Reception Curriculum

In Reception, we continue to build on the foundations created in Nursery. We nurture, challenge and develop each child through a stimulating, multi-sensory, continuous provision approach, delivered in a secure, caring and creative environment. Reception is the culmination of the Early Years and Foundation Stage programme which results in children reaching the Early Learning Goals and being ready to transition onto the English National Curriculum. 

The formal teaching of reading begins in Reception using the highly structured Essential Letters and Sounds phonics programme. To support the sounds being taught the children will have access to a range of texts from the Oxford Reading Tree and other supplementary reading schemes to help them to apply and develop the skills they have learned. Parents and carers play an essential part in enabling their child to read fluently and confidently. The more practise a child has at reading, the more advanced they will become. We therefore ask parents and carers to read as much as possible with their children - our minimum requirement is 5 times a week, for 10 minutes each time.

Creative and critical thinking is encouraged by putting forward and developing the student's own ideas and strategies. And We encourage our children to learn actively and to concentrate and persevere when they encounter difficulties, thereby enjoying their achievements and endeavours. In Maths, your child will be encouraged to be curious and explore numbers. They will be playing number games, singing counting songs, making models and using the role-play area, as well as being introduced to the ideas of addition and subtraction. The children will be encouraged to use familiar objects to help them learn to solve fun problems and to understand how numbers are used in everyday life.