It is vital that a close working relationship between Reception and Year 1 is developed so that the transition between Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 is as smooth as possible.

Continuous Provision

Continuous provision is used in the EYFS and Year 1 to promote independent learning and exploration and allows children to revisited and build upon previous learning. 

Continuous provision describes all of the different provision areas which are available for your children to use every day. Within each of these areas of provision there should be a core range of resources that children can use all of the time, throughout the whole year. Planning effectively for continuous provision is crucial and involves a consideration of classroom layout and resourcing that will enable staff to offer a breadth of learning possibilities.

Early Excellence, 2022. 

Carefully planned continuous provision will enable children to learn skills, will challenge their thinking and help them to embed concepts. It should also provide the context for a variety of learning conversations between children and adults with rich opportunities for modelling and extending speech and vocabulary. It is within this learning environment that the children will also develop key learning attributes. How your environment is planned, resourced, valued and used can impact positively, or negatively, on children’s engagement, independence, collaboration, self-confidence, resilience and curiosity. 

Early Excellence, 2022. 

Please take a look at the document below which shows other ways in which we ensure this transition is as smooth as possible.