EYFS-Sunrise Class

Welcome to Sunrise Class!

In Sunrise Class, our foundation stage children are nurtured by our dedicated team: Miss Shelton, class teacher,  Mrs. Thomas (HLTA) and Mrs. Thurlow (Fridays). The children love exploring the outdoors during Muddy Mondays in Forest School, where they develop a love for nature and hands-on learning. Inside the classroom, they enjoy sharing wonderful stories, building early literacy skills through the Read, Write Inc. program, and developing a strong foundation in maths with Power Maths. Every day is an adventure in learning and discovery in Sunrise Class!

 

EYFS

 

At St Mary’s C of E School, we believe that the Early Years Foundation Stage is crucial in securing solid foundations for lifelong learning. It is our intent that the children who enter our EYFS develop physically, cognitively, emotionally and spiritually whilst flourishing under our sunrise curriculum underpinned by a strong Christian ethos. We believe that all children deserve to be valued as an individual and we are passionate in allowing all children to achieve their full, unique potential. In the Foundation Stage we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS). We support our children to become independent and collaborative learners by providing a range of activities and experiences. Our curriculum is co-designed by teachers and children where an enquiry based approach enables children to lead learning suitable for their unique needs and stage of development resulting in high engagement levels. Through these experiences we encourage children to take risks, discover and make links between their explorations.

 

The Statutory Early Years Framework

 The Early Learning Goals (ELGs) are the knowledge, skills and understanding which young children should have acquired by the time they reach the age of five. There are three prime areas of learning: Communication and Language Development Personal, Social and Emotional Development Physical Development There are four core areas of learning: Literacy Maths Understanding the World Expressive Arts and Design.

The Characteristics of Effective Learning

In addition, the ‘Characteristics of Effective Learning’ underpin learning and development across all areas and support the child to remain an effective and motivated learner. The Characteristics of Effective Learning are:

• Playing and exploring-engagement

• Active learning-motivation

• Creating and thinking critically-thinking

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Planning in the Early Years

Our planning focuses on the children’s needs, their interests and their stages of development. We seek opportunities to make links between the areas of learning and plan next steps accordingly. We deliver the curriculum through planned, purposeful play as well as adult-directed learning to enable the children to build on what they already know. In class the children may be taught as a whole class, in small groups or individuals to ensure that all children are progressing from their own individual starting point.

 

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EYFS

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• Medium term plan Autumn 2 new download_for_offline
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• Medium term plan Spring 1 download_for_offline
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• Medium term plan Spring 2 download_for_offline
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• Medium term plan Summer 1 download_for_offline
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Looking for new book inspiration?

Explore a wonderful selection of books for year two with links to amazon should you wish to purchase. Many of these books we enjoy at school.