Welcome to Class 1 with Ms Wilkinson!
“Children in early years thrive” (Ofsted, May 2024)
This is where your Tibberton journey begins…
Class 1 is home to our youngest learners here at Tibberton for our Reception-aged children. In the Early Years, we value the opportunity to learn through play, and therefore we strive to provide endless opportunities to learn through doing and talking. Play unlocks opportunities for imagination, building connections, development of language and growth in independence.
Reception has seven Areas of Learning in the Early Years Statutory Framework:
- Communication and Language
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Physical Development
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts and Design
More information about our whole school curriculum journey can be found here: Tibberton Long Term Plan
Literacy
Through carefully planned activities and lessons, children will continually develop their phonemic awareness in the Early Years. This is the ability to identify and manipulate sounds in spoken words. At Tibberton, we use a phonics scheme named Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised. Each child in Reception receive a daily taught phonics lesson where they learn new phonemes (spoken sounds) and corresponding graphemes (letter or letters that represent spoken sounds) and apply this to reading and spelling words. Alongside phonics, we have a large emphasis on developing vocabulary, imagination and a love of reading through exposure to high-quality texts that are shared with the children daily.
Please ensure that your child’s reading book and diary are sent into school every day. We will read with your child three times each week and record this in your child’s reading diary.
Mathematics
In Reception, we use Mastering Number. This focuses largely on subitising, composition, cardinality and comparison of numbers to provide a deep understanding of number and the foundations for problem solving and reasoning which can be taken through their Tibberton journey, fostering life-long mathematicians. This is enhanced with exploration of shape and measure.
Topics and Themes
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| Marvellous Me |
To Infinity and Beyond |
Our Journeys |
Busy Bees |
Once Upon a Time |
Memory Box
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End of Year Goals
In Reception, we are working in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework. There are 17 Early Learning Goals that we work towards, as well as developing in many other areas. These Early Learning Goals can be found below.
Reception Early Learning Goals
Links and Extra Information
Little Wandle: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
Numerblocks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks
Wellbeing and Mental Health Support: https://camhs.mpft.nhs.uk/beeu/parents-carers
Speech and Language: https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/childrenspeechlanguagetherapy
100 Things to Do Before You Are Six: 100 Things to Do Before You Are Six
40 Books to hear by 5 years old: 40 books to hear by 5 years old
Class 1 Newsletter Autumn 1