Reception
Welcome to Reception, part of our Early Years Foundation Stage
At Ladygrove Park, in our Early Years setting, we aim to support the children by;
- Providing an enabling environment, so that they will develop and practise their skills, develop their own interests, creativity and independence;
- Building positive relationships with peers and adults, so that they will feel safe, develop their confidence and resilience to be able to collaborate with others;
- Providing rich experiences to encourage children's curiosity, so that children deepen their understanding of our culturally, socially, technologically and ecologically diverse world;
- Participating in quality interactions within a language rich environment, so that the children will grow their vocabulary and develop early language skills and communicate effectively;
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Sharing aspirational expectations, so that children are challenged to move their thinking and learning on to their next steps and are able to build on their prior knowledge and make links to new learning.
"We are a team and we work hard together. We are all equal to each other."
Tim Peake (first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station)
'Welcome to our Early Years Foundation Stage' booklet
Term 5
In term 5 our enquiry question is ‘What grows?’ To explore this question, we will be scientists and mathematicians. As we are in the season of spring, we will be planting broad beans along with other vegetables and at the end of term we will make bean pesto! As mathematicians, we will be measuring the height of our broad beans, using standard and non-standard measure.
Reception Enquiry Newsletters
Term 1 2025-26: Who are we?
Term 2 2025-26: What do people celebrate?
Term 3 2025-26: What is darkness?
Term 4 2025-26: What moves?
Term 5 2025-26: What grows?
Useful Links
What to Expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage: A guide for parents
50 Things To Do Before You Are Five
We now have free access to TimesTableRockStar' partner, 'Numbots'. Numbots has an emphasis is on mathematical concepts and is underpinned by a mastery approach to teaching. Children use their same log-in details as for TTRS.