Welcome to Hamilton and Shireen Class
I hope that you enjoy finding out what we are doing in our classes. This will be an area that will celebrate our learning and keep you up to date with the things that we are learning about.
Happy Learning!
Early Years Curriculum
The children develop through playing, exploring, active learning, creating, and thinking critically. There are 7 areas of learning which are divided into the:
Prime
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development,
- Communication and Language,
- Physical Development
Specific areas
- Literacy,
- Maths,
- Understanding the World,
- Expressive Arts and Design
The prime areas are fundamental throughout the EYFS. The specific areas include the skills and knowledge which provide meaningful contexts for learning, and they develop more fully towards the end of the early years. The children carry out many practical experiences through which they are encouraged to explore and experiment.
The children use both the indoor and outdoor classroom during teacher-directed and child-initiated times. We love outdoor learning and come rain or shine, we explore and play outside in our outdoor environment.
To read more about our Curriculum in Reception, look at our EYFS medium-term planning
We use the EYFS statutory framework, and ‘Development Matters’ to guide our learning. Our EYFS Curriculum goals are what we would like the children to aspire to become and achieve by the end of their time with us. We provide a thorough and vast range of experiences that encourage child-initiated, purposeful learning to help inspire this.
Recent news
All about Bonfire Night.
This week in Reception we have been learning all about Bonfire Night and the history behind it. We have learnt the story and now understand why we celebrate Bonfire Night, we know how people may celebrate and we had a look at what the world was like 400 years ago when...
Lots of Learning in Reception.
This half term, we have been so busy with our wider curriculum learning. We have been learning about our community and and other connections we have in the world, how we have changed since being a baby, painted our self portraits and learnt about our senses....
The Seasons change from Summer to Autumn in Hamilton Class
We had many experiences, learning and playing in Hamilton Class. We really enjoyed learning about History and knowing about the past and the present. We brought our baby photos into school so we could compare them and see how we have changed? What do you think? Have...
Autumn 1 Maths at Lansbury Lawrence
This half term, children have been exploring Place Value and Additive Reasoning. Alongside our main lessons, children have also continued to engage in our Number Sense fluency programme and Problem Solving Activities. Here are some of the highlights: Year 6 Maths Club...
Hamilton Class exploring ‘What makes a good friend?’
We engaged the children with the question 'What makes a good friend?' From our thoughts, discussion and input we were able to identify some of the qualities of a good friend: This week, our Hub Goal on our Recognition Board was focusing on Fantastic Friends, so it was...
Settling into Reception.
For the last couple of weeks Reception have been busy settling into their new routine and coming to school full time. We have enjoyed exploring both classrooms and the early years garden. There have been so many activities for us to enjoy. Now that we have all...