Our EYFS Intent
In the Early Years Foundation Stage, we are proud to facilitate every child’s first step into the bespoke, stimulating and awe-inspiring curriculum that is delivered throughout their time at school.
We place the Christian values at the heart of what we do to inspire and ignite a lifelong love of learning. We provide a safe and nurturing environment in which children flourish in confidence, empowering them to lead their own learning and explore their interests through play. The staff care deeply and use their experience to scaffold the children’s learning and provide avenues of exploration through highly skilled and positive interactions. The environment is set up in a way that allows children to be independent learners and offers opportunities to develop creative thinking skills, through which the children’s resilience blossoms and equips them to deal with the triumphs and mistakes they experience on their learning journey. Through this approach we use the Characteristics of Effective Learning to plan and asses each child’s next steps. Staff enhance the areas of provision with resources that challenge, extend and run alongside the continuous provision, inspired by the children’s enthusiasms.
We offer opportunities to spark the children’s curiosity through adult planned themes linked to their interests, celebrations of key events and investigations into seasonal changes throughout the year. We establish a community and link this to the local community the children are familiar with in Calverley. We connect and foster close relationships with our families and use this as a springboard to discover and understand the wider world.
In Reception the daily timetable is structured in a way which allows for adult led carpet inputs, which bookend long periods of uninterrupted child led play. The inputs and adult led activities are always tailored to meet every child’s individual needs as well as building towards the end of year expectations. We deliver daily ‘Read, Write Inc’ Phonic sessions and class Maths, following the long-term plan. The Early Years Foundation works as a unit and the children have access to both classrooms and the outdoor area daily. The children leave reception intrinsically motivated and fully prepared, with the knowledge, skills and understanding they will need for their next stage of learning in Year 1.
Reception Curriculum Overview
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Autumn 1 updated for 2023-24 cohort |
Autumn 2 updated for 2023-24 cohort |
Spring 1 updated for 2023-24 cohort |
Spring 2 updated for 2023-24 cohort |
Summer 1 updated for 2023-24 cohort |
Summer 2 updated for 2023-24 cohort |
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R.E |
Why is the word God so important to Christians? - Creation |
Why do Christians perform nativity plays at Christmas? – Incarnation |
Where do we belong? |
Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter Garden? - Salvation |
Which places are special and why? |
Which stories are special and why? |
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School Values Cycle 1 |
Service |
Peace |
Perseverance |
Responsibility |
Trust |
Truthfulness |
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School Values Cycle 2 2023-24 |
Friendship |
Reverence & Respect |
Humility |
Creation & Creativity |
Community |
Compassion |
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Reception Themes |
Getting to know you Seasonal Changes Autumn |
Ladybirds Life Cycle Christmas |
Sticks Seasonal Changes Winter |
Celebrations My Family Signs of spring Easter Spring |
Frog Life Cycle - new frog pond launched Cafes Making a home for a badger Spring contd. |
Minibeasts Pirates Moving to Australia Transition Summer |
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Taught Texts |
The Colour Monster Pantosaurus and the power of pants! Elmer LeafMan |
All about Ladybirds The Christmas Story |
Not a Stick Stanley's Stick Stickman We're Going on a Bear Hunt The Three Little Pigs |
I Love You to the Moon and Back Love Makes a family |
All about Frogs (non fiction) Somebody Swallowed Stanley The tiger came to tea Tidy |
Strong Like Me I love my Daddy My Family, Your Family Our Class is a Family All are Welcome |
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Diversity, community, unique, differences, celebrate, collaborate Voyage, above, below, underneath, crunchy, multicoloured, season |
Protect, conflict, remembrance, respect, defend, peace, Emergency services, extinguish, fire safety Nativity, miracle, saviour, stable, Bethlehem, manger, frankincense, myrrh |
Season, winter, frozen, icicle, melting, frost, mist, Wonky, bendy, bumpy, zig zag, branch, trunk, bark, woods, imagination, pretend, describe, lost Church: font, pulpit, altar, lectern, stained glass windows, pews |
Lent, gratitude, sacrifice, Buds, blossom, pollen, nectar seeds, stem, roots, kitten, calf, piglet, chick, duckling lamb, tadpole, froglet Charity, disciples, cross, Palm Sunday, prayer, |
pollution, materials, metal, plastic, wood, sea creature names, coral reef, earth, oceans, Habitat, den, bark, nurture, nature, shelter, badger, nocturnal, oak, Life cycle, frogspawn, tadpole, froglet, amphibian |
pirate, cutlass, treasure, eye patch, captain, ship, compass, desert island, Australia, continent, Great Barrier Reed, Ocean, travel, outback, coast, island, UK, England, inland, countryside, mammal, animals names, constrast, similar, different, |
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Celebrate |
Harvest Bonfire Night |
Diwali Children in Need Remembrance Day Advent Christmas |
New Year Luna New Year Rosa Park's Day |
Valentine's Day Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday Lent Easter Holi World Book Day International Women's Day Mothering Sunday |
Walk to school Week Earth Day 2024 |
Father’s Day Transition Week |
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Visits/ visitors/ experiences |
Local Woodland Walk |
Santa visit |
Local Woodland Walk |
World Book Day Kate Pankhurst - International Women's Day Holi Festival Signs of Spring walk with Mr Harkins |
Nell Bank Tadpoles Local cafe visit |
Pirate Party Summer Picnic - with new teachers Kemp’s Farm Calverley Allotments Signs of Summer walk |
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Family Engagement |
Parents Open Morning Stay and Play sessions Phonics Workshop |
'Christmas Crafternoon' Nativity Show |
Stay and Play session |
Holi festival My Family Class Assembly Parents Evening |
Stay and Play session |
Father’s Day Celebration Sport’s Day Reports sent home Meet the Teacher |
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Phonics |
Set 1 sounds Read all single letter sounds speedily 25 sounds, orally blend and word time 1.1-1.4 |
Photocopiable Ditty and Teach Set 1 Special Friends Word time 1.5 |
Red Ditty Word time 1.6 and 1.7 |
Green Ditty First 6 of Set 2 Sounds and Green Words |
Purple Ditty Set 2 sounds contd and Green Words |
End of Purple Ditty Read all 37 sounds |
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Maths |
NumberBlocks 1-3
2d shapes |
NumberBlocks 4-5
Patterns |
NumberBlocks 1- 5
2D Shapes |
NumberBlocks 6, 7, & 8
Time |
NumberBlocks 9 & 10
3D Shapes |