Welcome to Reception/Year 1
Class Teacher: Mrs Lucy Pickford
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Sarah White and Mrs Sharon Culley
We are a mixed class of Reception and Year One children. We are part of the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage One. Our teacher is Mrs Pickford, who is also the EYFS Lead, and our teaching assistants are Mrs White and Mrs Culley.
Reception
This year in reception we are going to continue the journey we began in Nursery to develop in all 7 areas of learning and continue to promote the fundamental skills and knowledge we need to be ready for Year 1. We will be developing our mathematics and literacy skills thorough maths mastery and Unlocking Letters and Sounds phonics.
The teaching, learning and provision in our reception class supports the principles of the EYFS Framework, provides high quality provision for our children and celebrates both kindness and our school values. The Reception children have many opportunities to play and grow but time is also reserved for quiet, focused tasks to scaffold each child's next steps. We believe in a curriculum that accounts for children's spiritual and emotional wellbeing, encouraging a love and appreciation of the outdoors and establishing an environment that is welcoming and inclusive.
The 7 educational programmes from the EYFS statutory framework curriculum are:
Prime Areas:
- Communication and language
- Physical Development
- Personal, Social and Emotional development
Specific Areas:
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the world
- Expressive Arts and Design
Early Learning Goals
By the end of Reception, we are aiming for children to meet the Early Learning Goals and have the fundamental skills and knowledge they need to be ready for Year 1 and the national curriculum. To find out what the Early Learning Goals look like, please click on the links below.
Year 1
This year in Year 1 we are going to build on the skills we learnt in reception and become much more independent during number challenges, writing and reading. We are looking forward to tackling new subjects such as; History, Geography and Science.
At St. Mary’s we are passionate about reading. In Reception and Year 1 your child will bring home both a library book, from our school library, which can be shared to encourage reading for pleasure and an individual reading book, matched to their stage of development in phonics and designed to enable them to apply their phonetic skills. Your support as partners in their reading journey is essential and we encourage you to read and enjoy books with your child as often as you can. Reading really does unlock learning.
Links:
Unlocking Letters and Sounds Overview for Reception
Unlocking Letters and Sounds Overview for Year 1
NCETM overview for Year 1
White Rose Overview for Year 1
Early Learning Goals
Characteristics of Effective learning
Click here for Term 1 EYFS/1 Newsletter
Click here for Term 1 and 2 EYFS Topic Web
