Little Scarlet
Click here to watch a short video about reading with your child at home
At Tiptree Heath we are: Ready, Respectful, Safe
Our Curriculum
Summer 2 2025: Now and Then
Autumn 1 2025: You, Me and Discovery
Welcome class of 2025! We are really looking forward to introducing all of our new Little Scarlet children to their classroom and to kickstarting their school journey with some exciting learning opportunities. We will spend lots of time supporting the children whilst at play in their new environment, showing them where to find resources they need and how to use all areas of the classroom safely. We also suppor everyone in making good friendships with their peers so that each child feels safe, happy and welcome at school. We will also be spending time one-to-one with all children as we find out about their likes and dislikes, interests and their strengths. After the first few weeks, we introduce children to phonics (learning how to read and, later, how to write) and to some discreet maths lessons together on the carpet. These taught sessions are short and active with the learning focus then followed up throughout the day or week with planned activities in provision. We also read lots of stories to the children, one each week which we explore as a class in-depth and use as a hook into learning about various other topics. Our titles this half term can be found listed on the Curriculum Overview (linked above). Children will enjoy various enrichment activities this half term with further information coming soon.
If you have any questions about any aspect of your child's learning this half term, please speak to a member of the team. A very in-depth explanation of our curriculum can be found above in our 'curriculum map'.
Weekly Update
WB 15th September 2025
What will we be learning about this week?
This week, children will be talking about our families and our special people at home. We will be talking about how we all the special people we have in our lives are different for everyone. We will be continuing with our baseline assessments of children so that we know where they all are. This the informs future planning. We will enjoy more singing together in class and enjoy our second PE Dance lesson. Children will also be creating their Learning Journey covers, choosing their own colours and patterns and signing their design with their own handprint.
Home Learning
At the beginning of each half term, we will upload a selection of home learning ideas for you to try at home. All suggested tasks will be linked to the our learning in the classroom and aimed at being a fun, active and achieveable way for you to develop your child's learning further. We would love to have anything completed at home brought in to class which we can then either display in the room or invite your child to share with their peers in our 'Show and Share' sessions.
Please click here to download our home learning suggestions for Autumn 1:
Letter Formation
Here is a video of how we teach letter formation at Tiptree Heath. Hopefully this is helpful for practise at home.
(This video was made using clips from the YouTube account: Ludlow Learning)
PE
We will be learning about dance during PE lessons on a Wednesday Morning this half term with Mrs Darcy.
Useful website links for Reception:
For a list of general recommended reads in EYFS, click here
For information about how we teach phonics at school, take a look at this page of the school website.