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Oak - Early Years Reception

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Welcome to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us, you can email our class email - oak@cvps.rklt.co.uk or via the office – office@cvps.rklt.co.uk

Mrs Hardy (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs) and Miss Baxter (Fri)

Key information: 

  • PE will begin Autumn 2 on Fridays. Please send the children to school in PE kit which is plain navy/white t-shirt and plain navy joggers/shorts, and plain trainers. Plus a navy sweatshirt.
  • All children should wear uniform which is clearly named. 
  • Drop-off time is between 8:45am - 8.55am. Pick-up time is between 3:25pm. Please drop off and collect your child from the side entrance to Oak classroom.
  • Please ensure your child has a spare set of clothes, waterproofs and wellies, bookbag and water bottle in school everyday.

Download the guide to the Early Years Foundation Stage at Coppice Valley

For a more detailed document outlining our philosophy and policy for Early Years at Coppice Valley please click here.

Oak Class Weekly Timetable 2024-25 - Autumn 2

 

8.45am

 

9.00am

 

9.45am

 

10.40 am

11.20am

 

11.50am

 

12.10pm

 

1.20pm

 

1.40pm

 

2.45pm

 

 

Morning work

Phonics- Little Wandle

 

Child-initiated, adult led and sustained shared thinking

Guided Reading Session

(Carousel groups)

Literacy- Talk Through Stories

Singing

Story Hand-washing

Lunch

Maths Input

Child-initiated, adult led and sustained shared thinking

Literacy Talk Through Stories/Story/Topic/RE

/PSHE/ Poetry Basket

Mon

Linked provision, greet children and parents, register.

Phonics

 

Reading groups-decoding

Vocabulary time

Singing

Story Hand-washing

Lunch

Maths

RE

TTS-Storytime

Phonics-Keep up groups

Tues

Linked provision, greet children and parents, register.

Phonics

JS in for baking and extra story time. Speech and Language time

Reading groups- Prosody

Vocabulary time

Singing

Story Hand-washing

Lunch

Forest School

Poetry Basket/Topic

TTS-Storytime

Phonics- Keep up groups

Wed

Linked provision, greet children and parents, register.

Phonics

 

Reading groups-Comp and change books

Vocabulary time

Singing

Story Hand-washing

Lunch

Maths and Art

Music

Storytime for TTS-Storytime

Phonics Keep up groups

Thurs

Linked provision, greet children and parents, register.

Phonics

Keep up groups

Library book change

 

Vocabulary time

Singing

Story Hand-washing

Lunch

Maths

Poetry Basket/Topic

Storytime for TTS-Storytime

PSHE

Fri

Linked provision, greet children and parents, register.

Phonics

Keep up groups

PE

 

Vocabulary Time

Singing

Story Hand-washing

Lunch

Maths

TTS-Storytime

Curriculum Information

Throughout the Reception Year your child will partake in an ambitious curriculum which is designed in a sequential way to ensure progress towards our end of year curricular goals. See below.

Each term we update our webpage with information about what your child will be learning.

Learning in Oak class often takes us to wonderful places but please see below for a general overview of themes for the year.

Reception Topics

For our more detailed plan of the year please click here.

Our daily schedule

A typical day in Oak Class looks like this...

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Julian is a mermaid


Autumn 1

Theme:

The curriculum in Oak Class is delivered through a balance of adult led and child led learning. It incorporates everything we want the children to experience, learn and be able to do. Meeting all the requirements of the educational programmes in the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the flexibility to allow us to respond quickly to children’s new interests and/or needs.

Below is a broad overview of what we are learning this half term. Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through 7 areas of learning and development. All areas are interconnected.

Phonics

little wandleWe are proud to be a Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised school.

Please see the Little Wandle website for parents:

For parents - Letters and Sounds (littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk)

Please see below for the Phonics Phase 2 and 3 sounds and tricky words we will be focusing throughout the term.

LW Phase-2-and-3

Phonics Support

Phonics is recommended as the first strategy that children should be taught in helping them learn to read. It runs alongside other teaching methods such as Guided Reading and Shared Reading to help children develop all the other vital reading skills and hopefully give them a real love of reading. At Coppice Valley we use a programme called Phonics Bug to support early reading.

So what is phonics?

Words are made up from small units of sound called phonemes. Phonics teaches children to be able to listen carefully and identify the phonemes that make up each word. This helps children to learn to read words and to spell words. These might help to understand phonics jargon...

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phonics-2

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Coppice Sharing Wordless Books

How to support your child at home

The document below supports understanding of the seven areas of learning and development at particular ages and stage

Mathematics Support

Maths Talk and Learn: to 20 and Beyond!

There are six key areas of early mathematics learning, which collectively provide a platform for everything children will encounter as they progress through their maths learning at primary school, and beyond:

  • Cardinality and Counting
  • Comparison
  • Composition
  • Pattern
  • Shape and Space
  • Measures


number-blocksThese areas form the fundamental mathematical basis of a CBeebies series of five-minute animated programmes called Numberblocks. We use these and the NCETM materials to draw out and build on the maths embedded in the stories contained in each episode.

 

You may also like to check out the EYFS website below:

  1. White Rose Math White Rose Maths Team has prepared a series of five maths lessons for each year group from Year 1-8. Every lesson comes with a short video showing you clearly and simply how to help your child to complete the activity successfully.
  2. Active Learn: Read online Bug Club Books and visit the Math Factor. 
  3. Numberblocks:  Sing along and learn all about numbers with the Numberblocks!
  4. Alphablocks:  Watch as the letters of the alphabet tell stories and make words using phonics. Play the learning game, watch clips and print colouring pages.
  5. Epic Phonics: One month free membership.
  6. Phonics Play:  You will find lots of games and ideas to explore with children at home. Free membership.
  7. Tapestry: Visit home Coppice Valley home learning ideas and share your learning. 
  8. Stay at Home Story Time:  Oliver Jeffers will be reading one of his books every weekday and talking about some of the things that went into making it.
  9. Time To Come In, Bear written by Kim St. Lawrence  - A story explaining social distancing to young children

APPs for EYFS

Please see below for further documents which you may find helpful.

A Guide to Maths Mastery in Reception(pdf)

Created March 2022

eyfs-mastery-booklet-coppice-valley

Autumn 1 parent guide(pdf)

Created August 2024

Autumn 1 parent guide

Coppice Sharing Wordless Books(pdf)

Created September 2022

Coppice Sharing Wordless Books

Early Years Foundation Stage at Coppice Valley(pdf)

Created February 2023

A guide to the early years foundation stage

EYFS maths Talk & Learn Alive in 5(pdf)

Created January 2023

EYFS maths Talk & Learn Alive in 5

EYFS MTP - Autumn 1 24-25(pdf)

Created August 2024

EYFS MTP - Autumn 1 24-25

EYFS MTP - Autumn 2 24-25(pdf)

Created November 2024

EYFS MTP - Autumn 2 24-25

EYFS Policy 2024.pdf(pdf)

Created March 2024

EYFS Policy 2024.pdf

EYFS VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT 23-24 1(pdf)

Created August 2023

EYFS VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT 23-24 1

Key knowledge roots sum 2(pdf)

Created June 2024

Key knowledge roots sum 2

Maths Talk and Learn - to 20 and beyong(pdf)

Created June 2024

Maths Talk and Learn - to 20 and beyong

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