- Telephone: 01282 771146
- Email: office@st-john.lancs.sch.uk
WELCOME TO RECEPTION
Meet the Reception Team:
Mrs Collins - Class Teacher
Mrs Barker - Assistant Head & PPA cover on Thursday Mornings
Mrs Hall - Teaching Assistant
Mrs Bracken - Teaching Assistant
In the Early Years Foundation Stage, the Characteristics of Effective Learning is to support the development of the Unique child in how children are learning:
Play and Exploring - Engagement
Active Learning - Motivation
Creating and Thinking Critically - Thinking.
So, we learn through planned play activities and self initiated activities. This is to ensure the children have fun, learn basic skills, communicate with others and become independent.
The Early Years Foundation Stage consists of 3 'Prime' areas of learning:
Personal, Social and Emotional development
Communication and Language development
Physical development
and 4 'Specific' areas of learning:
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design.