Reception

Reception

Welcome to EYFS at St Michaels!

Our children join St Michael’s with varied barriers to learning. Many of our pupils arrive with varying abilities and some with complex needs. We have to teach them how to listen, speak and meet the high expectations for behaviour by working together and being kind. As such, we prioritise personal, social and emotional development and communication and language within the first term of Reception. Our enabling environment and warm, skilful adult interactions support the children as they begin to link learning to their play and exploration. As the pupils progress in Reception, we invest time and energy into helping pupils set and reflect on their own goals by aiming high and developing a love of reading, writing and number. This is delivered through a holistic curriculum which maximises opportunities for meaningful cross-curricular links and learning experiences as well as promoting the unique child by offering extended periods of play and sustained thinking following children’s interests and ideas. We value imagination and creativity and seek to create a sense of enjoyment and fascination in learning through a vibrant continuous indoor and outdoor provision, alongside trips, visits and the introduction of our new forest school sessions. The curriculum consists of many planned experiences in school and out to further enhance children’s cultural capital beyond the academic curriculum such as: sporting tournaments, educational visits and visitors linked to the curriculum, fundraising events and a range of experiences and life skills in each year group that we as a school organise in order to promote learning, personal growth and development.