Early Years

The Early Year Foundation Stage is a creative curriculum which allows young children to learn new skills and experiences through hands on, explorative play.

Within  the Early Years Curriculum there are 7 areas of learning. These areas are then subdivided into 17 aspects of learning.

During every child’s first year in school, they will access a wide range of exciting activities, all of which are linked to each of the statements.

Although we do set termly topics, planning remains based on children’s interest and through discussions children decide the direction of our learning. As professionals, we understand that children are more highly motivated when they are engaged in a topic which is of particular interest to them. Throughout the year, the Early Years staff will collate written, photographic and video evidence of each child based on the above statements. This evidence is then complied and used to paint a picture of each individual child’s achievement across all the areas of the curriculum.

Numeracy is practical and sessions provide hands on, physical learning. Each mathematical skill is taught and then revisited throughout the year to ensure the learning is embedded.

This year the government has introduced a reception baseline assessment which we will complete within the first 6 weeks of your child starting in the Reception year. The purpose of the assessment is to provide a new measure that will help parents to understand how well schools support their pupils to progress between Reception and Year 6.