Welcome to Reception class at Annesley! Our Early Years classroom is a warm, nurturing environment where children begin their exciting journey through school. Through engaging, play-based learning inside and outdoors, we build strong foundations in communication, relationships, and learning behaviours. If you ever have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
What We’re Learning This Year
Autumn - Let's Celebrate!
Autumn 2:
Week 1 & 2 - Fireworks night - We have been looking at different celebrations and discussed how people celebrate them. We recalled our own experiences of bonfire night and learnt lots of new vocabularly. We have been working hard on our tricky words and spotting them within sentences to help us with our reading.
Week 3 & 4 - Leaf man - We have been using our imagination lots over the past two weeks and applying this within our play. We have also been busy writing letters to Santa and trying hard with our letter formation. Our Nativity practice is in full swing and we are so excited to perform this soon!
Autumn 1:
Week 1 - Settling into our new class
Week 2 & 3 - The Colour Monster - For week 2 & 3 we focussed our learning around the story 'The Colour Monster'. We identfied what emotions each colour monster represented and discussed what might make us feel this way. Some of us even had a go at creating our own colour monster. We have also started our Phonics lessons and now know the sounds; s, a, t and i.
Week 4 & 5 - All are welcome - We focused our learning around the story 'All are wlcome'. We discussed how our school is for all children and how we are all different. We celebrated our differences and our similarites. We carried on our phonics sessions and have added the sounds; p, n, m and d.
Week 6 & 7 - All about families - This week we have looked at different families. We even shared some of our own family pictures! We talked about who is in our family and what we enjoyed doing with them. We have been focussing on shape this week in maths and are super at spotting circles and triangle within the envrionment.
EYFS Curriculum
We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, which is structured around seven areas:
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Communication and Language
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development
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Physical Development
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Literacy
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Mathematics
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Understanding the World
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Epressive Arts and Design
Reading
Reading is extremely important in EYFS. We encourage children to read at home at least four times a week. Each child receives two books: one decodable book for phonics, and a second chosen book for interest.
Reading diaries are checked weekly. Raffle tickets are awarded for consistent home reading and entered into a termly book prize draw.
We follow the Rocket Phonics scheme by Rising Stars. Children take part in daily phonics sessions and are assessed regularly to ensure they are progressing. Extra support is provided through Reading Squads three times a week.
P.E. and Swimming
PE takes place on Wednesday mornings.
Swimming takes place on Friday mornings. Children alternate swimming groups each week.
PE Kit: T-shirt, shorts, trainers or pumps. Long hair must be tied up and earrings removed.
Swimming: A full costume (girls) or trunks (boys) is required. Goggles may only be worn with a signed consent form. A rota will be displayed in the classroom window each week.
Snack
EYFS encourages healthy eating. Please ensure your child brings a healthy snack. No sugary snacks or drinks please.
