Reception class
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At ProEducation, our approach to schooling is rooted in learning and love, and we are devoted to our children’s education and personal development on an individual basis. We deliver our Early Years education through fun, nurturing and exciting play experiences that are all targeted towards learning opportunities that build happy, independent and confident little learners. Our children learn through sensory integration, play and experience in classes of small sizes that are well resourced and supported by caring teachers.
We engage our children using an inquiry based approach to their education, giving priority to the child’s role in developing their education. Rather than our teachers just telling the children what they need to know, we prefer to allow the children to explore, share ideas and ask lots of questions. |
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This approach allows our children to build on their knowledge through engaging, sharing, experiencing and exploring from their own point of view, which makes their education more personal to them through their active engagement. We find that this approach is incredibly effective in helping our children to form a deep love for their learning from an early age, as well as many other benefits.
Our teachers use international curriculum frameworks in their teaching, and they teach with care, kindness and positivity to inspire our children to be bold and brave in their learning. They nurture the children’s curiosity and confidence to help guide them into learning without boundaries. Our Early Years teachers form strong bonds with our children, and support them into becoming great learners and great friends to their peers.
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Early Intervention
At ProEducation, we understand that not all children are the same and that some children need additional support. We pride ourselves on providing individualised education to meet the needs of each child, and we offer additional support services to our students should they need them. We made it a priority that our students have access to therapies and specialists on site to ensure that they always have the best opportunities; as it stands, our school is the only school and learning centre on the island to have an Early Intervention Model. As ProEducation children have access to increased services beyond the classroom that are not usually readily available for children, they are able to get the support they need without delay. |
This means that their learning opportunities are increased and supported without disruption to their scheduled learning. Some of the additional services that our children have access to are: Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Counsellors, EAL and Literacy and Numeracy Support teachers.
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Curriculum
The British Early Years curriculum is split into seven main areas which make up a child’s early learning goals. Learning Goals for Reception Class:
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These Reception Class goals are taught through topics or theme based units that guide learning. Units include topics such as ‘Dinosaurs’, ‘Space’, ‘Jungles’ and ‘The Seaside’ etc.
Our teachers facilitate the learning through a mixture of teacher lead lessons and child lead discovery. As children in Reception Class education are still primarily learning through their everyday life experiences, these lessons are an exciting and engaging way for the children to build on their current skills and to develop and master new ones.
Phonics
Children begin to learn the building blocks for reading using a systematic synthetic phonics program.
Whole Class Mathematics Teaching
Children will learn numbers, shapes and space and measures such as time, length and weight. Practical uses of mathematics are explored through the current topic or theme.
Whole Class English Teaching
Our topics are based around quality fiction and non-fiction texts to engage the children. These texts are linked to the topic or theme that the children are learning about that term.
Continuous Provision
Children learn through exploration and play. Children explore different areas of provision within the indoor and outdoor environment e.g., mark-making, messy play, water, sand, dough and creative construction. Adults support the children in their independent learning through questioning, talking and making suggestions. Observations of how and what the children learn are taken for their learning journeys. Focused activities such as reading also take place in this session.
Our teachers facilitate the learning through a mixture of teacher lead lessons and child lead discovery. As children in Reception Class education are still primarily learning through their everyday life experiences, these lessons are an exciting and engaging way for the children to build on their current skills and to develop and master new ones.
Phonics
Children begin to learn the building blocks for reading using a systematic synthetic phonics program.
Whole Class Mathematics Teaching
Children will learn numbers, shapes and space and measures such as time, length and weight. Practical uses of mathematics are explored through the current topic or theme.
Whole Class English Teaching
Our topics are based around quality fiction and non-fiction texts to engage the children. These texts are linked to the topic or theme that the children are learning about that term.
Continuous Provision
Children learn through exploration and play. Children explore different areas of provision within the indoor and outdoor environment e.g., mark-making, messy play, water, sand, dough and creative construction. Adults support the children in their independent learning through questioning, talking and making suggestions. Observations of how and what the children learn are taken for their learning journeys. Focused activities such as reading also take place in this session.
