A Day in the Life of Reception

In Reception, we deliver an exciting and varied, play-centred curriculum, based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), across the 17 areas of learning. In everything we do, we:

• Promote equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
• We provide early intervention for those children who require additional support.
• Work in partnership with parents and develop links in the local community.
• Plan challenging and stimulating learning experiences, based on the individual child,
informed by observation and assessment.
• Provide learning experiences developed from child-led ideas.
• Build strong relationships with the children in our care.
• Provide nurturing and inspiring indoor and outdoor learning environments.
• Inspire a love of learning and independence that will remain with them throughout school.

A typical day looks like this…
8.35-8.45am
Children arrive, put their belongings away and complete a SODA
(Start Of The Day Activity)
8.45am
Registration takes place and we complete our daily calendar
9am
We complete phonics on the carpet, then complete our phonics activity booklets
9.20am
Continuous provision – where the children have access to all 3 classes and the outdoor
area, learning through their play. Sometimes they may have a task to complete with an
adult.
10.40am
Tidy up time – we encourage the children to tidy up their activity equipment after
themselves.
10.50am
Maths takes place as a whole class followed by a shared read and getting ready for
lunch!
11.25am
Lunch time – the children are taken across to the hall to choose their dinner or to be
seated for eating their packed lunches.
12.30pm
The children return to class for a whole class literacy input based around a story.
12.50pm
Continuous provision as detailed above and some groups will complete a writing task
with an adult.
1.30pm
Handwriting lesson and practice time.
1.45pm
Continuous provision.
2.20pm
Tidy up time.
2.30pm
We complete a subject-specific carpet session with the children
(e.g. PSHE, Music, R.E)
2.50pm
Story time and then the children begin to collect their belongings for home time!

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