Welcome to EYFS at Fleetdown

We would like to welcome you all to our EYFS page! We hope that you find this information useful. If you have any additional questions, please speak to a member of the EYFS team or message us through Class Dojo. 

The Reception Team 2023- 2024

Mrs R Hothi- EYFS lead, Assistant Head and Parrot Fish Class Teacher 

Miss K Hills - Geography Lead and Neon Fish Class Teacher

Miss E Carr- RE Lead and Rainbow Fish Class Teacher

Ms Dehal- Associate Teacher 

Mrs Clarkson- Associate Teacher 

Mrs Stefanco- Associate Teacher

Miss V Jennings- Associate Teacher

Mrs Kempton- Associate Teacher

How Your Child Will be Learning

The EYFS Framework explains how and what your child will be learning to support their healthy development. Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through 7 areas of learning and development.

Children should mostly develop the 3 prime areas first. These are:

• Communication and language
• Physical development
• Personal, social and emotional development.

These prime areas are those most essential for your child’s healthy development and future learning.

As children grow, the prime areas will help them to develop skills in 4 specific areas. These are:

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive arts and design

These 7 areas are used to plan your child’s learning and activities. The professionals teaching and supporting your child will make sure that the activities are suited to your child’s unique needs. This is a little bit like a curriculum in primary and secondary schools, but it's suitable for very young children, and it's designed to be really flexible so that staff can follow your child's unique needs and interests. Children in the EYFS learn by playing and exploring, being active, and through creative and critical thinking which takes place both indoors and outside. 

Term 1

During Term 1, the children will experience a gradual transition from Nursery to Reception. Children will continue to have opportunities to access play-based learning experiences during the first few weeks before being introduced to Read, Write, Inc (Phonics) and a short input session for Maths. We will be focusing on who we are as a person, what our likes and dislikes are, our family and friends, how we are feeling and what makes us US! 

We will be focusing on the well-being of the children making sure they are feeling happy, safe and valued within their environment, as well as helping the children to adjust to the everyday routine of school.