Welcome to Woodmancote School

Reception Curriculum Evening

Stages at Woodmancote School

Foundation stage – Reception

Key Stage 1 (KS1) – Year 1+2

Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Years 3-6

Foundation Stage Curriculum 1) Personal, Social and Emotional 2) Communication and Language 3) Literacy 4) Mathematics 5) Understanding of the World 6) Physical Development 7) Expressive Arts and Design

Foundation Stage Records

We use the Foundation Stage curriculum to assess your child’s progress throughout the year. This is a continuation of the records that pre school settings kept and passed on to school.

This is based on ongoing assessments and observations of the children. It covers all seven areas of learning in the Foundation Stage curriculum.

Parental Involvement

Parental contribution to our Foundation Stage record is important.

We gather information from you through:

Teddy Bear sheetsInformal chatsNotes in diaries / reading

diariesParent consultation eveningsWOW vouchers

Parents as Partners and Communication

Curriculum newsletters What have we done today? Use the home – school diary (send in

every day) and the reading record book

Pop in to see us Read notices and letters Help your child to choose things to

bring into school that are related to our theme

Help with home learning.

Reading

Support and encourage your child to:

Describe the pictures with extended vocabulary

Understand that the pictures tell a story Speak in full sentences Develop story language Understand stories and predict what might

happen Recall and sequence stories

Ways to get words off the page

Use the pictures Use repetition, rhyme and actions Know the letter sounds Try to make sense of the text (a good guess) Know words by sight

We need to use all of these strategies to be confident readers

‘Jolly Phonics’ and ‘Letters and Sounds’

Teaches letter recognition linked to letter sounds

Each letter sound is linked to an action Other phonemes (sounds) included

e.g. sh, ch, oo, ee, or It is important to say the sounds

correctly e.g. ‘sss’ not ‘suh’ Early teaching of putting sounds

together to read words

S A T P

at

sat

a

pat

tap

To achieve happy, successful readers we need to work in partnership

Read daily with your child – try to make time in your routine

Praise and encourage Discuss the stories, pictures and words Help your child learn the Jolly Phonics

actions Help your child learn the sight words in

context Know when to stop!

Have fun! Enjoy reading with your child and they will enjoy reading with you!

Writing!

Writing is hard.

Many things are involved in writing. You have to…

Have an idea Think of words to express that idea Know how to write remembering

direction, spaces, letter formation, punctuation etc.

Still remember your idea!

Handwriting

How to hold a pencil How to go around a letter – movement

not neatness Our agreed style of letters Leaving spaces Using lines correctly

Help at home

Let your child see you writing! Lists, postcards, notes etc

Go over Jolly Phonics sounds and actions

Praise your child when they have a go at writing

Help with spellings Listen to your child telling their whole

class story

Enjoy seeing the progress!

Teaching Maths in Reception

First Steps

Your child will have come into school with a varied knowledge of maths concepts

e.g. number recognition knowledge of size, shape and

weight number rhymes, songs and

stories

3 Steps to Sound Understanding

PRACTICAL – “Put 3 animals in a field, add 2 more animals to the field. How many do we have now?”

ORAL – children will explain what they have done e.g. “3 animals add another 2 animals makes 5 animals altogether”.

MENTAL RECALL – through lots of practical work the children will develop basic mental recall skills e.g. 3+2=5

This is a great way to learn as it is based on practical experience.

What can you do at home?

There are many fun ways to help to develop your child’s maths skills at home:

Count everything and anything!

Play games e.g. dominoes, card games or dice games

Look for numbers in the environment e.g. on car journeys, shopping trips etc.

Sort objects by shape or colour

Make patterns with toys or everyday household items

When in the kitchen ask questions such as “Find a bigger plate”, “Find 3 potatoes” or “How many plates do we need for dinner?”

Money – play shopping games and talk about which coins to use.

Talk about time e.g. in the morning, tomorrow, yesterday, lunch will be at 12.00 etc.

Sing number songs and rhymes

Thank you!