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Who is who...
(photographs coming soon)
Daily timetables:
Nursery
Reception.
About the Foundation Stage...
The Early Years Foundation Stage is split into 7 areas of learning.
The 3 Prime areas are: communication and language, physical development and personal, social and emotional development.
The 4 Specific areas are: literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts and design.
Within our foundation stage unit we have many different areas to support and enhance children's learning. These have been created with our children's input and are set up weekly based on children's interests and next steps in learning. Some of our areas include; construction, craft, malleable area, sensory areas, home corner, sand, water, small world, paints, role play, den making materials, book nooks, physical apparatus, writing tools, mathematical resources, Ipads, curiosity stations.
We consider our large outdoor area as a continuation of our classroom. Please ensure that in the colder months your child comes to school with a coat, hat and gloves with suitable footwear- we do go outside to learn in all weathers!
Take a look at our classroom...
(slideshow coming soon)
Our Curriculum...
Our curriculum has been created to encourage curiosity but also to allow flexibility to follow the needs and interests of the children and any child appropriate current affairs. It is led by open ended questions that enable adults to model but also inspire children to ask questions. The investigative nature of the topics promotes exploration of vocabulary through children’s natural inquisitiveness.
EYFS Curriculum Intent
Our intent is to offer an exciting and broad curriculum, full of memorable experiences that will instil children with a real love of learning and lay the foundations for children’s future success within education. Our curriculum will provide children with the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to be confident, curious, and independent learners who are ready to succeed in an ever-changing world. It is our intent that all children develop physically, verbally, cognitively, and emotionally, and socially creating positive relationships with both staff and peers in an environment which values all cultures, communities and people.
We understand that play is an integral part of learning and this is at the heart of our early years curriculum along with quality interactions with staff and peers. We believe that the correct mix of adult directed, and uninterrupted child-initiated play, within a stimulating environment, ensures the best outcomes for pupils. We will personalise and tailor our curriculum with well-planned learning opportunities to ensure all children reach their full potential and be the best that they can be. The development of children’s spoken language, understanding of a wide range of vocabulary and reading underpins our whole curriculum. We intend for our children to take risks, be willing to try new things, persevere when faced with challenges and believe in themselves
Cultural Capital
In September 2019, the new Ofsted Education Inspection Framework added the term 'Cultural Capital'.
In St Bede's early years we believe that Cultural Capital is about giving our children the best possible start to their early education and future success.
Early Years staff have a wealth of experience which means high quality delivery of our intentions is possible and successful.
This includes;
- forging strong relationships
- working with other professionals,
- working with parents and the wider community,
- meeting children's needs, learning styles and interests,
- understanding the individual and diverse ways that children develop and learn and
- their knowledge and understanding in order to actively support and extend children’s learning in and across all seven areas of learning.
We communicate with parents face to face regularly, but 'Seesaw' our online learning journal helps us to seek shared experiences with parents/carers.
We will continually reflect on what we offer our young children to ensure that we remain focused in our ambition to give children the essential knowledge to be educated citizens and to open doors into worlds they didn't know existed.
Ways to support your child's development at home...
Making Playdough
Recipe:
- 1 cup of flour
- 1/2 cup of salt
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tbsp cream of tartar
- 1 cup of boiling water
- Food colouring of desired choice.
Great for communication and language skills, fine and gross motor development, modelling and using mathematical language, expressive arts and social and emotional development.
Phonics/Reading
Use this link to access ideas on how to support the early stages of reading with your child at home...
https://www.ontrackwithmrmc.com/_files/ugd/603045_6935c983c59c4fefa0c97ffb14fbcc29.pdf
In Nursery and Reception children are working towards or within the Read Write Inc Phonics scheme. Children who are not yet ready to access the scheme fully will access some Phase 1 phonics activities from Letters and Sounds to support them in developing their early phonics skills.
(Please see the reading section of the website for more information on Read, Write, Inc. Phonics)
In Phonics children learn the skills needed to read and write successfully and get the opportunity to apply their newly-learnt skills. At home please make sure children in Reception regularly look at their phonics sheets in their homework file and practise saying these sounds.
Also regularly look at their reading book, which is phonetic, not forgetting to look at the questions in the covers of the book too.
Useful websites to use at home...
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/speak-spell/sounds- Lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children to support learning of English
Early Years Maths - Topmarks Search
Games for kids and early years activities - CBeebies - BBC
Literacy Activities | Doorway Online