We follow the British Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. The EYFS provides children with the skills and knowledge they need to receive the best start to their education and development journey. We follow the four principles of the EYFS: promoting the unique child by following their interests, developing positive relationships with children and families and creating enabling environments with engaging and inclusive learning spaces which in turn enhances the learning and development opportunities for each child. The EYFS focuses on seven areas of learning:

Prime Areas

Communication & Language

Communication and Language focuses on the development of children’s listening and attention skills, their understanding and comprehension and their speech, vocabulary and their ability to communicate effectively with others.

Physical Development

Physical Development focuses on the improvement of children’s gross and fine motor control. Children will have opportunities to move their bodies and build their flexibility and strength. By improving and controlling their gross motor skills children will in turn be able to develop their small/fine motor movements which will allow them to have the finger and hand strength to write and form letters.

Personal, Social & Emotional Development

Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) provides children with the foundations they need to become functioning members of society and the community. PSED focuses on children developing their social skills through making relationships. It also gives children the skills they need to regulate their emotions and build on their self confidence and self-esteem.

Specific Areas

Literacy

Literacy focuses on the development of children’s reading and writing skills. Literacy will promote opportunities for children to recall and retell stories and develop their understanding of books and their structure. Children will progress through “Early Writing” and mark making in the younger rooms to using their phonic knowledge to form simple words and short sentences in the Preschool.

Mathematics

Mathematics focuses on the development of children’s number, counting, cardinality, shape, space and measure knowledge. Children will expand their everyday maths skills by learning how to touch items as they count, understanding the properties of 2D and 3D shapes and exploring the length, height and capacity of objects.

Expressive Arts & Design

Expressive Arts and Design gives children the experiences they need to develop their hands on arts and crafts skills by painting, drawing, modelling and printing. Expressive Arts and Design also focuses on children developing their abilities in music, singing, dance, movement and imaginative play.

Understanding the World

Understanding the World focuses on children developing their knowledge of the world around them. This involves them building on their understanding of the natural world and environment, their knowledge of the past and present alongside their ICT skills, knowing their place in the community and enhancing their familiarity of other cultures and countries.