MILLBROOK INFANT SCHOOL

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MILLBROOK INFANT SCHOOL

• Foundation Stage Curriculum Evening

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Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum
The curriculum has 3 prime areas of learning and
development

• Personal Social and Emotional Development
• Physical Development
• Communication and Language

And 4 specific areas of learning and development

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Arts and Design

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Prime areas are fundamental, work together, and
move through to support development in all other
areas.

• Physical Development
• Moving and handling
• Health and self-care

• Communication and Language
• Listening and attention
• Understanding
• Speaking

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Making relationships
• Self-confidence and self-awareness
• Managing feelings and behaviour

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Specific areas include essential skills and
knowledge for children to participate
successfully in society.

• Literacy
• Reading
• Writing

• Mathematics
• Numbers
• Shape, space and measure

• Understanding the World
• People and Communities
• The World
• Technology

• Expressive Arts and Design
• Exploring and using media and materials
• Being imaginative

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• The Characteristics of Effective Learning
  areplaying and exploringactive
  learningcreating and thinking critically

We will make observations to assess your childs
understanding and level of development.
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• Reading and phonics Mrs Kelly Mrs Stilwell
• Handwriting Mrs Dexter Miss Packer
• Communication and Language Mr Bennett
• Mathematics Mrs Norton

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First stages of reading at Millbrook

• Phonic skills children need to know the letter
  sounds and how to put them together for reading
• 6 sounds per week learning sounds rather than
  letter names first.
• Sound books these will be brought home to
  reinforce learning and include the letter
  formation and sound/action

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Jolly phonics
Children learn in a fun, multi-sensory way using
songs and actions.

• Learning the s sound
• Action
• Weave your hand like a snake, making an s shape
  saying sssss.

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Reading words

• We begin by looking at our first books, white
  level without text to encourage telling stories
  from pictures.
• We model word/sentence reading in class.
• Children have individual books and pots with
  words in to read and check at school and home.
• Pink level books have 24 words in them these are
  the words that will be in the word pots.
• Children read individually to the teacher or
  teaching assistant.

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Reading

• A child is usually heard read at least once a
  week please keep reinforcing their new words at
  home.
• Keep the sentence books and word pots in your
  childs book bag.
• When your child consistently knows these 24 words
  they move onto orange level.
• New words are added to the pot to ensure
  continued success.
• Children work through the scheme at their own
  pace.

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Reading

• Children will also bring home reading books each
  day.
• Please share these with your child, reading to
  them and encouraging them to read to you as they
  gain confidence.

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Blending to read

• Blending to read is the process of saying the
  sounds in a word and putting them together to
  read the word.

sat
s-a-t
and making
and making
p-i-n
pin
It is a technique every child will need to learn
and can be started form the beginning. This will
improve with practice.
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Reading at home

• Use phonics look at phonics in sound books and
  practise
• Learn to recognise tricky words by sight (those
  which cannot be sounded out phonically).
• Also look the context and pictures to help in
  understanding the text.
• Look at and talk about printed language in their
  environment on food packets, road signs, labels,
  leaflets etc.
• use a range of strategies....Repetition is the
  key!

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Writinggross motor skillsfine motor skills
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Writing
Pencil Hold

• Tripod grip

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Writing

• Children begin by making marks on paper -
  wiggles and squiggles.
• Later they begin to give meaning to these marks.
• They start to use their knowledge of letters and
  sounds in their writing.
• They are able to write some simple, familiar
  words as their knowledge increases.

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What can you do to help?

• Encourage children to draw, paint, etc.
• Show children your writing, shopping lists,
  things to do, birthday cards.
• Make scrap books, write postcards, party
  invitations.
• Develop fine motor skills by cutting, sewing,
  dot-to-dot etc.
• Helping to perfect letter formation see guide
  and information in sound books.

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Communication and language

• The children need to develop their speaking and
  listening skills as they are used throughout the
  curriculum.
• If children understand language, they can predict
  what might come next when they are reading. They
  can also recognise when their reading doesnt
  make sense.

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How to listen well
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How do we do this?

• We play games that involve taking turns, using
  memory repeating recalling and adding.
• We have carpet sessions where we use and improve
  our developing skills.
• We sing songs to develop recall and memory.
• If things are said incorrectly, we model the
  correct language rather than correct.

runned ran
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The children could be taking on a role.
Taking on a role helps to develop a childs
vocabulary.
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The children could be explaining something.
They may be explaining to a friend or an adult.
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Well also look at how a voice can be varied.
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How can you help?
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Think about the questions you ask.
Do you like sweets?
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Think about the questions you ask.
Why do you like sweets?
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Mathematics

• Millbrook Infant School

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Mathematics is fun!

• Practical play based activities
• Enjoyment
• Practical and
• mental maths

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Early Years Foundation Stage

• Numbers
• Shape, space and
• measures

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Children need to be able to solve problems

• They need to be able to explain
• What they have done
• How they have done it

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What you can do to help?

• Point out numbers around you, on houses,
  cars, when out shopping, etc
• Count, add and subtract anything and everything -
  socks, cars, shopping, cutlery, fingers and toes!
  
• Sing counting songs and rhymes
• Talk about the shapes and patterns
  you can see in the environment
• Compare quantities, who has the most sweets?
  Which shopping bag is heavier?

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• Children learn best when they are involved in
  practical activities. They need to play with
  resources, talk about what they are doing, ask
  questions and find solutions.

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Enabling environments

• At Millbrook we value strong partnerships between
  children and the adults
• We provide exciting resources
• Flexible indoor and outdoor experiences
• First-hand experiences and challenges.
• We make the childrens leaning fun and playful!

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Websites You may find these websites useful to
support your child at home

• www.jollylearning.co.uk
• www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
• www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
• www.familylearning.org.uk
• www.schooljotter.com/showpage.php?id45834
• www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
• www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/inde
  x.htm
• www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject16AgeGroup
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• www.iboard.co.uk/activities/subject/maths

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Any questions?