Things we will talk about The Early Years Foundation Stage
Curriculum Teaching methods in Early years Maths Literacy How
parents can get involved
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The whole child in Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum
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The Effective Characteristics of Learning How children learn.
Engagement Finding out and exploring Join in with open ended
activities Take part in make believe and pretend Engage in role
play Being willing to have ago Playing and Exploring Active
Learning Motivation Being involved and concentrating Keep trying
when challenges occur. Enjoying achieving what they set to do
Creating and Thinking Critically Having own ideas Find ways to
solve problems Choosing ways to do things Making links
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Playing and exploring - engagement Exploring different sounds
of instruments and having a go. Pretending to be medical
practitioners Experimenting with milk, food colouring and washing
up liquid. Exploring artefacts linked to animals Newly hatched
ducklings
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Active learning - motivation Reading to other children on TV
Reading to each other Drawing stories together Having fun learning
about 3D shapes Learning about money Making words
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Creating and thinking critically - thinking Actively learning
about 2 D shapes Interviewing people in the local caf. How to
measure the lengths? Reading clues: treasure hunt Shape fashion
show Making the scale balance
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When all the elements of effective learning happen, children
progress well in all areas of their learning and development. They
are engaged and have confidence to have a go at different
activities They have motivation to learn and explore; they keep
trying until they achieve what they set out to do. Engaged and
motivated children develop many ideas, make links between different
areas of learning. They have confidence to experiment and find
their own way of solving a problem. These children laugh at the
programme they are watching on their TV in their living room.
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How we do it at Tiverton Maths area Writing world Play ICT Role
play Creative area Construction Site Outside play
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Childrens independent play Resources available for children to
choose!
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Through careful observation we put things in place to develop
childrens learning in the context of their interests.
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Adult Directed activities Are fun! Incorporate childrens
interests Based on childs individual needs Adults support and
questioning teaches and extends learning.
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Progress in writing Pretend writing Children observe what
adults do and experiment in their play Children begin to use letter
shapes. At first letters do not have correlation to the sounds in
words that children write. At the end of Reception class children
are expected to write sentences with some words spelled correctly
and others phonetically correct. When children begin to hear sounds
in words they begin to represent them in their writing.
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Writing at school Independent writing for a range of purposes
Encouraging emergent writing and mark making! Shared writing Adult
directed Writing tasks Encouraging phonetic sounding out of words
Letter formation High frequency words Support at home Its fun
writing words on the walls
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Progress in reading Children progress best if they are read
stories at home regularly. Children use story books to retell
stories they know, they use pictures to make a story of their own.
Children begin to decode simple regular words (c-a-t) and they also
beginning to use their knowledge of High Frequency words that they
learn in Reception Class. It is important to encourage your child
to find / decode words in stories you read together. At the end of
Reception Class children are expected to read simple sentences and
understand what they are reading. It is important to talk to the
child about the story they read to see if they understood what they
read.
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Progress in maths - numbers Children recite numbers in order to
10. They learn to do this through songs and games. Children compare
groups of objects. Children count out up to 10 objects from a
larger group. Children add 2 groups of objects. Children work with
numbers to 20. They record their problem solving and explain what
they are doing.
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Shape, Space and Measure Children learn about flat and solid
shapes. They use everyday language relating to money and time. They
learn about pattern and sequence. They explore lengths, height,
weight and capacity.
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Parental / Carers Involvement You are your childs first teacher
We have an open door policy. You are always welcome to come and
help with different activities.
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Parental / Carers Involvement Special books - Please take your
childs Special Book home once a week. You can add something for
your childs show & tell on his or her Focused Day. Share with
us your family customs and traditions. Please share with us
information about your childs development and special days and
events.
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Parental / carers involvement We are planning to have
Curriculum Open Workshops when parents observe teachers in
different curriculum areas and then discuss what they observe with
the teachers. We would like to have support from you to assess your
childs learning and development. Please tell us what your child
does at home. We can learn from each other. Please help us on
trips. We cant go without your support.