Preschool

Welcome to Preschool

Welcome to our Preschool Information Page. On this page you will find our termly class newsletter and other information about what we will be doing soon.

In Preschool we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework is based upon four themes:

A Unique Child – developing resilient, capable, confident and self assured individuals
Positive Relationships – supporting the children in becoming strong and independent self assured individuals
Enabling Environments – where opportunities respond to individual needs and there is a strong partnership between practitioners and parents/carers
Learning and Development – acknowledging that children learn in different ways and at different rates

More information on the EYFS framework and how it is delivered at St Jude’s is included in our Early Years Policy which can be found on our General Policies page.

Our EYFS Intent, Implementation and Impact Statement

Early Years Core Stories and Rhymes

Termly Class Newsletter

Each term we will send parents a newsletter. Here is the most recent newsletter:-

Pre-School-Parent-Partnership-Autumn

What to expect in the EYFS – A Guide for Parents

Termly Homework Project

To support our classroom learning a termly project will be set. This is the homework organiser for this term.

Pre-School-homework-Project-Autumn

If you have any questions or would like any further information about the curriculum or how you can further support your child’s learning at home then please speak to your child’s class teacher.

If you would like any copies of the documents on this page, the school office will be happy to print them for you.

Phonics and Reading

Systematic synthetic daily phonics is taught following the Read Write Inc Programme throughout Early Years and Key Stage 1, beginning in the summer term of Pre-school. Pupils are grouped according to ability across the year groups. Progress is tracked throughout the year by the early reading and phonics lead and groupings are adjusted accordingly. Pupils in Year 1 have a National Phonics Screening Test in June. Pupils who do not achieve the expected standard re-sit the test the following year when they are in Y2. Fast track tutoring will be used as an intervention when required to support early reading and writing.
When pupils complete the Read Write Inc phonics programme they begin ‘No-nonsense spelling’. This programme is taught throughout Key Stage 2.

Reading

We use the Read Write Inc reading scheme throughout Early Years and Key Stage 1 where books are fully decodable and correlate with where the child is up to in the scheme. When ready, children are sent home two books which are matched to their reading level from Read, Write, Inc. and a book to read for pleasure with an adult, which will be from the school library.