Reception

Reception

Starting school is one of the biggest, most important events in a child’s life. Here at Beaufront we endeavour to make sure that each and every child is given the best possible start to their education within a safe, secure and nurturing environment. Children feel valued and cared for, and as such they are excited to learn and achieve, to take measured risks, and to face challenges with a positive attitude. 

Learning experiences should always be meaningful and this must be the case for each child. As such, our Early Years curriculum is broad and varied, and while long term and medium term plans are in place, planning changes and evolves regularly to account for the children’s needs and interests, and to reflect upon the events within our wider world. This ensures that children gain valuable knowledge and skills, and that children are able to contribute their ideas and skills, which enables them to feel that they can achieve the goals set for them. Teaching is always carefully planned and is highly reflective so as to ensure that progress is being made in fun, engaging and practical ways.

Reception children, whilst in an environment with Nursery, are  taught separately for some parts of the day in order to make maximum progress in key areas such as Phonics, Literacy and Mathematics. Focused activities are planned carefully to further ensure that the Reception children within out Early Years setting are able to reach their potential and to be ready to continue their learning journey as they prepare to access the National Curriculum in Key Stage One. 

Our children leave Reception happy, settled and enthusiastic about learning, ready for their next steps, whatever they might be.