Reception (4 & 5 year-olds)
Welcome to Reception at Edmondsley Primary School, this is our Butterfly Class. Our Reception environment enables children to develop in all areas of learning. Please see our Primary and Nursery Brochure or contact us for more information.
“I was worried about him forming a new friendship group quickly enough, but he has really settled in and it’s fantastic to see! All credit to the staff for making the school such a welcoming place! Thank you.“
Parent
Our Learning in School
From each child’s own starting points, children will make good progress whilst in our Nursery and Reception Classes in all areas of development, outlined in the Statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage, so that they are well prepared for the transition into Year 1. Our key focus is to ensure that all children develop excellent learning behaviours for life and display characteristics of effective learning.
Children will become ‘Happy Chatters,’ ‘Fantastic Friends.’ ‘Energetic Edmondsley Caterpillars’ will grow into ‘Energetic Edmondsley Butterflies’, ‘Brilliant Bookworms,’ ‘Wow Writers’, ‘Magnificent Mathematicians’ ‘Edmondsley Explorers’ and ‘Creative Creatures,’ after having had the opportunities to Play and Explore through Active Learning and Creating and Thinking Critically.
Curriculum Grids 2026 – 27
Butterfly Class Curriculum Grid – Autumn 1
Winter Activities to do at home
Additional Information
Please follow the link for information regarding a baseline assessment which is carried out with reception aged children.
We are Brilliant Bookworms
Reception Brilliant Bookworms…
- Enjoy reading and sharing a variety of books
- Talk about the illustrations
- Understand and retell favourite stories and rhymes and talk about key events
- Use simple non –fiction books to retrieve facts, beginning to understand that the book does not need to be read from the beginning
- Identify special friends
- Use Fred talk
We are Creative Creatures
Reception Creative Creatures…
- Explore using tools, materials and techniques
- Share our creations, explaining what we have done
- Experiment with colour, design, texture, form and function
We are Energetic Edmondsley Explorers
Reception Edmondsley Explorers…
- Notice seasonal changes around weather, animals and plants
- Observe, drawing pictures of animals and plants
- Know some similarities and differences about the world we live in
- Know about changes of seasons and how things change with temperature
- Describe the lifecycle of a butterfly and a frog
Edmondsley’s Energetic Butterflies…
- Move in and around spaces safely
- Rnergetically run, jump, climb, dance, hop, skip, kick large balls, catch small balls
- Show strength, balance and co-ordination
We are Fantastic Friends and Happy Chatters
Reception Happy Chatters…
- Talk with friends and adults
- Ask questions and make comments
- Listen well
- Day a variety of words in full sentences, using past, present and future tenses
- New vocabulary learned used in context during play and exploration
Reception Fantastic Friends…
- Wait our turn in whole class group times
- Remember and follow Butterfly Class rules
- Play co-operatively and resolve conflicts
- Show understanding that everyone’s likes and dislikes might be the same or different
We are Magnificent Mathematicians
Reception Magnificent Mathematicians…
- Subitise up to 5
- Count objects, actions and sounds beyond 20
- Know how to make different numbers to 10
- Explore patterns with numbers up to 10 (odds and evens)
- Make a range of my own mathematical marks, communicating what they mean
We are Wow Writers
Reception Wow Writers…
- Write recognisable letters
- Write green words and some red words
- Write simple phrases and sentences
- Begin to write for a purpose
- Read the word, write the word, hold a sentence
- Begin to use capital letters to start a sentence and use full stop at the end
We are Mellifluous Musicians
Reception Mellifluous Musicians…
- Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs (ELG)
- Explore and engage in music making and dance performing solo or in groups (Development Matters)
- Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try to move in time with music (ELG)
We are Place Spotters
Reception Place Spotters…
- Be able to describe features of the local environment e.g. the forest area and river
- Be able to name places- Edmondsley, Sacriston, Durham, Chester le Street, Newcastle, London, England
- Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation, discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps (Early Learning Goal)
- Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and – when appropriate – maps (Early Learning Goal)
We are Past and Present Peepers
Reception Past and Present Peepers…
- Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class (ELG)
- Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling (ELG)
