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Welcome to St Martin's C of E Early Years Foundation Stage

 

 

Our exciting curriculum will provide exciting and engaging experiences  and purposeful learning opportunities through carefully planned and structured play-based learning.

 

We aim to get all children ready and excited to take on new challenges, develop their understanding and question the world around them through an exciting curriculum that is based around 7 key areas of learning.

There are 3 prime areas:

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

There are also 4 specific areas of learning:

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

Parent Guide to EYFS

  • EYFS information
  • Reception Curriculum Overview PDF.pdf
  • Nursery Curriculum Overview PDF.pdf

Phonics and Early Reading

At St Martins, we follow Little Wandle to support our early reading across the whole school. Little Wandle is a synthetic, systematic phonic scheme that builds upon children's prior learning. Please click the below links to see a parent overview from Little Wandle, as well as a link to look at the parent page.

Our guided reading sessions all follow Little Wandle guidance. We will send books home on a Friday. These will be books children have read in school Monday-Friday of that week, and will contain only taught sounds and tricky words. We recommend reading with your child daily to help build up fluency. A reading diary is sent home for parents to record in.

  • Little Wandle Parent Page
  • programme-overview_reception-and-year-1-1.pdf

Communication and Language

 

 

Communication and language is one of the three prime areas within the EYFS. Each prime area is divided into early learning goals, for communication and language these are:

  • Listening, attention and understanding

Children at the expected level of development will:

  • Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions;
  • Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding;
  • Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their teacher and peers.
  • Speaking

Children at the expected level of development will:

  • Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary;
  • Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate;
  • Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions, with modelling and support from their teacher.

 

If you are struggling to support your child's early language development, take a look at the Sandwell Keep Talking Page below for advice, support and services available.

  • Sandwell Keep Talking Family Page

Parental Engagement

 

Throughout the year we will be offering a range of parent workshops and opportunities for you to come in and explore your child's learning.

These may include play and stay sessions, assemblies or workshops focussing on specific areas of learning such as phonics or early maths. Keep an eye out on newsletters and letters for upcoming dates.

What do we offer?

 

 

Here at St Martin's C of E Primary school we have a range of EYFS spaces available.

Nursery:

  • AM sessions
  • PM sessions
  • All day sessions

Reception:

  • Full time 

 

Spaces are limited. If you are interested in a place within our EYFS please contact admissions.

 

Take a look at our EYFS

Reception outdoor garden Reception outdoor garden Reception art wall Vocab wall Daily maths display Nursery Garden Nursery Book Corner Nursery home corner Nursery art wall.
  • Family Hubs Please take a look at Sandwell Family Hubs website. Our nearest family hub is in Tipton and offers a huge range of services including courses, information, support and fun days.
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