Welcome to King's St Alban's Reception Class (2020)

Welcome to Reception Mrs Thorp: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Mrs Hadfield: Thursday, Friday

This evening....

Aims in Reception The classroom EYFS and assessment Growth Mindset/ Mindfulness • 7 things you can do to help your child • Any questions?

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Aims in Reception Positive start in all areas of curriculum Confident and independent

Curiosity and critical thinking through play

Well-being and happiness To listen and take turns

To feel secure and to enjoy their work

The Classroom

EYFS • How we teach • What we teach

EYFS - How EYFS is based around 4 Themes • Unique child: every child is a competent learner who can be resilient, confident and capable • Positive relationships: children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and carers • Enabling environments: the environment plays a key role in supporting and extending the children’s development and learning • Learning and development: children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates

EYFS - What 3 Prime Areas

4 Specific Areas

• Personal and Social

• Literacy

• Making relationships • Self confidence • Managing feelings and behaviour

• Communications and Language • Listening and attention • Speaking

• Physical Development • Moving and handling

• Reading and writing

• Mathematics • Numbers, shape and measure

• Understand the World • People and communities • The world

• IT

• Expressive Arts and Design • Exploring and using media and materials • Being imaginative

Forest School • Forest school helps us develop important qualities such as independence, confidence, teamwork, cooperation and managing risk • We learn how to use real tools in a safe and encouraging environment as well as develop other skills including tying knots, creating shelters and understanding more about the wildlife and plants in our Forest School area. • We also learn to appreciate the wonders of the outdoor world and appreciate the changing seasons as well as the variable weather!

Growth Mindset Developing a stronger mind and can-do attitude Each year we focus on growth mindset words which underpin everything that we do. This year our Pre – Prep words are, Perseverance, Flexibility, Risk Taking, Team Work, Staying focused, Independence and kindness. Each week we have Celebration assembly and we award one child with a Growth Mindset certificate that recognises these skills and we have another award for a weekly superstar.

Team work

We learn from our mistakes in a nurturing environment.

7 Things you can do to help...

1. Always try to ensure a good pencil grip: ‘frog on a log’

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2. WOW moments.

These can include gym homework.

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3. Name labels

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4. Lower Case letters... Unless at the start of a name

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5. Remember it’s a pure sound

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6. Weekly Schedule • Each week the children will have one French lesson, two music lessons, a forest school session, a swimming lesson, a PE lesson and a games lesson.

• Days and times of these lessons will be confirmed in September.

• We like the children to be comfortable in Reception and on games and forest school days we will ask the children to come to school in their games kit.

• Trainers! No laces unless they can confidently do them up by themselves.

• Communication: weekly letter, newsletter, school comms, letter, school office, homework diary, Twitter and Instagram.

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7. Please talk to us if you have any questions or concerns

“When you asked me what I did in school today and I say, ‘I just played.’

Please don’t misunderstand me. For you see, I am learning as I play. I am learning to enjoy and be successful in my work. Today I am a child and my work is play.”

Anita Wadley, 1974

Thank you! Any questions?