Early

Years

We aim to ensure that we are providing an appropriate and high quality experience for our youngest pupils.

We set out to provide learning opportunities which are imaginative and offer direct teaching balanced with opportunities for children to choose activities for themselves. Research shows that early opportunities for children to learn in such an environment can have long term educational and personal benefits.

Reception staff liaise closely together to ensure as smooth a transition as possible into Year 1.

We have one Reception class. Children in Reception follow the Foundation Curriculum which covers children’s development in these areas:

The prime areas are:

Communication and language
Physical development
Personal, social and emotional development

The specific areas are:

Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the world
Expressive arts and design

EYFS Curriculum Map

Starting in Reception

All new Reception pupils and their parents/carers will have an opportunity to meet the class teachers prior to starting at our Academy.

Children are encouraged to explore and engage with the variety of activities provided, in a practical and purposeful way. We encourage them to become increasingly independent and to communicate and cooperate with others.

Literacy and Numeracy are taught at appropriate times throughout the day, with regular opportunities to share and handle books, listen to stories, and learn nursery rhymes, and songs.

Children will learn how to write, draw and paint with increasing control; they will recognise symbols, letters and sounds. They will develop mathematical language, practise counting, matching and sorting activities.

Preparing for Reception

To make your child’s first few days at Lingwood Primary successful, try to help your child to:

Put on and take off a coat and manage the fastenings
Tidy up toys
Go to the toilet alone and wash their hands
Dress and undress themselves
Manage a knife and fork
Look after books

Teaching your child to recall colours, count familiar objects, sing nursery rhymes, listen to stories and share books with you, will help your child with their early learning.