Stars Class: Nursery
Moon Class: Reception Sun Class: Reception and Year 1
Venus Class: Year 1
In EYFS we consider children's learning and development in seven areas:
The three 'Prime' areas underpin all other learning:
Personal, social and emotional development
Communication and language development
The four 'Specific' areas build on skills and attitudes developed in these prime areas:
Understanding the world
Expressive arts and design
Children reach out to relate to people and things through the Characteristics of Effective Learning, which move through all areas of learning.
The 'Characteristics of Effective Learning' are:
Playing and exploring
Creating and thinking critically
During the Autumn term in Early Years we have a focus on settling in and getting to know one another. Our topic is 'All About Me', where we will talk about and discover about our families, backgrounds and special relationships. We will be using this opportunity to get to know your children's likes, dislikes and particular interests and base their learning around it. We will be thinking about similarities and differences between us and celebrating them.
In science we will be learning about our bodies and thinking about living things. In history we will be learning about Florence Nightingale and talking about the importance of hygiene and staying fit and healthy.
We visit Central Library on Monday mornings on a three-week rota (see below). You child will have a card that stays at the library and will be able to borrow a book when we visit, provided you have returned any previously borrowed books. Books borrowed from the library are your responsibility and you will receive a reminder from the library if books are not returned.
We need additional adults to accompany us to the library so that we can walk there safely. We leave school at 10am and arrive back by 11am. If you can come with us, please let one of the adults in your child's class know.
Parents at school