Autumn Term

Bournville Village Primary School

Early Years

Intent:

At Bournville Village Primary, our long-term goal is to develop confident, happy and resilient lifelong learners. We aim to inspire a love of learning and to promote life skills, that can help our children progress throughout their life within school and beyond. We aim to develop seamless transitions from Nursery to Reception and from Reception to Year 1 which enables all the core leaning from the EYFS curriculum in Nursery / Reception to be embedded within their continued learning in school.

During the children’s time with us in reception we focus on developing the Characteristics of Effective Learning:

Play and explore

Learning actively

Create and think critically

We focus on how independent thinking skills support problem solving and communication and have an expectation that children use spoken language across the curriculum, especially in play to share their learning and to build up their knowledge and skills.

Rather than taking the ‘formal’ approach to learning we intend to harness our children’s curiosity and develop a style of learning that our children deserve, an education that is uniquely suited to them as individual learners. Where they can become enthusiastic and successful learners who are able to co-operate and be responsible members of their community and wider society.

Our intent is for children to be:

• curious and independent.
• resilient and eager to challenge themselves.
• valued and belong to our community.
• Be happy in their learning.

The team will ensure that:

• The environment is safe, purposeful, relevant, organised, engaging, and set up to enrich learning experiences.
• Independence is promoted and children make progress.
• Vocabulary is a focus and learning has purpose and links together cohesively.
• Adult roles are clear, and interactions are purposeful, and everyone contributes to the learning and feels valued.
• Personal development is key with trusted adults supporting, reassuring, prompting, and questioning.

Implementation

This will be implemented within our short sharp whole class teaching sessions and enhanced in continuous provision. The provision has been developed with careful planning to ensure that it challenges our children appropriately and scaffolds learning to ensure that all children are successful. The environment is set up to allow each child to follow their own interests and enables staff to thread learning through effective interactions, we know that these interactions hold little moments of magic for our children and provide them with their ‘light bulb’ moments. This therefore means, that not only does each child receives that precious one/ small group time with an adult but it means that teaching is tailor made to suit the child, they are engaged because it interests them, and it is made more accessible to them through play.

We teach whole class lessons on Maths, English and phonics sessions which start in Autumn 1, once we feel the children have settled and we have been able to get to know the children a little better. The children’s whole class teaching inputs will increase throughout the year offer more progression in line with the children’s need and to help the children work towards the transition to year 1.

Impact:

The children at Bournville Village Primary will develop a love of learning and curiosity, a desire to know more and understand why and how. Our children will be settled and ready to tackle the challenges of the next stage in their education after becoming independent and self-led learners, during their time in Early Years.

The children will have a in depth and wide understanding of the Early Years Curriculum, having experienced it, lived it, and practiced key elements thoroughly within their play. Our children will be ready to tackle the rest of their academic journey with confidence.

Our practice is inclusive because all children can benefit from a curriculum designed to uniquely suit them. We meet learners where they are and enable all children to progress through ‘In the Moment’ planning and interventions.

We will see / talk to:

• Confident children who are proud and independent learners.
• Children who have made progress in their learning.
• Well-rounded children who can demonstrate our school values.
• Children who can identify strategies that help them to self-regulate.
• Children who can demonstrate their learning and recognise how they learn best.
• Happy and safe children.
• Children who are articulate and can share their learning and experiences enthusiastically.

Autumn 1: 

This half term Reception will be getting to know each other and establishing routines within Cadbury building. 

The children will be exploring our indoor and outdoor environments and gaining an in depth understanding of the world around us, there will be enhancements in the provision around currently learning and key events for example: harvest and religious celebrations. 

We will be getting a visit from the 'animal man' following the children's interest in animals. 

The children will be doing P.E every Monday and will need to come into school in their P.E kits. 

On a Friday Buttons children will be taking part in forest school with Mr Malik, they will need to wear appropriate clothing, something you don't mind getting a little mucky. If the children have a puddle/ all in one suit then they are welcome to bring in their own and please could they bring in their own wellies. 

Snaps and Twirls will be taking part in skills activities such as, sewing/ knitting/ crocheting, cooking/baking, gardening and performing arts. 

Autumn 2: 

During this term the children will be developing their existing knowledge, we will continue both our indoor and outdoor free flow provision, which enables the children to gain first hand experiences of the ever changing world around us as we enter the winter months. 

Enhancements to the provision will be focused around our in class learning and key events allowing the children to share their own experiences and develop their personal, social and emotional skills. 

P.E. will continue to be on a Monday for the reception children. 

Snaps will be going to forest school with Mr Malik. Please could they bring in their own wellies to wear, if they have their own puddle/ mud suit they would like to bring in then they can and please could you ensure they are wearing weather appropriate clothing, something that they don't mind getting a little mucky! 

Buttons and Twirls will be taking part in skills activities such as, sewing/ knitting/ crocheting, cooking/baking, gardening and performing arts. 

During the term the children will be going on 'welly walks' within our local area, this will allow them to gain a better understand of their community and experience safety precautions. If you would like to join us on our 'welly walk adventures' please speak to a member of reception team.