Nursery

Please visit the Nursery sections of the website for more information on the current curriculum.

Reception

The Roche School has three reception classes taught by qualified teachers and supported by teaching assistants.

During Reception the children spend most of the day with their class teacher who provides a varied curriculum based on the new Early Years Foundation Stage (‘EYFS’). This framework has three prime areas and four specific areas, which guide the teaching, learning and assessment.

Prime Areas:

The three prime areas as set out in the New EYFS framework are:

1. Communication and Language - aims to develop children’s confidence and skills in expressing themselves and the ability to learn to speak and listen in varied situations.
2. Physical Development - aims to provide opportunities for children to be active and interactive and to develop their co-ordination, control, and movement skills.
3. Personal, Social and Emotional Development - aims to encourage pupils to develop a positive sense of themselves and others, to form constructive relationships and develop respect for others; to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; and to understand appropriate behaviour towards other members of a group and to have confidence in their own abilities.

Specific Areas:

The four specific areas as set out in the New EYFS framework are:

1. Literacy - encouraging children to link sounds and letters and to begin to read and write.
2. Mathematics - providing children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, solving simple addition and subtraction problems and describing shapes, spaces, and measures.
3. Understanding the world: helping children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment.
4. Expressive Arts & Design - enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role-play, and design and technology.

The children cover aspects of Language, Mathematics, Geography, History and Science helped by their own project work, and also Drama, Computer Skills, Dance and Games. The teacher encourages them to take an adventurous pride in their developing skills and understanding and to build up their confidence through constructive and enjoyable relations with other children and with adults.

In addition to their class teacher the children are taught by specialists for French, Music, Dance, Gym, Singing and Sport.

• French work includes key words, phrases and songs about familiar topics. Click here to view the French Schemes of Work
• Music aims to encourage pupils understanding and enjoyment of instruments, rhythm, patterns and the use of percussion instruments.

 Click here to view the Music Schemes of Work
• Dance aims to help develop each child’s gross motor skills and their imagination and confidence.
• Gym and Sport focus on developing children’s strength, stamina and ball skills and on establishing the essentials of sportsmanship in team games.
• Singing focuses on learning new and familiar songs and rhymes and on preparing for the annual Reception Nativity Productions.

Entry Procedures

Entry Procedures for The Reception classes are available from the following link: 
Entry Procedures

FURTHER READING:

More information about the EYFS can be found on the Department for Education website. Here are some links you may find useful:

For more information regarding the EYFS framework, click here.