Children in Reception follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum in which learning and development is organised into prime and specific areas as set out below:

Prime Areas

• Communication and Language Development 
  • Which includes: Listening, attention & understanding; speaking
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development 
  • Which includes: Self regulation; managing self and building relationships 
• Physical Development 
  • Which includes: Gross motor skills and Fine motor skills

At St Joseph’s we teach children by ensuring that we provide challenging, playful opportunities across these areas of learning and development.  We provide opportunities to encourage children to foster the characteristics of effective early learning.

Characteristics of Learning

• Playing and exploring
• Active Learning
• Creating and thinking critically

Specific Areas

Literacy

Which includes: Comprehension; word reading and writing

• Maths
  • Which includes: Number and numerical patterns
• Understanding the World
  • Which includes: Past and present; People, culture and communities; The natural world 
• Expressive Arts and Design
  • Which includes: Creating with materials and being imaginative and expressive