Welcombe Avenue, Park North,
Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 2QN
01793 342342
Reception
Welcome to Reception
The Reception Team
Class Teachers and Class Names
Mr Gale Owls Class 1
Mrs Pitter Squirrels Class 2
Miss Catling Otters Class 3
Support staff
Ms Davenport
Mrs Powdrill
Miss Mason
Mrs Mobey
Mrs Gibbons
Ms Begley
Miss Moore
The Reception team can be contacted by telephone: 01793 342342 and on our email earlyyears@goddardpark.co.uk
Early Years Foundation Stage
In EYFS at Goddard Park Community Primary School, the curriculum is designed to recognise children’s prior learning and their experiences at home, provide first-hand learning experience, whilst allowing the children to build resilience, ambition and integrity in a language rich environment.
Every child is recognised as a unique individual and we celebrate and welcome differences within our school community. The ability to learn is underpinned by the teaching of basic skills, knowledge, concepts and values fostering a love of reading. We provide enhancement opportunities to engage learning and believe that our first experiences of school should be happy and positive, enabling us to develop a lifelong love of learning. Throughout their time in EYFS, the children develop a sense of belonging to our community, ready to transition to year 1 the following academic year.
Providing the opportunities that give the children the confidence and skills to make decisions and self-evaluate, make connections and become lifelong learners.
Learning opportunities are provided in a rich learning environment for the children to explore the seven areas of learning:
Prime Areas
- 1) Communication and Language
- 2) Physical Development
- 3) Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Specific Areas
- 1) Literacy
- 2) Mathematics
- 3) Understanding The World
- 4) Expressive Arts and Design
Our Curriculum Provision
For home learning, you can now use the following QR Codes to support working with your child on their phonic development. Following recent assessments, we will be sharing with you the next sounds your child needs to work on, as well as practicing the sounds they have already learnt. Please ensure you sign up for Parent's Evening in November.
rwi 26 sounds qr codes for parents final.pdf
Now that our children are learning to blend their 25 sounds, we have produced these 15 QR codes which you can use at home to support your children embed the skills of learning on a digital device. We have also sent home flashcards if you would like to use those as well. We hope our children enjoy using these resources.
blending rwi codes for parents.pdf
Our curriculum for Reception, split into the six terms...
Enhanced Continued Provision - building through the year...
Whilst our children learn through play, selecting their own resources, develop their own games with friends and independently, we also plan for an enhanced provision using books as the basis for learning. A timetable of the books we use can be found below...
From the books, we plan a range of activities to support the children in their learning - linked to the Development Matters Document. You can view Autumn Term 1's plans here to find out more about what your children will learning about in our Enhanced Continuous Provision...
Autumn Term 2's plans for our Enhanced Continuous Provision can be found below - 7 weeks, 7 books leading up to our Nativity and Christmas celebrations...
Spring Term's plans for our Enhanced Continuous Provision can be found below - 7 more weeks, 7 more books focusing on healthy lifestyles and choices and the careers of people who help us
Newsletter
7 eyfs newsletter 10th october.pdf
PE Days
Children must have their PE kits in school for the term and will be returned home at the end of each term for washing, ready for the new term ahead.
PE days are Thursday and Friday.
School Library Books
We change our books every Tuesday. Please enjoy reading the books with your child and bring them back each Tuesday ready for them to be changed for another book.
Assemblies
Reception Year group attend the Whole School Assembly on Mondays and Story and Singing Assembly with Year 1 and Year 2 on Tuesdays. Star Learner's are also celebrated each Friday within their own assembly where excellence in learning, progress and achievements are shared.
Homework
Homework will be sent home on Friday and is due in the following Wednesday - if required as often home learning is reviewing skills which have been taught in class. From November, alongside their chosen library books, children in Reception are also bringing home reading books linked to their learning in Read Write Inc (RWI). These should be returned to school each Tuesday to be changed for the next book.
Your child would benefit from reading every evening with an adult - either reading their library book together and talking about what has been read, favourite part, favourite character, or, if a non-fiction book, some facts and information which they have read. For blending books (RWI), daily practice of blending the three letter words before saying the word would be perfect! We also send home QR codes for sound recognition and learning as well as lessons for blending which can be done at home.
The Adventures of Fred the Frog is a diary which each child has the opportunity of taking home. Once taken, children can share with the class the adventures (real or imaginary) that Fred got up to whilst staying with them. It can include writing, photographs, pictures and more - the more creative the better. This is then shared with the class and built upon throughout the year.