Balby Central Primary Academy
Reception 2021 - 2022
Welcome to the Emerald & Sapphire's class page!
Reception Team: Mrs Lakin, Mr Smith, Miss Johnson, Mrs Bell, Miss Riley, Miss Kilby and Mrs Kaur
In Early Years Foundation Stage we plan our curriculum to help develop the whole child and prepare them for their future.
At Balby Central Primary Academy we deliver the Early Year’s Foundation Stage Curriculum. We plan activities for all areas of the curriculum. The curriculum is divided into 7 areas of learning.
These are the prime areas of learning:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Making Relationships
Self Confidence and Self Awareness
Managing Feelings and Behaviour
- Communication and Language
Listening and Attention
Understanding
Speaking
- Physical Development
Moving and Handling
Health and Self Care
And the specific areas of learning:
- Literacy
Reading
Writing
- Mathematics
Number
Shape, Space and Measure
- Understanding the Word
People and Communities
The World
Technology
- Expressive Arts and Design
Exploring and Using Media and Materials
Being Imaginative
We also focus on the Characteristics of Effective Learning:
- Playing and Exploring
- Active Learning
- Creating and Thinking Critically
Adults will encourage children to use the characteristics of effective learning providing opportunities in all areas.
Children will not only be praised for results and outcomes but for the process and attitude towards an activity.
In Early Years we focus on being Ready, Respectful and Safe. We aim for children to develop a good understanding of what these behaviours look like and how they can demonstarte them.
In Reception children get time to independently explore the classroom and outside environment alongside adult guided sessions. We follow Read, Write, Inc for phonics, reading and writing and Maths Mastery for our maths sessions. We also have a daily maths meeting.
Each week we have a story time focus text. The texts we study can be seen in the table below -
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Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
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Autumn 1 The Gingerbread Man Rainbow Fish Owl Babies The Three Little Pigs Little Red Riding Hood The Tiger Who Came to Tea Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Autumn 2 Bear Hunt Stick Man Great Fire of London story Six Dinner Sid Jolly Christmas Postman Oi! Get off our Train Christmas Story
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Spring 1 Goldilocks and the Three Bears The Smartest Giant in Town Lost and Found The Darkest Dark Here Comes Jack Frost Winter’s Child
Spring 2 Farmer Duck Squash and a squeeze What the Ladybird Heard Wild Mad about Minibeasts
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Summer 1 The 3 Billy Goats Gruff Zog The Dragon who Swallowed a Knight Sir Laughalot Rapunzel The Princess and the Wizard Duck in the Truck
Summer 2 The Gruffalo The Ugly Duckling Billy’s Bucket Where the Wild Things Are The Storm Whale Fantastic Elastic Brain
Recap favourite books
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A few helpful reminders:
- On Monday's, we have indoor and outdoor PE (children to come to school in PE kit.)
- On Fridays, books must be brought into school and the children will swap them for another.
- We will be outside in all weather. Please ensure you have appropriate clothes and shoes and rememebr that your child is likely to get dirty at times.
To help your child learn, you could:
- Talk to them about their school day
- Share the book they bring home from school with them
- Provide opportunities for your child to use skills in real life situations such as writing their name on a card, writing a shopping list or paying and getting the change
- Completing any work sent home
- Complete the activities set on Maths with Parents and Gooseberry Planet, together.
- Enjoy the outdoors as much as you can
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