Early Years Meeting

September

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Information contained in this powerpoint.

The Foundation Stage  Apple, Mango and Peach  Numeracy  Literacy  Assessment and Profiles  Nursery  Homework  How we communicate with you  Special Educational Needs (SEN)

The Foundation Stage

Early Learning Goals

Prime Areas Communication and Language Physical Development Personal, Social and Emotional Specific Areas Literacy Mathematics Understanding the World Expressive Art and Design

Topic based learning

Communication and Language

 Development involves giving children opportunities to experience a rich language environment; to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations.

Physical Development

 Involves providing opportunities fro young children to be active and interactive; and to develop their co-ordination, control, and movement. Children must also be helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

 Involves helping children to develop a positive sense of themselves, and others; to form positive relationships and to develop respect for others; to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; to understand appropriate behavior in groups and to have confidence in their own abilities.

Literacy

 Development involves encouraging children to link sounds and letters and to begin to read and write. Children must be given access to a wide range of reading materials to ignite their interest.

Mathematics

 Involves providing children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes, spaces, and measures

Understanding the World

 Involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment.

Expressive Arts and Design

 Involves enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role-play, and design and technology.

Assemblies Visitors Visits

Nursery

 All 7 areas covered during the day  Adult led focused activities  Child initiated independent activities  Outdoor play  Fun Friday!

Apple, Mango and Peach

 Reception focus on literacy and numeracy in the morning  Working with Year One on all the other areas of learning in the afternoon

Phonics

  Jolly Phonics is a foundation for reading and writing. It teaches the letter sounds in an enjoyable, multisensory way, and enables children to use them to read and write words. Jolly Phonics includes learning the irregular or 'tricky words' such as said , was and the .

Letter Sounds

Storylines and Actions

Learning the /s/ sound Action:

Weave your hand like a snake, making an ‘s’ shape, saying ssssss

Sound Sheets

This is the /s/ Sound Sheet from

The Phonics Handbook

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Sound Books

 Go home every 6 sounds  Do one sound a night in the book, after your child has done it at school  No new sound on a Friday  Ten minutes  Cursive writing  When completed leave in book bag for marking

Pencil Hold

Tripod grip ‘Froggy legs’ movement

 Parental support is important to all children as they benefit from plenty of praise and encouragement whilst learning. You should be guided by the pace at which your child wants to go. If interest is being lost, leave the teaching for a while rather than using undue pressure.  You can find out more at www.jollylearning.co.uk

Assessment

  Every child has their own individual profile Significant achievement    Observation Work samples Photographs

Homework

 Sound Books  Reading Books (Reception)  Picture Story Books (Nursery)  Homework Books (See half-termly newsletter)  Learning through everyday experiences

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Reading at Home

Valuable and enjoyable  Reading together / independently  Adults model reading  Pointing to the text  Importance of pictures  Discussing the book  Using phonic skills  Nursery – picture story books  Reception – books given out after Christmas  Year 1 – two books changed twice a week

How we communicate with you

 Weekly Early Years newsletter  Half termly newsletters/homework  Parents Evenings  Open Day  Informal chats in the playground  End of year reports  Curriculum presentations  Booking a meeting with us