Useful links and ways to support at home

We look forward to welcoming you in our Reception setting. We pride ourselves on providing the children with a rich literary environment where books are at the heart of all we do. Please enjoy watching this video with your child as they embark on the beginning of their learning journey with us - video link

The Department for Education has published a new guide for parents, produced by Sheringham Nursery School and Children’s Centre – ‘What to expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage’ (formerly ‘What to expect when’) which guides parents through what to expect in their child’s development. It aligns with the new Development Matters to help practitioners engage with parents about their child’s development. https://dev-foundation-years.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/What-to-expect-in-the-EYFS-complete-FINAL-16.09-compressed.pdf

Link to Seesaw- https://web.seesaw.me/

For a basic parents’ guide to phonics, please click here -  https://www.theschoolrun.com/phonics-teaching-step-by-step

The following website contains a little more information for parents about the EYFS profile and what it means - https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-is-the-foundation-stage-profile

Here at BHSA we are committed to providing a brilliant home school connection. This two-way flow of information is important for every child to develop and succeed. Both our Nursery and our Reception teachers will provide you with a weekly newsletter detailing the learning which has taken place that week. This will help you to support your child at home. It will also provide reminders for special events taking place too. In nursery your child will bring home a little book for you to write down all the things you do over the weekend, this is a excellent conversation starter in our nursery and really supports our communication and language. As you start your journey with us you will be provided with a SeeSaw account, this enables us to share photos of your child learning and schools and provides us a with a platform to communicate with you. Click here see an example of our weekly newsletter

Our Early Years Policy can be found here