EYFS
Nursery and Reception are both part of The Early Years Foundation Stage and our curriculum is designed for the children at Fairfield Primary School to be engaging, exciting and to ensure that all children get the best possible start in their school journey.
All children follow the new statutory Early Years Foundation Stage Framework 2021. This explains what and how your child will be learning. There are seven areas of Learning which are interlinked and we believe children learn best when they learn through play, exploration and active learning.
We follow the Little Wandle phonics programme and the White Rose Maths scheme in Reception.
We provide opportunities for children to learn through a mixture of adult led activities and child led activities and we give them as many different opportunities as possible.
The Reception Curriculum
| Autumn 1 -Getting to know you | Autumn 2-Light and Dark | |
| Key texts and poems | Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown Shh! – Sally Grindley and Peter Utton Poetry Basket Leaves are Falling Pointy Hat 5 Little Pumpkins | Owl Babies – Martin Waddell The Owl and the Star – Mary Murphy Poetry Basket Wise Old Owl Let’s Put On Our Mittens |
| Spring 1 -Winter Wonderland | Spring 2- Down on the Farm | |
| Key texts and poems | The White Mitten – Story Basket Six Dinner Sid – Inga Moore Poetry Basket I Can Build a Snowman Spring Wind | Farmer Duck – Michael Rosen Rosie’s Walk – Pat Hutchins Poetry Basket A Little Seed Breezy Weather |
| Summer 1 Transport | Summer 2 On safari/Africa | |
| Key texts and poems | Mr Gumpy’s Outing – John Burningham Mrs Armitage on Wheels – Quentin Blake Little Kid’s Book of First Things That Go (Non-Fiction) Poetry Basket Stepping Stones 5 Little Peas | Handa’s Surprise – Eileen Brown First Atlas (Non-Fiction) Bog Baby – Jeanne Willis Poetry Basket Monkey Babies Shoes |
The Nursery Curriculum
| Autumn 1-All about me | Autumn 2-Celebrations | |
| Key texts and poems | The Colour Monster – Anna Llenas Leaf Man – Lois Ehlert Stick Man – Julia Donaldson We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – Michael Rosen Room on a Broom – Julia Donaldson | Dear Zoo – Rod Campbell Dear Santa – Rod Campbell The Gingerbread Man Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson Gruffalo’s Child – Julia Donaldson |
| Spring 1 –Winter- Freezing & Thawing | Spring 2- Signs of Spring | |
| Key texts and poems | Beep, Beep Vroom, Vroom – Stuart J Murphy Come on Daisy – Jane Symmons Hairy Maclary – Lynley Dodd Brown Bear Brown Bear – Bill Marlen & Eric Carle Mr Wolf’s Pancake – Jan Fearnley Goldilocks | The Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle Jack and the Beanstalk Jasper’s Beanstalk – Nick Butterworth We’re going on an egg hunt – Michael Rosen |
| Summer 1 – People who help us/Minibeasts | Summer 2 Summer/Seaside | |
| Key texts and poems | The Train Ride – June Crebbin Our Jungle – Rod Campbell Monkey Puzzle – Julia Donaldson A Squash and a Squeeze – Julia Donaldson The Enormous Turnip | Rainbow Fish – Marcus Pfister Aliens love Underpants – Claire Freedman Paper Dolls – Julia Donaldson Chicken Licken The Three Little Pigs |
