Reception
Reception
The teaching in our Reception class is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. This stage is the period of education up to the age of 5 years.
The Early Years Foundation Stage is based on six areas of learning:
- Personal, social and emotional development
- Communication, language and literacy
- Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy
- Knowledge and understanding of the world
- Physical development
- Creative development
Our goal is to enhance and embellish this curriculum whilst maintaining a strong emphasis on acquiring the basic tools vital to early schooling. We carefully structure the work to help children develop their skills and relationships so that they reach these Early Learning Goals milestones by the end of the Reception year, with most children exceeding them.
We recognise that not all children develop at the same speed or in the same way so we differentiate accordingly, allowing our more able children to achieve very high standards. By observing all children at work and play we are able to continuously assess progress and attainment. We maintain a profile of each child's development throughout the Early Years that is shared with parents and staff as your child progresses into Year 1 and beyond.