St John's CE Infant School

Welcome to Early Years learning at St John’s C of E Infant School!

At St John’s, we believe all children should be supported to become independent and happy learners – no matter their starting point.  There is no better place to start than in Rabbit Class, our Early Years Foundation Stage classroom.

We are passionate about providing a stimulating and exciting learning environment for all children, following their personal interests and development.  We recognise that every child is unique, and has something extraordinary to bring to our school family.  Every achievement is championed because, as we say each day in prayer during worship, we are all different, and we are all special.

 

We encourage our independent learners to develop through play – supporting them through carefully planned playful activities that ignite their creativity and resilience.  We use the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum to inform our planning in the following areas:

 

 

Characteristic of Learning	Prime Areas	Specific Areas
Playing and exploring-engagement Finding and exploring Playing with what they know Being willing to’ have a go’   Active learning-motivation Being involved and concentrating Keep trying Enjoying achieving what they set out to do Creating and thinking critically-thinking Having their own ideas Making links Choosing ways to do things	Personal, Social and Emotional Development Making relationships Self-confidence and self awareness Managing feelings and behaviour   Physical Development Moving and handling Health and self-care   Communication and Language Listening and attention Understanding Speaking	Literacy Reading Writing   Mathematics Numbers Shape, space and measures   Understanding of the world People and communities The world Technology Expressive Arts and Design Exploring and using media Being imaginative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topics of learning each term:

We endeavour to follow the children’s interests as much as possible at St John’s, so our termly topics for this academic year are likely to change; no two groups of children are the same, and neither is their learning!

Autumn Term 1: All About Me!	Spring Term 3: This is Not a Box	Summer Term 5: The Garden
Autumn Term 2 : Bear Hunt	Spring Term 4 : Farm	Summer Term 6: By The Sea

 

We use books as the springboard to propel our happy learners to become literature-loving story enthusiasts.  These are some of the texts we might cover in each topic:

 

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Term 6: