what do they expect in reception

[molk]

we have parents evening coming up soon for ds who is in reception. all this is new to me as he is my first. i just wondered if anyone knows what they expect reception children to be doing by now in terms of reading, writing and numeracy.

it really varies from child to child

i have some who recognise and write numbers to 20, and are already solving simple sums. In literacy the higher achieveers would be reading shorter sentences and writing a short sentence to go with a picture.

i would be concerned at this point in the year if a child was not recognising any letters of the alphabet by sound, or couldnt yet write/attempt to write their name or begin to form recognisable letters. Also I would be keeping an eye on those who cannot recognise numbers or who can't count up to 5 objects reliably.

what time of year is your ds's birthday (some of the summer ones, epsecially boys are less ready for school in my experience)

If you google the Early Years Foundation Stage profile, there is lots of information. There are nine point scales for 13 different aspects of learning and the average child at the end of reception would be at about point six in each.

thankyou for the replies. it is really useful information. the eyfs website is good to know.

Our reception parents evening was a few weeks after school had started - they did mention some academic stuff but mainly it was about how they were settling in and if they could sit still!

Social side seemed key to our school, so is the child happy with the other children, are they making friends, can they sit and join in, concentrate. To them that was the most important basis for learning. Academically so long as the child could hold a pen and was starting to write letters - writing own name, etc and could count basic numbers they didn't seem that worried. It was Year One before the more formal academic targets took off.