GENERAL INFORMATION

• Age. The minimum age for children entering the Pre-Reception class in September is 3 years and 8 months.
• Meeting the Child. Before September you will be invited to bring your child into school for a short session. During this time your child will be able to play and to familiarize himself/herself with their future environment. They will also be able to meet the staff and to socialize with their prospective classmates.
• School Uniform. The Pre-Reception children are expected to wear school uniform.

Our Pre-Reception is based on the U.K. Department of Education's Early Learning Goals

This foundation stage curriculum is organized into six areas of learning.

• Personal, social and emotional development.
• Language and literacy.
• Mathematical development.
• Knowledge and understanding of the world.
• Physical development.
• Creative play.

Your children will be learning these essential skills in a carefully organized environment, fulfilling their needs in a stimulating, practical and enjoyable way. This will develop their cognitive, physical, social and emotional abilities.

Personal, social and emotional development

This area promotes :

• Interest and motivation to learn.
• Confidence.
• Concentration.
• Sensitivity to others.
• Respect for their own and other cultures.
• Ability to work as part of a group.
• A moral understanding.
• Personal hygiene.
• Independence .

Language and Literacy

This area promotes :

• Listening to and using spoken and written language.
• Sequencing and clear thinking.
• Vocabulary.
• Speaking clearly and audibly with confidence.
• Naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet.
• Understanding that print carries meaning.
• Re-telling narrative in correct sequence.
• Pre-Reception will also have oral Greek sessions on a daily basis.

Mathematical Development

This area promotes:

• Saying and using number names in order.
• Reliaby counting everyday objects up to 10.
• Recognizing numerals 1-9.
• Using mathematical language such as “more” “less” " lighter” “heavier”.
• Using vocabulary such as “adding” and “subtracting” in practical activities.

Knowledge and understanding of the world

This area promotes :

• Investigation of objects and materials using the appropriate senses.
• Identifying some features of living things, objects and events observed by the children.
• Looking closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.
• Questions about why and how things work.
• Building constructions using a wide range of objects.
• Finding out about past and present events in their own lives.
• Knowledge of their own cultures and beliefs.
• Finding out about their environment.

Physical development

This area promotes :

• Moving safely with confidence and imagination .
• Movement with reasonable control and co-ordination.
• Awareness of space both for themselves and others.
• Recognition of the importance of keeping healthy .
• Recognition of changes experienced when actively engaged in physical movements.
• Using a range of small and large equipment.

Creative Play

This area promotes :

• Exploration of colour, texture, shape and form.
• Recognition and exploration of how sounds can be changed, singing songs from memory.
• Responding in a variety of ways to what they see, smell, hear, touch and feel.
• Imagination in art and design, music, dance and imaginative role play.
• Expression and communication of their ideas, thoughts and feelings.

DAILY ACTIVITIES´ PROGRAMME

• Our day starts at 7:50a.m. and finishes at 12:30p.m.
• Children who have older brothers or sisters in school can be supervised until 1:05p.m

TIME	ACTIVITY
07:50 – 08:15	Children arrive. Free time.
08:15 – 09:00	Register, calendar, show and tell, class discussion
09:00 – 09:35	Topic related activities / Outdoor play
09:35 – 10:00	Snack time.
10:00 – 10:20	Stories / rhymes / singing.
10:20 – 11:10	Topic related activities / outdoor play
11:10 – 11:25	Break
11:25 – 12:00	Music and movement / video
12:00 – 12:10	Fruit Break
12:10 – 12:30	Stories / rhymes / singing.

Times for outdoor play may vary depending on the weather

 

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