At Mount Pleasant Schools we have worked carefully to create a curriculum that meets the needs of our learners. We deliver the entire National Curriculum and all other statutory curriculum subjects.
When looking at the Early Years Curriculum we focus on the 7 Areas of Learning, these are:
What does effective teaching & learning look like in YR:
The partnership between parents and teachers is vital and here at Mount Pleasant Schools, it has been identified as a strength: Home and School recognise the value and importance of education.
Parents are their children’s first teachers, so equipped with information and understanding about what your children are learning ; what key skills they need; and key concepts they need to understand, together, we can work to ensure that they receive their curriculum entitlement and achieve their potential.
Each child is unique and we know that one size does not fit all. Below we have provided a handbook which is focussed on the National Curriculum expectations for each year group. We support all pupils in our school to progress and attain, from different starting points and, as appropriate, with additional support. These handbooks are a guide to enable and support and complements our ongoing conversations with you and your child about their learning.
See below how you can support your child’s learning:
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In Reception children will be learning to:
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Examples of how to support this:
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Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is important.
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Promote and model active listening skills: “Wait a minute, I need to get into a good position for listening, I can’t see you. Let’s be quiet so I can concentrate on what you’re saying.” Signal when you want children to listen: “Listen carefully now for how many animals are on the broom.” Link listening with learning: “I could tell you were going to say the right answer, you were listening so carefully.” |
| Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them. |
Show interest in knowing more: “This looks amazing, I need to know more about this?.” Think out loud, ask questions to check your understanding; make sure children can answer who, where and when questions before you move on to why and ‘how do you know’ questions “I wonder why this jellyfish is so dangerous? Ahh, it has poison in it’s tentacles.” |
| Develop social phrases |
Model talk routines through the day. For example, when picking up after school: “Good afternoon, how was your day?” |
| Engage in story times. |
Timetable a story time once a day. Share familiar and favourite books aloud and talk about them with your child. |
| In Reception children will be learning to: | Examples of how to support this: |
| Listen carefully to rhymes and songs, paying attention to how they sound. |
Share familiar songs and nursery rhymes Encourage children to have fun with rhyme Choose a few interesting longer words from a poem, rhyme or song and clap out their beat structure, helping children to join in with the correct number of ‘claps’. |
In Reception children will focus on developing their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently. Some of the tools children will use are pencils for drawing and writing, paintbrushes, scissors, knives, forks and spoons.
Some of the activities children may take part in to help develop their small motor skills:
They will also focus on developing correct pencil grip so that they go on to develop an efficient handwriting style with increasingly automaticity.
Derby Rd, Southampton SO14 0DZ
For any enquiries contact our School Business Manager, Mr Richard Ware
Paper copies available upon request.
T: 023 8063 0522
Executive Headteacher:
Mrs Emma Kerrigan-Draper
Head of School:
Mrs Gemma Brumwell