In Reception at Lyminster Primary School we aim to provide a happy and secure environment where children can thrive and develop as unique individuals. We offer a creative and balanced curriculum, providing opportunities for children to pursue their own ideas and interests. We know that children learn through play and exploration, and therefore we provide a combination of play-based learning, both inside and out, with adult-directed activities and opportunities for independent learning and challenge.
We support pupils to become independent learners; self confident and resilient learners able to overcome difficulties and experience success. We achieve this by providing the children with first hand learning experiences rooted in purposeful play. Our aim is to ensure that your child will develop positive attitudes to learning and will develop socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually. We promote positive partnerships with parents and carers and together we will ensure your child has a fulfilling first year at Lyminster Primary School!
Enabling Environments
We recognise that the environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development. We observe the children and assess their interests and development, before planning challenging and motivating activities and experiences to extend their learning. We promote play-based learning that is structured to provide a sound foundation for learning and consolidating new skills. Our environment will provide a positive and challenging context for learning and teaching.
Mark Making in Early Years
| Enjoy this and more award-winning children’s music and dance with Dance ‘n Beats. Song lyrics by Leslie Falconer Dance ‘n Beats founded and directed by Leslie Falconer linkedin.com/in/leslie-falconer-2791a294 Tune and Music Production by Brian Steckler Illustrated by Chris Lensch Dance ‘n Beats is an educational preschool learn to dance DVD … www.youtube.com |
| Prepare your childs finger muscles and brain for writing. This fun activity with play dough features our beginner moves to help you practice – Get your music ready and let’s go to the dough disco! Dough Discois a fantastic way for children to improve their finger dexterity, finger strengthening and helping their brain develop the fine muscle … www.youtube.com |
Physical Development in Early Years
Physical development contributes to cognitive development – as children move and explore the world they learn about the properties of objects and their own capabilities as they learn to move in a variety of ways with control. Physical development can also help with the maintenance of a healthy weight and the development of strong bones, muscles and heart. We believe that physical development can also help with the development of personal and social skills. We develop our self-confidence as we take safe risks on the scooters and climbing equipment. Avoiding obstacles and navigating the space around them, turn taking and learning to get along with others is also developed through physical activity.
Numeracy in Early Years
 | Learn how much fun counting can be with the Numberblocks – a fun-loving group of numbers who work together to solve problems big and small. www.bbc.co.uk |
Expressive Arts & Design in Early Years
The development of children’s artistic and cultural awareness supports their imagination and creativity. It is important that children have opportunities to engage with the arts, enabling them to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials. The quality and variety of what children see, hear and participate in is crucial for developing their understanding, self-expression, vocabulary and ability to communicate through the arts.
Understanding the World in Early Years
This involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology, and the environment. We encourage children to explore and investigate how and why things work and to test out their ideas of what will happen if they do a particular thing like pouring more and more water into a container, for example.
Phonics in Early Years
Phonics is a method of teaching early reading and writing skills to children, based on linking the way words sound to how they’re spelt. Children are taught to read by pronouncing sounds rather than the letters and recognising the relationship between sounds and letters for example they learn that the letter ‘A’ has the sound of ‘a’ like in the word (a)pple. Through daily phonics teaching using a Read Write Inc approach children are encouraged to mimic and memorise musical rhymes and natural letter sounds, which form the basis of many common words.
Home Learning
We are learning about toys and materials that are used to make old and new toys.
Please can you draw a picture of a toy that belongs to an older member of your family and a toy that belongs to you.
- Can you describe your toy and include materials that have been used?
- Can you make a list of all the differences between old and new toys?
- If you can please can you email the school office a photo of your toy?
- Can you invent a new toy?
- Can you design it on paper and then use different materials around your home to make it?
- This could be a car or a puppet?
- Which materials would you need?
- What if you made the toy move?
- How would you make it move?
- Remember to spend time in the planning stage!
- Please think very carefully before you design and make the toy!
- Bring it into class to show your friends as we can keep it safe in the classroom for you.
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