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Early Phase
Our Early Phase consists of:
NURSERY (3/4 year olds), RECEPTION (4/5 year olds) and YEAR 1 (5/6 year olds)
We see these years as essential to a child's early development. Making the transition from learning through play to learning through exploration and inquisitiveness enables them to be successful learners moving into Middle Phase. We put a strong focus on Phonics as we want all our children to have secure phonic skills by the end of Year 1 and a passion for reading - if they can read, they access the curriculum and the world!
NurseryThe Nursery Team are: | ReceptionThe Reception Team are: | Year 1The Y1 Team are: |
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| Miss Chadha, Ms Thompson & Mrs Sharma | Mrs Goonetilleke (YTL) & Mrs Patel | Miss Ruda, Ms Patel & Mrs Syed |
Nursery hours are: 8.30am - 11.30am SUN Class 12.25pm - 3.25pm MOON class |  |  |
| Miss Breheny & Mrs Sheel | Mrs Faruqi, Mrs Barham & Mrs Redpath | |
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| Miss Ravenscroft, Mrs Mehta & Ms Nelson-Wright | Mrs Hewett (YTL) & Mrs Jeyaraj | |
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Miss Trevett, Mrs Sheanon & Mrs Puwar
Reception hours are: Start of day drop-off: 8.30-8:40am
8.45am Registration
11.30am Lunch
3:15pm End of day | Miss Green, Mrs Parekh & Mrs Soni
Y1 hours are: Start of day drop-off: 8.30-8:40am
8.45am Registration
11.45am Lunch
3:15pm End of day |
Who else teaches in Early Phase?
The Early Phase Team are also well supported by HLTAs and Mrs Merrison.
Please visit our our Contact Details page if you would like to get in touch with us.
EYFS
The Early Years Curriculum aims to create a love of learning through exploration, creativity and to develop inquisitiveness, whilst teaching and developing core skills of reading, writing and maths. We believe happy, confident children will go on to be successful learners so our approach throughout Nursery and Reception is on developing independence, setting high expectations and challenging children, whilst having fun and developing a passion to learn about the world around us!
Read Write Inc (RWI) Phonics
Read Write Inc is our integrated phonics approach which develops children's confidence in reading, decoding, sounding out and blending to enable them to become great readers. It encourages both creativity but with a consistent approach so as children accelerate through groups, they continue to make progress. We split Reception and Year 1 into 10 smaller groups from the four classes to enable children to make rapid progress. Children sit a Phonics Screening exercise in June. Any children requiring further support by the end of Year 1 will receive it in Y2.
Forest Schools
A big focus in Early Phase is linked to FOREST SCHOOLS. We have our own Forest School on site and continue to develop our own forest area and vegetable growing section.
EYFS Learning Journal
All children attending Nursery and Reception have a personal on-line Learning Journey which records photos, observations and comments. These are in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, to build up a record of your child’s experiences during their time with us.
Each child in Nursery and Reception has their own secure Tapestry website, which you have access to. The benefits in using an online system includes secure access to your child’s Learning Journey. In addition to viewing our contributions, we encourage parents/carers to add to it by uploading photos and comments, or commenting on observations made by us.