On this page you will find all the information you need to know about life in EYFS for Nursery and Reception Children.
Early Years Foundation Stage
At Chiseldon Primary and Nursery School, we offer a vibrant, nurturing environment where our Nursery and Reception children thrive together through play-based learning. Our unique free flow continuous provision allows children to choose their own learning paths, enabling them to explore their interests in a fun and engaging way. With adult-directed tasks tailored to their individual needs, we ensure that every child's learning is both meaningful and relevant.
Our curriculum covers the seven key areas of learning:
1: Personal, Social and Emotional development; "...involves helping children to develop a positive sense of themselves, and others; to form positive relationships and develop respect for others; to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; to understand appropriate behaviours in groups; and have confidence in their own abilities." EYFS 2024
2: Physical Development; "...involves providing opportunities for young children to be active and interactive; and to develop their coordination, control, and movement. Children must also be helped to understand the importance of physical opportunity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food." EYFS 2024
3: Communication and Language; "....development involves giving children opportunities to experience a rich learning environment; to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations" EYFS 2024
4: Literacy; "...development involves encouraging children to link sounds and letters and to begin to read and write. Children must be given access to a wide range of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their interest." EYFS 2024
5: Mathematics; "... involves providing children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes, spaces, and measure." EYFS 2024
6: Understanding the World; "... involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment." EYFS 2024
7: Expressive Arts and Design; "... involves enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role-play, and design and technology." EYFS 2024
We believe in fostering independence and a strong sense of community, which is why our children actively participate in whole school OPAL play times and lunches. Here, they not only learn valuable skills but also forge friendships that last a lifetime. Join us in creating joyful learning experiences for your little ones!
Nursery
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Nursery
Our Nursery takes from age 2 all the way until pre-school age children.
We say goodbye to our parents/carers at the door in the morning and join in with our morning activities, which vary from morning yoga to squiggle dancing. We operate a free flow provision whereby we cater for the child's individual stage of development and what exactly they need to achieve their full potential.
Children in Nursery will need:
- Appropriate clothing - either school uniform or clothing that you don't mind getting messy.
- Appropriate shoes- such as trainers/daps or school shoes something that your child can walk/ run/ climb in comfortably.
- Water bottle- With only water in please
- Coat- Who knows what the English weather is doing so a coat, even a foldable one is always good to have.
- Wellies- a pair we can keep in school, as the weather is up and down and we will go outside in ALL weathers, these are beneficial to have.
- Sun Hat
- Suncream
- Nappies if needed
- Spare clothes- accidents happen, plus we get very messy!
Please can ALL of your child's items be named!!
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Reception
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Reception
Our Reception Class is the next stage on in EYFS where we focus more on direct learning such as English, Maths and Handwriting, ensuring the children have the key skills they need to build upon through their educational journey through school. Play based learning is still a key and vital role of Reception Life and they will have opportunities to take ownership of their learning by choosing topics that interest them and building an environment around this!
At 8:25, we say goodbye to our parents/carers at the door in the morning and join in with Early Morning Tasks which vary from fine motor skills, name writing, question building etc. We operate a free flow provision whereby we cater for the child's individual stage of development and what exactly they need to achieve their full potential.
Children in Reception will need:
- School Uniform.
- Appropriate shoes
- Water bottle- With only water in please
- Coat- Who knows what the English weather is doing so a coat, even a foldable one is always good to have.
- PE Kit- our PE day is on a Wednesday afternoon. Please can every child have their P.E. kit in school on this day. This should consist of black sports trousers/leggings or shorts, a t-shirt in your child's house colour or a white t-shirt and trainers. Please can your child have their trainers in school at all times as we do a daily mile run.
- Wellies- a pair we can keep in school, as the weather is up and down and we will go outside in ALL weathers, these are beneficial to have.
- Sun Hat
- Suncream
Please can ALL of your child's items be named!! 30 jumpers is a lot to search through to find just one!
Children in Reception will be expected to complete daily homework to embed the key knowledge and skills taught,
The homework expectations are as follows:
- Reading: Please spend about 10 minutes reading their phonics books each evening.
- Phonics Practice: Up to 10 minutes practising the sounds they are learning, which will be assigned on DoodleSpell.
- Doodle Maths: Pupils should aim to be in the green zone on Doodle Maths.
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Please Take a Look at our Termly Updates.
Here you will find key information for the term and our AMAZING learning!
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Welcome to Term 1, we are so excited to start off our amazing journey this year!!
We start back at school on Tuesday 2nd September and it is a dress up day to kick off our termly topic, children may come dressed as their 'favourite character of all time'
Please have a look on here for updates and photos of your children's learning, it's going to be a great term!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me!
Mrs C-S
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