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Welcome to Reception!

Join us at Merley First School to experience our dynamic early years curriculum focusing on personal development, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, physical development, and expressive arts and design. We encourage parental involvement and support in various areas to enhance your child's learning journey.

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Welcome to Reception!

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  1. Welcome to Reception! Merley First School

  2. Our Curriculum • Cross-curricular Topics – learning through play. • Curriculum letter sent home. Superheroes Happy to Help Eggciting Eggs On Safari Bugs Life Sun, Fun and off to Year 1 • EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum) • Seven areas of learning

  3. PSEDPersonal, Social and Emotional Development • Making friends • Learning rules • Learning daily routines • Learning about other cultures and respect • Understanding boundaries • Making relationships with adults

  4. PSED - How can you help? • You can help by encouraging your child to use the toilet independently, wash their hands, put on and fasten their coats. • Playing games which encourage sharing and turn taking will help your child to build their social skills.

  5. L Literacy • Phonics/ letters and sounds • Recognising and writing name • Reading • Writing

  6. CL Communication and language • Speaking • Listening • Understanding • Role play

  7. CL and L – How you can help? • Reading books (stories, information books, newspapers, magazines, comics etc), encouraging your child to join in and talk about books • Singing songs and nursery rhymes • Modelling correct letter formation and pencil grip • Taking time to listen to them talking about things they’ve done and answeringtheir questions

  8. Mathematics • Counting • Recognising numbers and what they mean • Calculation • Shape • Pattern • Problem solving • Basic addition/ subtraction • Measuring • Time

  9. Mathematics – How can you help? • Talk about the shapes you can see in the environment • Comparing things which are heavy and light or long and short • Pointing out numbers all around • Singing counting songs and rhymes • Counting, adding and subtracting anything and everything - socks, cars, shopping, cutlery, fingers and toes!

  10. UTW • Understanding the world • Exploring • Investigating • Learning about other cultures, places, things that happened in the past and living things • ICT • Constructing • Educational visits • Outdoor area

  11. Understanding the World – How can you help? • Talk with your child about the places they go and things they see in the world around them • Answering and asking questions - what if…? Why do you think…? How did you…? • Letting children join in with everyday activities - washing up, cooking, shopping, helping in the garden... • If possible let them have access to ICT,CD players, mobile phones, computers etc

  12. PD Physical Development • Gross and fine motor skills • Malleable area • Mark making area • Shoes and coats • PE – getting changed too • Dance • Outdoor area • Pencil control

  13. Physical Development – How can you help? • Give children time to run, jump, climb and play outdoors • Encourage children in activities such as building, drawing, threading beads,or filling and emptying containers in the water – all of which develop manipulative skills.

  14. EAD Expressive Arts and Design • Role play • Art • Painting • Drawing • Dance • Music • Singing • Story • Imagination

  15. Expressive Arts and Design – How can you help? • Talk with your child abouttheir imaginative play andjoin in if possible! • Encourage them to be flexiblein their thinking and use ofmaterials and praising themfor their efforts or ideas aswell as the end product

  16. Letters and Sounds Jolly phonics – actions • Send home the sounds and actions we have been learning each week

  17. Reading in Reception • Change books 3 times a week. • Can be changed more frequently if requested • One or two books • Record any reading in Reading Record Book • Please try and read as often as you can with your child. • Parents to help with reading are valued and welcomed after Christmas

  18. Parents Open Evening • 20th and 22nd October 3.30pm-5pm. • Opportunity to see your child’s learning journal. • Opportunity for an informal talk with class teacher.

  19. Trips / performance • Autumn walk in October • Year group trip in Summer Term • Christmas nativity in December

  20. Special Educational Needs • Any concerns, please see class teacher • SENCo – Mrs Pope • Appointments can be made through the office.

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