EYFS
Early Years Foundation Stage
Early Years Info
Reception Baseline Assessment - Information for Parents
Early Years Foundation Stage Profile - handbook
Starting School
Starting Reception - A guide for parents
Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
Understand what 'healthy' levels of screen time are, by age
- World Health Organization guidance on screen time and physical activity - WHO
- Tips for a healthier screen time - Health Professionals for Safer Screens
Get insights on internet safety, how screen use impacts young children and recommended screen time
And for those with younger children, the NCT covers advice for babies and toddlers too:
Help children build a strong relationship with food and make the right choices from the start
- Nutrition guidance - Department for Education
- Healthier families - NHS
- Five tips for helping your kids to eat healthily all year round - BBC Tiny Happy People
- Eating Well - First Steps Nutrition Trust
- Factsheet for healthy children's diets - Association of UK Dieticians
Brushing teeth
Sleep guidance
- Sleep and young children - NHS
- Struggling to get children to sleep: How to establish a bedtime routine - BBC Tiny Happy People
Other useful information
Physical Development - EYFS – Physical development – Gross motor skills
Communication and Language - EYFS Communication and language – Exploring language
MY HAPPY MIND PROGRAMME
The My Happy Mind programme is designed for schools, families and nurseries who care about developing the mental wellbeing of children. We follow this programme at our school. My Happy Mind is an NHS backed scheme.
Click the link to find out more about the My Happy Mind programme
Below is a letter outlining how to access the My Happy Mind app
Phonics
At Holmfirth J I & N School we use the Little Wandle Letter and Sounds Phonics scheme click on the link for more information Little Wandle Letters and Sounds - resources for parents
An explanation of Phase 1 Phonics in Nursery - EYFS – Literacy – Exploring words - YouTube
Early Reading and Writing - Early Reading and Writing - YouTube
EYFS - Phonics - Phase 1 - Activities to do at home
Maths
EYFS Maths - cardinality and counting
An explanation of numerical patterns
Why we teach maths focusing on numbers to 10
Literacy
Early Years Pencil Grip Development
EYFS Foundations of Writing - DfE
An introduction to fine motor skills
Other Information
Measles - why it is important we are all up to date with our vaccines