‘In the early years, children are provided with many exciting activities to help their development, both indoors and outside’ – Ofsted 2020
‘Children share equipment and learn with their friends. Staff are calm and very friendly with the children’- Ofsted 2020
‘Staff are calm and very friendly with the children. They sensitively question
children to deepen their understanding’ – Ofsted 2020
‘Staff particularly focus on language and they develop children s speaking and listening successfully’- Ofsted 2020
Welcome to the Early Years Foundation Stage
Early Year Practitioners
Mrs Knowles – Foundation Stage Coordinator, Lower Foundation Teacher
Miss Balmond – Lower Foundation Teacher (part time)
Mrs Wheeler – Lower Foundation, Nursery Nurse
Mrs Marshall – Upper Foundation Class 1, Teacher
Miss Tolson- Upper Foundation Class 2, Teacher (Maternity cover)
Mrs O’Neill- Upper Foundation Class 2, Teacher (Maternity leave)
Mrs Stewart – Upper Foundation Class 1, Teaching Assistant
Miss Turner – Upper Foundation Class 2, Teaching Assistant
The Early Years Curriculum
Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS) Is made up of 7 areas of learning.
3 Primary areas of learning:
Personal, social and emotional development (PSED)
Communication and Language (C&L)
Physical development (PD)
4 specific areas of learning:
Literacy (Comprehension, Word Reading and Writing)
Mathematics (Number and Numerical Patterns)
Understanding the world (UTW)
Expressive Arts and Design (EAD)
LION CUBS (Nursery)
Curriculum Overview
Welcome to Nursery!
Throughout the year your children will learn through the topics;
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?
• Can you have a lion for a pet?
• What makes me unique?
• Why is our world wonderful?
• How does Jasper’s garden grow?
• How can we look after the great outdoors?
Please click on the link below for more information.
Long term planning overview-Nursery 2022-23
Our Topic this Half Term
This half term your child’s topic is – Why is our world wonderful?
Please click on the link below for more information.
Curriculum Planning Why is our world wonderful Spring2
To help us learn new vocabulary we have set up our ‘Word of the day’ please support your child in using this word at home each day to help extend their vocabulary.
Each week we will learn a new nursery rhyme in school, please support us by practising this at home with your child. At the end of each half term we will invite parents into nursery to listen to some of our rhymes.
Please continue to use activities from the ’50 things to do before you are 5′ app. We would love to see what you have been getting up to if you would like to add your pictures on to Tapestry.
What is going on this Half Term
Topic Launch: Walk of the school grounds
Educational Visit/Visitors: Sandal castle
Aspire session/Parent Partnerships: Duckling handling
Topic Finale: Easter bonnet parade
Things to Remember
Water bottle – Everyday
Spare clothes -Everyday
Please wear clothes suitable for sport (PE) – Fridays
Baking money- £1 each half term
LION (Reception)
Reading at Hendal Primary School
Phonics: Your child will learn to read following the ‘Floppy Phonics Sounds and Letters’ Programme. This programme is designed to support the rigorous and systematic approach to teaching synthetic phonics. The programme offers opportunities for multi-sensory learning. Our caring teaching staff plan exciting lessons to meet the needs of all individual children.
Reading: Our phonics resources are fully integrated with our ‘Oxford Reading Tree‘ scheme of books. These books include the well-known characters, storylines and illustrations of Mum, Dad, Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy the dog! Our reading books are organised into coloured bands based on the level of challenge and length of text. We have a wide selection of other books within the coloured bands to ensure children are exposed to a variety of texts with the intention of all children developing a love for reading that will ensure success in adult life.
Curriculum Overview
Welcome to Foundation stage. Throughout the year your children will learn through the topics;
• Why am I Marvellous?
• What festivals are celebrated around our diverse planet?
• What is it like in Space?
• Where is Kenya and what is it like?
• How can I help Planet Earth?
•Who helps us in our community?
Click the link below for more information including our exciting Topic Launches, Educational Visits, Aspire Afternoons, Parent Partnerships and Finales.
You can also speak to your class teacher for additional information.
Our Topic this Half Term
This half term you child’s topic is – Where is Kenya and what is it like?
Please click on the link below for more information.
Spr 2- Kenya Parent Curriculum Planning UF
Please find below our overview for PSHE Jigsaw:
What is going on this Half Term
Topic Launch: Handa’s fruit tasting
Aspire Afternoon/Parent Partnerships: Puppet making – Monday 18th March
Topic Finale: Easter bonnet parade – Thursday 21st March
Friday Afternoon: You will be able to pick up your child from 3pm to access our library. You can check out a book and swap it the following week.
Things to Remember
Please send you child with the correct equipment on the following days:
Every half term – £1 baking contribution
EVERYDAY – book bag
Wednesday – Homework is to be handed in
Friday – Library afternoon. Homework handed out
PE kit- to be sent on Monday and to take home Friday
If you need any support or have any questions regarding how you can support your child’s learning at home or require further resources please speak to you child’s class teacher.
Parent Partnerships
We welcome any opportunities for parents to share their skills and knowledge.
Please send your child to school in the correct school uniform with every item labelled. This includes any extra outdoor clothing such as coats and wellies.
Please listen to your child read at home every day and record this in your child’s reading record.
We ask for a £1 voluntary contribution each half term to help towards buying baking supplies.
Please see the School Dinners page or the school office for more information about our School dinners.
Learning Environment
Please take a look at our bright, stimulating and language rich environment…