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
We love Minibeasts!
As budding Scientists, we have enjoyed learning about Minibeasts. We appreciate that a Minibeast is an small animal without a backbone and some insects count too. The Minibeast Hunt Using our eyes to explore, we have hunted the hedgerows, under the logs, behind the...
Hamilton Class are dedicated to improving their articulation skills!
Hamilton class have enjoyed their play and their learning. During the learning they practice their articulation skills all the time. Here is a little snippet of our talking in class. We have been learning in maths about comparing quantities. Is it more than, greater...
Making Spirals
This week in our Bow Arts session with Katka we were creating spirals with pastels on a large scale. We were focusing on working collaboratively. Our spirals could overlap with someone else’s and then we could colour in the gaps. Some of us decided to try and mix two...
Signs of Spring in Shireen Class.
This half term we have been exploring the season of spring and things that grow. We have also planted our own beans, we really hope they grow.
Exciting week at Tagore Class!
On Monday afternoon an ice cream bicycle came to our school. It was so fun eating our ice cream and speaking to our friends. This week we are continuing with our story The Magic paintbrush. In Tagore class we have focused on showing emotions through our bodies and...
Philosophy for Children: Self Expression: I am noticing how I am feeling.
In Reception we are examining our feelings and emotions. We are learning that to be a good learner and good friend we need to be ready to learn, calm and feeling okay. In P4C (Philosophy for Children), we started by talking about the four zones of emotion. The...