Reception
Welcome to Reception!
Dear Parents and Carers,
This term our topic is "Superheroes" and we are looking forward to finding out about some of the superheroes and people that help us in our community. Already the children have been very excited to tell us about some of the real superheroes that live in their homes with them. We look forward to exploring this in more detail over the coming weeks.
Kind Regards,
Mrs S. Howard
Reception Class Teacher
Meet the Teacher Presentation Notes
Reading
Home Learning Resources - Maths
Planning - Reception
Curriculum
The Early Years Foundation Stage
The prime areas of learning are...
CL communication and language
PD physical development
PSED personal social and emotional development
The specific areas of learning are...
L literacy
M mathematics
EAD expressive arts and design
UW understanding the world
There are 4 key principles that underpin our practice in the Early Years at Hazlemere C of E.
A Unique Child We recognise that all children are different. We identify and celebrate their strengths and support their areas for development.
Positive Relationships Our pupils interact well with each other and with the adults in the school. We encourage parents to be involved with their child's education.
Enabling Environments Our indoor and outdoor areas encourage exploration, investigation and independent learning. Our displays and resources are well maintained and reflect current learning.
Learning and Development Pupils achieve well and make good progress from their starting points. Learning is playful, practical and purposeful and builds upon prior attainment. Our children enjoy coming to school.
Overview
At Hazlemere Church of England Combined School we believe that the time spent in Reception is paramount to building a solid foundation for future learning. In Reception, children are able to consolidate their skills and knowledge gained from Nursery and Pre-School and extend these skills further to begin early reading and writing.
We believe that communication and language is very important and we have time throughout the learning day to focus on effective communication skills. Children's interests and passions are at the heart of our planning and this is reflected in the learning. When children are interested and excited, they engage in the learning, which results in the children enjoying their days at school.
During their time in our Reception class, through the Characteristics of effective learning, we aim to foster every child’s independence, nurture them, inspire learning and provide challenges that extend their learning.
Reception children enjoy a generous amount of indoor and outdoor space. As well as their own classroom, Reception children have access to the main school building and all of its facilities: library, prayer space, media suite, and a large and exciting outdoor garden and playfields.
We value our relationship with parents and we appreciate your feedback. If there are any areas in which you feel unsure about how to support your child's development, or any areas in which you would like further information, please approach us so we can arrange a workshop or provide information via the website.
We also use Tapestry as a way of recording children's learning of new skills and we encourage parents to add to the journal to ensure we have a clear picture of the child's interests and progress. Please see below for further information.
We believe that children should be given opportunities to develop effective learning skills through Child Initiated Learning both inside and outside, in small groups and whole class sessions. We also plan for one to one sessions and small focused group work. We want all of our children to feel proud of their achievements and learning and also to be ready and confident for their next stage of their learning journey into Year 1.
For more information about starting in Reception, please download our information booklet on the admissions page.
We would welcome the opportunity to show you our Early Years building where our Reception and Nursery class is based. If you would like to book a tour, please call the school office.