Bailey’s Court Primary School

ReceptionInformation

Evening

October 5th, 2015

I can’t remember.Nothing.

What did you do at school today?

Actually we do lots at school! Hopefully this meeting will explain some of what

we do and what you can do to help your child’s learning.

Assessing in the EYFS

Timetable

Timeline

Strategies for teaching Letters and Sounds

• Multi-sensory approach

• ICT

• Jolly Phonics and Jolly Songs

• Small group work weekly

Sounds, Blending and Segmenting

• Each sound needs to be taught carefully…

• We sometimes use robot arms to help the children to hear the individual sounds that are in words

Handwriting

‘Frog on a log’or

‘Snappy fingers’

Bailey Bird word lists• A word that cannot be

sounded out is known as a ‘tricky word’.

• The Letters and Sounds document provides lists of words that the children should be able to read and spell at various stages of their development.

• Children’s ability to read and spell these words is assessed regularly at school.

• Words that children still need to learn are sent home on a Bailey Bird in their Challenge Books to practise at home.

Reading• Children will be given 2 books which are changed weekly.• We use a variety of reading schemes but

particularly Oxford Reading Tree in the early stages of reading.

• Reading stages- Children will regularly read with the teacher and other adults in school. Judgements about moving up the scale are made on comprehension and fluency.

• Reading Record Books are for home use.

Phase 2 Phase 3s – sita – antt – tapp – pani - ink n - nipm - matd - duckg - goato – onc - capk - kingck - ducke - eggu - upr - ragh - handb - batf - fitff - huffl – lipll – fullss - hiss

j – jellyv- vanw – windx – x-rayy – yesz – zipzz – buzzqu – queench - chipsh - shopth – thinth - thenng - ringai - rainee - feetigh - nightoa - boatoo - lookoo - bootar - farmor – forur – hurtow – cowoi – coinear – dearair – fairure – sureer - corner

Supporting your child’s Literacy learning at home

• Encourage a love of reading by sharing books regularly with your child. • Help your child to learn the words that are sent

home on their Bailey Bird sheets.• Remember to use the correct pronunciation of

sounds and use ‘robot arms’ to help blending.• Point out sounds and words in the

environment.

Strategies for teaching Numeracy

• Numicon

• Practical and multi-sensory approach

• Counting Songs

• ICT

• Small group work weekly

Numicon• Numicon teaches children about numbers and what they mean, before and alongside

counting and patterning activities through hands-on activities, games, songs, in a structured approach.

• That's why being able to pick up the shapes of the numbers and do things with them (and with the pegs to make the patterns of the holes), children see numbers as 'wholes' made up of parts.

• This way of teaching is so supportive to all children, but particularly those requiring a visual, hands-on style.

• Numicon is a multi-sensory approach to teaching maths developed by experts in the classroom. It is designed to help children understand connections between numbers. It's ideal to support the early maths teaching they will be meeting in the classroom.

• Through the multi-sensory activities and mathematical language of Numicon, your child will develop the understanding and skills that underpin their later understanding of number.

• OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS – NUMICON AT HOME

Supporting your child’s Numeracy learning at home

• Play games• Dot to dot books• Sing songs• Bake!• Make a shop at home• Point out numbers and shapes in the local

environment

Challenge Books / Reading Records

Lunches

Communication

Wow Slips Creating an amazing painting/ collage/ sculpture/ model. Making music. Riding their bike without stabilizers. Climbing to the top of a climbing frame. Using a switch or computer to communicate Logging on and off to a computer. Using scissors/ staplers/ tongs/ knives/ cutters/ drills with

control and safety. Investigating an interest e.g. trains, snakes, butterflies,

Ben 10, princesses etc. Counting, adding or subtracting in ‘real life’ situations e.g.

paying for an item in a shop- counting out the correct amount of money and working out how much

change they needed. Reading – labels, signs, library books, newspapers, comics,

information books/internet. Writing – their name, labels, captions, stories, instructions. Performing in front of an audience (family members or a wider

audience). Showing an awareness of their own and other cultures

and beliefs. Getting themselves dressed for school/ swimming/ football for

the first time. Showing kindness and consideration for someone else. Being engrossed in their play or an activity for a long period

of time.

PE kit reminderPE kit reminder

Indoor PE kit:A Bailey’s Court PE t-shirt (in your child’s house colour) and black shorts.Outdoor PE kit:PE tracksuit bottoms, a Bailey’s Court PE t-shirt (in your child’shouse colour), jumper (not everyday school jumper), trainers (noteveryday school shoes).It would also be recommended to provide the children with a sparepair of socks, especially in the case of girls wearing tights as these are not to be worn during PE lessons.

Learning Checklist• Alphabet • Letter sounds• Writing numbers 1-10• Writing own names• Count aloud 10, then 20• Ordering numbers to 10• Scissor skills• Fine motor skills• Naming colours• Changed / dressed independently• Weekend news

Additional Information• Stay and Play (see letter) /Open afternoons

• DECEMBER open afternoons for Reception

• Volunteers

• Water bottles / fruit

• Named belongings

• Pack to go home – letters, fine motor skills, sounds, scissor skills

• Website - www.baileyscourt.com