Foundation Stage

Parent Meeting

2013

Values SchoolA list of values.

One chosen each monthUnderstanding TrustCaring PeaceCo-operation ThoughtfulnessCourage UnityHope PatienceFreedom HumilityHope LoveHonesty SimplicityAppreciation ResponsibilityFriendship QualityHappiness Tolerance

• At Swallowfield we want to demonstrate a whole school commitment to the EYFS statutory framework to achieve quality in early years, giving children the opportunity to fulfil their full potential, providing a place of attainment.

• We present them with an appropriate curriculum, which is designed to challenge and inspire, but also allow them to be successful. Most importantly, we support them with a staff of highly qualified and experienced professionals. These people are our most important resource. They will support your child in every aspect of their development, not only in their academic attainment, but also to ensure their happiness, wellbeing and progress.

Daily Routine

MorningRegistrationEnglish ActivityMilk or JuicePlaytimeMaths Activity LunchCreative or Knowledge and

Understanding ActivitiesStory Home Time

P.E.YFWG

WednesdaysYFP

Thursdays

Swimming

Usually Fridays (weather permitting)

Early Years Curriculum

PRIME AREAS:

•communication and language

•physical development

•personal, social and emotional development

SPECIFIC AREAS:

•literacy

•mathematics

•understanding the world

•expressive arts and design

Inspection evidence and research show that the critical age when children learn to be good readers and writers is between three and seven.Rose Report

Children develop at their own rates, and in their own ways. The development statements and their order should not be taken as necessary steps for individual children. They should not be used as checklists. The age / stage bands overlap because these are not fixed age boundaries but suggest a typical range of development.

• Practitioners must indicate whether children are meeting expected levels of development, or if they are exceeding expected levels, or not yet reaching expected levels (‘emerging’).

Words are made up from small units of sound called phonemes. Phonics teaches children to be able to listen carefully and identify the phonemes that make up each word. This helps children to learn to read words and to spell words

s

The English language only has around 44 phonemes but there are around 120 graphemes or ways of writing down those 44 phonemes. Obviously we only have 26 letters in the alphabet so some graphemes are made up from more than one letter.

s, a, t, p - at, a, sat, pat, tap, sap, as

i - it, is, sit, sat, pit, tip, pip, sip n - an, in, nip, pan, pin, tin, tan, nap m - am, man, mam, mat, map, Pam, Tim, Samd - dad, and, sad, dim, dip, din, did, Sid

Order of phonemes

However,

Tricky Words

Learning logsAnd

Supporting Learning

Key Words Book

RemindersUniformFruitWater bottlesLunchesIllness and absence

48 hours if sickContact school office before

9amBook BagsHolidays

Upcoming datesParent Consultation – 22nd

OctoberCoffee afternoon - 17th October

Class Assembly YFWG – 10th October

Class Assembly YFP – October Christmas Nativity - December

We have made our own carrot story books and they are available for you to download and share at home on Amazon, free of charge, until this Friday.

Any Questions?