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    • Reception

    To view all our information about the Early Years, please access this via the 'Our Curriculum at St Leonard's' section of our website and select the 'Early Years' tab.

    Class Information 2025-2025

    Key Information

    Homework

    In the Early Years homework is not set formally as it is throughout the rest of school. Our Early Years page contains information regarding our bespoke and highly ambitious curriculum, placing Language and Literacy at the heart of everything we do where you can find the specific weekly learning opportunities that are planned for your child.

    Reading

    Reading in the Early Years is a priority. Our Literacy-Led curriculum provides meaningful reading opportunities and inspirational texts to unlock children's language and imaginations. Phonics sessions take place for all our Early Years children.

    In Reception, our children also select a weekly 'sharing book' which accompanies their phonetically matched reading book that is read several times in school to achieve excellent fluency, expression and comprehension. We communicate effectively through each child's Reading Record, so that parents are fully informed of their child's reading progress and the support we can provide between home and school to foster high-quality reading experiences.

    Labels

    Labels are very important in every piece of clothing to enable us to distinguish any lost or found clothing, and so we can return them. Please help us by ensuring all uniform and other school items are named.

    PE and Forest School

    For Autumn term,

    Forest Thursdays - children to come to school in their PE kits and suitable outdoor clothing depending on the weather.

    Friday - PE - children come to school in their PE kits. (Little Lennie's clothing lends itself to being suitable for PE)

    Wellies and waterproofs are kept in school in our Outside Classroom space for use as and when needed.

    Music

    All Reception children will be learning to play the Ocarina as part of our Early Years Curriculum.

    Dates for your diary

    We have many exciting events taking place this year, so here are important events taking place in the Autumn Term.

    Thursday 23rd October - Reception Autumn Concert at 14.45

    Reception children will share a range of autumn-themed songs that they have learnt during their time at school so far! An opportunity to celebrate our young learners. All welcome.

    Curriculum Enhancements - Trips and Visitors

    Autumn

    Reception children will be attending the Panto this year.

    Spring

    The children enjoy and learn a great deal from a range of exciting visitors who come and enrich our curriculum. We get to become Firefighters, Paramedics, Police Officers, Crossing Patrol People, Doctors, Nurses, Dentists to name just a few!

    Summer 

    The children are fortunate enough to visit Thornton Hall Country Farm for some hands-on learning and to build on their prior learning about farms from the spring.

    Early Years Daily Routines

    Early Years education is play-based and follows the interests of our children on their unique and individual learning journeys. Adult-led enhancements and our bespoke curriculum inspire our youngest learners.

    Our children in Early Years experience the following on a daily basis:

    Access to indoor and outdoor classrooms, phonics and reading, story times, maths/counting, songs and/or music, snack and sharing times. They experience Forest School, PE, Ocarina and Computing/Online Safety sessions weekly.

    Early Years Pedagogical Curriculum Overview

    Our Curriculum Overview provides progression from Nursery to Reception and builds sequentially on prior knowledge and understanding. It ensures that all our children, regardless of their starting points, gain the breadth and depth of knowledge outlined in the Early Years Statutory Framework 'Educational Programmes.