold and book and turn the pages independently Sing familiar nursery rhymes and recognise rhyme in spoken English Recognise numbers 1-10 or even 1-20 Count with one-to-one correspondence Recognise familiar 2D shapes and their properties e.g. square, circle, triangle and rectangle Independently go to the toilet Independently put on their shoes Begin to be able do up the zip on their coat

AND FINALLY..... Are there any questions? Thank you very much.