The Reception timetable is carefully structured so that children have rigorous directed teaching in English, Maths, Read Write Inc and Topic everyday with regular circle time sessions to focus on PSED and Communication and Language.

English

Our English lessons develop pupils’ spoken language, reading, writing and understanding of vocabulary. We teach our pupils to speak clearly, to convey their ideas fluently and confidently. The use of Boxing Clever allows pupils to develop a strong understanding of story structure and story language. Through Boxing Clever children will develop an understanding of story features such as settings, what goes wrong, who helps and how characters may be feeling.

During our English lessons children are taught how to orally rehearse the story, use actions to act out parts of the story and to sequence the story to develop their understanding. Children will also be taught how to write character descriptions, draw story maps or to verbally act out scenes or repeat sentences as though they themselves were the character. WOW sessions are planned into our English curriculum so that children develop a pleasure for reading and writing for a purpose. For example, during the teaching of The Little Red Hen children tasted and described different types of bread and then went on to make their own bread roll.

Maths

Maths in Reception, is an introduction to all the key skills that children will need in later school life. During the year, they will learn how to count, recognise and represent numbers, add, subtract, double and share. Through our Maths curriculum children also get taught how to order by height and length, weight and capacity. Learning new vocabulary such as names of 2D and 3D shapes, looking for them in objects around their homes or in the classroom.  All teaching of maths at Stanton Bridge is done with practical objects and children are taught maths concepts through CPA (Concrete, pictorial, abstract) approach. In lessons, children get smaller scaled versions of what the teacher is demonstrating to allow them to be hands on and involved, applying their new learning and skills.  There is also a large focus on using numicon (which is a great colourful, multi-use resource) to help them solve number problems, make numbers or count accurately.

More information for parents can be found here, https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/maths/numicon-guide-for-parents/

Understanding the World

This area of the EYFS curriculum is very similar to science in terms that it looks at the world around us. However it also incorporates technology and People and communities. Children in Reception complete Topic lessons daily these are usually based around a theme that links to the text in English or based on children’s interests. Through our topic curriculum, children are taught about celebrations, animals, food from around the world and growing. During our growing topic children get to plant and care for their own seeds aswell as observe the life cycle of a hen. Children will observe and look after chicks.  

Within the technology aspect, children use Ipads, beebots, camera, talking tins frequently to support their learning.

Read Write Inc

As reading and writing are fundamental at Stanton Bridge Primary School, R.W.I will begin to be taught in Reception at the start of Autumn 1. Within the daily RWI sessions children will be encouraged and supported to identify and write set 1 sounds. Children will be taught how to hear and identify initial sounds in words and the use of picture prompts will support their understanding. Through the R.W.I sessions children will also develop their blending and segmenting skills. Children will be taught how to orally blend CVC (three letter) words. The writing aspect of R.W.I will teach the children how to apply their phonics strategies, e.g., using Fred fingers to write words. In order for all children to be successful we assess them each half term and place them in a group that is matched to their ability.

Action Words

Throughout Reception, children will be taught how to read and write action words. Action words are those words which occur most frequently in written material, for example, "and", "the", "as" and "it". They are often words that have little meaning on their own, but they do contribute significantly to the meaning of a sentence as a whole. By the end of Reception children must be able to read and write all 45 action words.