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Early Years Curriculum at Tiverton September 2014

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Things we will talk about The Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum Teaching methods in Early years Maths Literacy How parents can get involved

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The whole child in Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum

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The Effective Characteristics of Learning How children learn. Engagement Finding out and exploring Join in with open ended activities Take part in make believe and pretend Engage in role play Being willing to have ago Playing and Exploring Active Learning Motivation Being involved and concentrating Keep trying when challenges occur. Enjoying achieving what they set to do Creating and Thinking Critically Having own ideas Find ways to solve problems Choosing ways to do things Making links

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Playing and exploring - engagement Exploring different sounds of instruments and having a go. Pretending to be medical practitioners Experimenting with milk, food colouring and washing up liquid. Exploring artefacts linked to animals Newly hatched ducklings

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Active learning - motivation Reading to other children on TV Reading to each other Drawing stories together Having fun learning about 3D shapes Learning about money Making words

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Creating and thinking critically - thinking Actively learning about 2 D shapes Interviewing people in the local caf. How to measure the lengths? Reading clues: treasure hunt Shape fashion show Making the scale balance

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When all the elements of effective learning happen, children progress well in all areas of their learning and development. They are engaged and have confidence to have a go at different activities They have motivation to learn and explore; they keep trying until they achieve what they set out to do. Engaged and motivated children develop many ideas, make links between different areas of learning. They have confidence to experiment and find their own way of solving a problem. These children laugh at the programme they are watching on their TV in their living room.

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How we do it at Tiverton Maths area Writing world Play ICT Role play Creative area Construction Site Outside play

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Childrens independent play Resources available for children to choose!

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Through careful observation we put things in place to develop childrens learning in the context of their interests.

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Adult Directed activities Are fun! Incorporate childrens interests Based on childs individual needs Adults support and questioning teaches and extends learning.

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Progress in writing Pretend writing Children observe what adults do and experiment in their play Children begin to use letter shapes. At first letters do not have correlation to the sounds in words that children write. At the end of Reception class children are expected to write sentences with some words spelled correctly and others phonetically correct. When children begin to hear sounds in words they begin to represent them in their writing.

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Writing at school Independent writing for a range of purposes Encouraging emergent writing and mark making! Shared writing Adult directed Writing tasks Encouraging phonetic sounding out of words Letter formation High frequency words Support at home Its fun writing words on the walls

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Progress in reading Children progress best if they are read stories at home regularly. Children use story books to retell stories they know, they use pictures to make a story of their own. Children begin to decode simple regular words (c-a-t) and they also beginning to use their knowledge of High Frequency words that they learn in Reception Class. It is important to encourage your child to find / decode words in stories you read together. At the end of Reception Class children are expected to read simple sentences and understand what they are reading. It is important to talk to the child about the story they read to see if they understood what they read.

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Progress in maths - numbers Children recite numbers in order to 10. They learn to do this through songs and games. Children compare groups of objects. Children count out up to 10 objects from a larger group. Children add 2 groups of objects. Children work with numbers to 20. They record their problem solving and explain what they are doing.

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Shape, Space and Measure Children learn about flat and solid shapes. They use everyday language relating to money and time. They learn about pattern and sequence. They explore lengths, height, weight and capacity.

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Parental / Carers Involvement You are your childs first teacher We have an open door policy. You are always welcome to come and help with different activities.

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Parental / Carers Involvement Special books - Please take your childs Special Book home once a week. You can add something for your childs show & tell on his or her Focused Day. Share with us your family customs and traditions. Please share with us information about your childs development and special days and events.

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Parental / carers involvement We are planning to have Curriculum Open Workshops when parents observe teachers in different curriculum areas and then discuss what they observe with the teachers. We would like to have support from you to assess your childs learning and development. Please tell us what your child does at home. We can learn from each other. Please help us on trips. We cant go without your support.