Welcome to Early Years
Introducing you to our wonderful Nursery and Reception Team, Miss Wild (Teacher), Miss Smith (TA) and Mrs Leach (TA).
Reception Introduction Letter
In the Early Years Foundation Stage
In Early Years our learning is derived from the children's interests. When your child enters Foundation Stage they will have submitted a list of their personal interests, which are taken into consideration and used as a basis to create a child-led curriculum. Within that curriculum, there are a number of areas of learning
CL - Communication and Langua
ge
L - Literacy
M - Mathematics
PD - Physical Development
EAD - Expressive Arts and Design
UW - Understanding the World
PSED - Personal, Social, Emotional Development
Children will be assessed, through play and observations, against these areas throughout their first year in school.
What To Expect in the EYFS: A Guide for Parents
Communication via Class Dojo
Please ensure you have joined us on Class Dojo where we will keep you up to date with our latest adventures, send reminders and share key information throughout the year. You will also be able to contact us via this platform if required also. If you need to contact us for anything which is important, please contact the school office as Dojo is not always monitored throughout the day.
Nursery Overviews
Reception Overviews
Reception PSHE Overview
Reception Physical Education Overview
Religious Education Overview
Our Chosen Phonics Scheme
Essential Letters and Sounds teaches children how to read, quickly!
It does this through consistent lesson structure, resources and language. Minimising cognitive load and increasing the children's success.
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ELS Parent Letter
What is Essential Letters and Sounds?
ELS Sound Mats, Mnemonics and Rhymes
Phase 1 Phonics for Nursery
Our Phase 1 activities are designed to foster an increased understanding of vocabulary and language, listening skills and communication with others, awareness of the sounds both within our environment and within our language, and encourage clear communication and expression for all children’s thoughts, feelings and needs.
Children in Nursery will learn the following elements: 
1. Environmental Sounds
2. Instrumental Sounds
3. Body Percussion Sounds
4. Rhythm and Rhyme
5. Alliteration
6. Voice Sounds
7. Oral Blending
Our Chosen Reading Scheme
For our earliest readers, starting their reading journey we use fully decodable readers from Oxford University Press. We have over 100 fiction and non‑fiction books, with beautiful artwork, humour and characters that children love, and books and topics that the children really want to read. The books are carefully matched to the phonics being taught within school and complement the reading stage your child is at providing challenge and reinforcement that works in partnership with the learning taking place within school.
