Shafton Primary Academy - EYFS

Shafton Primary Academy

Welcome to EYFS. The class where all the foundations of learning begin. Our EYFS Provision maintained its judgement as Outstanding by Ofsted in 2019. Children in the early years are happy and settled. They have already learned routines for tidying up and listening. They behave well. This is because staff form positive relationships with both children and parents. Teachers understand the needs of young children. They make sure that they provide a wide range of learning activities. Children have daily phonics sessions. The majority of children leave the early years with the skills and abilities they need for Year 1.

You can find our EYFS Policy here.

Reading in Reception

We start by teaching phonics to the children in the Reception class using Read, Write Inc. This means that they learn how to ‘read’ the sounds in words and how those sounds can be written down. This is essential for reading, but it also helps children learn to spell well. We teach the children simple ways of remembering these sounds and letters. Ask them to show you what these are.

The children also practise reading (and spelling) what we call ‘tricky words’, such as ‘once,’ ‘have,’ ‘said’ and ‘where’.

The children practise their reading with books that match the phonics and the ‘tricky words’ they know. They start thinking that they can read and this does wonders for their confidence.

We read to the children, too, so the children get to know all sorts of stories, poetry and information books. They learn many more words this way and it also helps their writing.

Below you can find some videos that will help you understand what phonics is and how it is taught and also how to pronounce sounds correctly when you are reading with your child.

Harvest Festival

The Reception children have been learning about Harvest Festivals, linking to Autumn time. For their Harvest Festival work showcase the children have created some pumpkin art work. The children used apples printed in orange paint and then when they were dry they drew on funny faces and storks. They then stuck on some googly or sticker eyes. The children had lots of fun making these!

The Colour Monster

Since starting school in September the children in Reception have been looking at the Colour Monster story. This story helps children identify different feelings and emotions. The children have been discussing the different colour monsters and what makes them feel different ways, such as happy, sad, calm, loved, scared and angry. During continuous provision the children have been creating their own colour monster with different coloured paint and marbles.

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