Early Years Foundation Stage

Our Early Years classroom is a joyful, nurturing space where children learn through play, exploration, and meaningful interactions. We focus on building strong relationships, developing communication skills, and fostering curiosity.

Children in EYFS enjoy:

  • A rich, language‑filled environment
  • Opportunities to explore indoors and outdoors
  • Carefully planned activities that develop early reading, writing, and maths
  • Time to play, imagine, build, and create
  • Support to develop independence and confidence

We work closely with families to ensure every child has the best possible start to their school journey.

Upcoming EYFS dates

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Knowledge Organisers

These outline the key vocabulary, concepts, and knowledge children will explore each term.

Learning Overviews

Communication & Language and Literacy

We will use our phonic knowledge to blend and read words using all Phase 2 and Phase 3 sounds.

We will read and write simple sentences and demonstrate understanding of what has been read to us by retelling familiar stories.

We will speak about story events, poems and non fiction books using full sentences.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Changing me

We will be learning about our body parts and how we have grown up and changed since starting school. We will be thinking about our we feel about moving on to year one.

Mathematics

We will learn to count up to 20 and beyond. We will learn simple addition and subtraction using objects to help us. We will learn about ‘sharing’ and ‘grouping’ and we will explore repeating patterns.

Expressive Arts & Design

Using a wide variety of materials, including paint & natural materials the children will create art work linked to our themes this term.

Hedgehogs Class

Learning Overview
Term 6 2025/2026

Religious Education

What is special about our world?

We will learn about how nature and religion are closely linked. We will discover how many religions believe that God created the world.

Physical Development

Fine motor

Forming letter shapes using pencils. Using scissors, tweezers, droppers & spoons. Writing all letters of the alphabet and spelling simple words.

Understanding the World

Splash!

We will be exploring water play. We will learn about freezing and melting and we
will make ice lollies. We will explore objects that float and sink and we will be learning about capacity.

Understanding the World

On the Beach

We will learn about the plants and animals that live in rock pools and on the seashore. We will explore days out at the beach and compare with beach holidays in the past. We will learn about worldwide seas and oceans and the importance of looking after the environment to keep living things safe.

Physical Development

Gross motor

Climbing, running, skipping, hopping, jumping, balance bikes, throwing and catching. Simple team games.

Timetable

PE days - Hedgehogs class will start their PE lessons in Term 2.

Children should have a PE kit in school every day, consisting of a T-shirt in their House colour, black jogging bottoms, or shorts, a PE sweatshirt, and black jogging bottoms, or shorts, a PE sweatshirt, and outdoor trainers/plimsolls. outdoor trainers/plimsolls.

PE kit may be worn to school on class PE days.

Useful Resources & Weblinks

Activities, websites, and ideas to support learning at home.

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/

http://www.ictgames.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ovJIxTQpsU (blending cvc words - Phase 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlpsmpWOUFY (pure sound production - read, write inc.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0 (tricky word song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gxxLnfS5Ts (Mr Thorne saying all letters and sound clip)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB5ZRtfNKGo (little boy sound talking or blending cvc words, with his mum at home)


St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Primary School

Classes

Hedgehogs Class
Years R & 1 - ages 4 to 5 years

Rabbits Class
Years 1 - ages 5 to 6 years

Otters Class
Year 2 - ages 6 to 7 years

Squirrels Class
Year 3 - ages 7 to 8 years

Badgers Class
Year 4 - ages 8 to 9 years

Woodpeckers Class
Year 5 - ages 9 to 10 years

Owls Class
Year 6 - ages 10 to 11 years

Upcoming events

Pupil school photographs
22nd September 2026, 8:45 - 11:30

Harvest Festival
2nd October 2026, 8:45 - 11:00

October Half-Term Holiday
26th - 30th October 2026

Contact us

Sea Street
St. Margaret’s-at –Cliffe
Dover
Kent CT15 6SS

Telephone: 01304 852639
E-Mail: School office