Reception Information Meeting Wednesday 20 th September

1. Reception Information Meeting Wednesday 20th September “A loving family dedicated to education, through the Catholic faith, helping each of us to grow into the person we are called to be.”

2. Reception Staff • Mrs Bingham –Class Teacher • Miss Ash -Class Teacher • Mrs Dugdale - Teacher • Mrs O’Connor – Teaching assistant • Miss Clack - Teaching assistant • Mrs Devlin - Spanish

3. School Times and LatenessSchool doors open at 8.45am and the school day starts at 8.55am prompt.Children who arrive at school after 8.55am should enter the school building via the main entrance.After 9.00am, children will receive a late mark.Lessons will start each morning at approximately 9.00am, if your child is persistently late they will be missing the input (direct teaching) section of a lesson and this will affect their knowledge and understanding.

4. Mathematics • Explain how mathematics fits into the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. • Explain what mathematics teaching and learning looks like within Reception. • Explain how we teach calculation in Reception. • Share some ideas of how you can help your child with their mathematics.

5. EYFS ProfileHow does mathematics fit in? • The prime areas of learning: • - Communication and language. • - Physical development • -Personal, social and emotional development • The specific areas of learning: • -Literacy • - Mathematics • - Understanding the world • - Expressive arts & design

6. How is mathematical learningachieved in Reception? • Structured play, adult led activities and child initiated learning. • Cross-curricular learning. • Whole-class teaching. (10 – 15 mins per day) • Small focus-group teaching.

7. Curriculum Progression • Early Learning Goal 11 Numbers: Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number. Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer. They solve problems, including doubling, halving and sharing. Progression to Year 1 • count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number. • count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals; count in multiples of twos, fives and tens. • read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words. • add and subtract one- digit and two-digit numbers to 20, including zero. • read, write and interpret mathematical statements involving addition (+), subtraction (-) and equals (=) signs • recognise, find and name a half & a quarter as one of two equal parts or 1 of 4 equal parts of an object.

8. Curriculum Progression Early Learning Goal 12 Shape, space and measures: Children use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems. They recognise, create and describe patterns. They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them. • compare, Progression to Year 1 Describe and solve practical problems for: *lengths and heights long/short,/longer/shorter, tall/short, double/half, *mass/weight heavy/light, heavier than, lighter than, *capacity and volume, full, empty, more than, less than, half, half full. *time quicker, slower, earlier, later. *Shape and space Recognise common 2d and 3d shapes and describe their properties. Describe position, direction and movement, including half, quarter and three‐quarter turns. • turns.

9. COUNTING • Saying number names in order. • Recognising that numbers identify how many are in a set. • One to one correspondence. • Strategies to avoid miscounting. • Matching numerals to amounts. • Finding one more and one less.

10. Calculation Combining two groups to find out the total number – early addition • Compare groups/quantities using one-to-one correspondence to find the difference – early subtraction. • Share objects equally by counting how many in each group – early division. • Count groups of the same number of objects and add them together – early multiplication, • Count back from a fixed number when taking away – Subtraction. • Count on from a fixed number when combining two groups of objects – addition. • Find one more or two fewer by counting on or back – early addition and subtraction.

11. Shape, space and measure. • Recognise and name common 2d and 3d shapes - Circle, square, triangle, rectangle, cube, cube, pyramid, sphere. • Begin to recognise properties of these shapes – number of sides (edges), corners, faces. • Make and describe simple patterns. • Compare 3 items by length, weight or capacity using mathematical language to describe them – long/ short heavy/light , full/empty. • Begin to recognise coin values and use language relating to money. • Have an understanding of time egdays of the week, months of the years, morning, afternoon, evening. Be able to sequence simple events in time e.g. get up, have breakfast, go to school.

12. Helpful websites for mathematics • YouTube – Jack Hartmann counting videos. • YouTube – Mr Mc counting songs. • www.topmarks.co.uk maths games to support all ages. • www.ictgames.co.uk maths games • www.mathszone.co.uk • There are also many apps available to support counting, number recognition and calculation on IPad and tablet.

13. Phonics in the Early Years By the end of Reception year, children should be able to: Reading: Children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate an understanding when talking with others about what they have read. Writing: Children use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds. They also write some irregular common words. They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.