Oak - Early Years Reception
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 message us via Tapestry.
Mrs Hardy (Mon, Tues) and Mrs Leach (Weds, Thurs, Fri)
Key information:
- PE will take place on Thursdays. Please make sure your child comes to school in their PE kit on those days
- 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.
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.
An overview of the Reception Year
Learning in Oak class often takes us to wonderful places but please see below for a general overview of themes for the year.
A typical day in Oak Class looks like this...
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Summer 2
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
Please see below for the Phonics Phase 3 sounds and tricky words we will be focusing throughout the term
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...
Oak Class Fundraising
This year we hope to further enhance our EYFS offer by adding woodwork to our provision. Thank you to all our families for helping us to reach our ambitious target.
Our current total is £1250!! We have reached our total!! Thank you all
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
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
These 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:
- 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.
- Active Learn: Read online Bug Club Books and visit the Math Factor.
- Numberblocks: Sing along and learn all about numbers with the Numberblocks!
- 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.
- Epic Phonics: One month free membership.
- Phonics Play: You will find lots of games and ideas to explore with children at home. Free membership.
- Tapestry: Visit home Coppice Valley home learning ideas and share your learning.
- 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.
- Time To Come In, Bear written by Kim St. Lawrence - A story explaining social distancing to young children
APPs for EYFS
- Meet the Numberblocks: Can you count the Numberblobs? FREE
- Numberblocks: Hide and Seek: Find and add the Numberblocks!
- Numberblocks: Card Fun!: Learn with the Numberblocks!
- Meet the Alphablocks! FREE
- Alphablocks: Letter Fun: Learn to read with phonics
- CBeebies Free Apps for Kids
Please see below for further documents which you may find helpful.
A Guide to Maths Mastery in Reception(pdf)
Created March 2022Permalink
eyfs-mastery-booklet-coppice-valley
Coppice Valley EYFS Long term plan(pdf)
Created March 2023Permalink
Front cover + EYFS long term plan
Early Years Foundation Stage at Coppice Valley(pdf)
Created February 2023Permalink
A guide to the early years foundation stage
EYFS maths Talk & Learn Alive in 5(pdf)
Created January 2023Permalink
EYFS maths Talk & Learn Alive in 5
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