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 2024-2025

Mrs R Hothi - Assistant Headteacher (EYFS and KS1), Year Group Leader, Parrotfish Class Teacher 

Miss K Hills - Geography Leader, Neonfish Class Teacher

Miss E Carr - RE Leader, Rainbowfish Class Teacher

Ms J Dehal - Associate Teacher 

Mrs R Clarkson - Associate Teacher 

Mrs L Stefanco - Associate Teacher

Miss V Jennings - Associate Teacher

Mrs A 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 2

During Term 2, we learn all about the history of Remembrance Day and why we celebrate a Children in Need Day too. We celebrate Maths Week, while incorporating this with World Nursery Rhyme Week too!

During the term, we also have an exciting Pirate Day, dressing in the attire for the whole day with the children! We end the term with lots of practise for our EYFS Concert to parents, while learning all about Christmas and what it means to 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.