1. Welcome to Year R!

2. “When parents and practitioners work together in early years settings, the results have a positive impact on children’s development and learning.”

3. Our Curriculum… We follow The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
This covers the following 7 areas…
3 PRIME AREAS
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Communication and Language
Physical Development
4 SPECIFIC AREAS
Literacy
Mathematics
Expressive Arts and Design
Understanding the World

4. “Play?? Are we still learning?!~
If you ask your child what they did at school today, chances are they say “I just played” or “nothing!!”
“Play is the principal means of learning in early childhood.”
Brain Break!
Have 2 minutes to read your poem

5. Our Curriculum uses… A play based approach to learning
PLODs (Possible Line of Development) form our planning and come from children’s interests and seasonal stimuli
Throughout Year R our main focus is Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)….

6. What is PSED?
By the end of the year we would hope the children understand how to…
Listen
Take turns/Share
Manage and express emotions
Make and maintain friendships
Negotiate with others
Understand different needs and views
Make good choices
Be motivated to learn

7. Some of the ways we help the children to achieve this…
Our Sarisbury Charter
Rewards and Sanctions
Salty the Sea Turtle
Modelling in play

8. Being part of the Sarisbury Crew
Our motto is we are “Sailing the seas to success.” We encourage the children to part of our C – Caring R – Resilient E – Enthusiastic W – Wondering

9. A typical day in Year R… Welcome and Discovery Time Individual Reading
Carpet Time
Free Flow Snack Bar
Discovery Time
Phonics
Lunchtime
Switch Around Time
Story time/Talk Time
Home Time

10. Environment… Opportunities for writing and maths everywhere
Access to the outside environment throughout the day
Some focused bursts of teaching (e.g. reading skills, phonics, maths and many other new skills)

11. Reading and Writing Following “Letters and Sounds”
We learn pure sounds so we can blend them together to make words. This is called Phonics.
We will be teaching handwriting and showing how to form individual letters (printed not cursive). Joining letters together will be taught in KS1.
More information and workshops throughout the year.

12. Home Learning
Low key, optional, fun family activity sent home weekly (both in a book and available on website)
Variety of tasks, not always recorded. Often linked to past or future activities in school.
If it is recorded, we like to see the CHILDREN’S work!
Home Learning Book sent home and can be used as a communication book, if you would like.

13. Key Person
As part of the EYFS your child continues to have a key person.
Looks different within a Year R Class.
You should have received a letter to inform you of this.
Talk Time happens twice a week with your child’s key person.
The class teacher is still responsible for the whole class.

14. How you can help… Read with and to your child as much as you can.
Encourage independence at home (dressing and undressing; toileting; zipping up coats; putting shoes on; tidying things away!)
Ensure ALL items are labelled (including bags, coats, water bottles, wellies, jumpers, shoes, clothes, PE kits, hats and scarves)
Bring a coat everyday (we will be outside everyday in all weather)
Check your child’s book bag daily

15. Learning Journeys
We are now using an online programme called Tapestry to record your child’s Learning Journey in school.
This next presentation will explain how we use it in school and how you can support us with it at home.