EYFS Curriculum
Early years’ education builds on a child’s previous knowledge and understanding. Every child is different and therefore will have different needs. Early years’ staff are trained to identify where your child is and know how to help your child progress to the next level.
We keep an electronic learning journal (Tapestry) with evidence of your child’s learning throughout the year. This is a very special journal which we ask you to contribute to, as it shows your child’s learning journey, and you are key in your child’s learning.
Every day your child will be able to participate in various learning activities. Some of these activities are led by an adult and some are led by a child’s individual choice. Your child will have the opportunity to work in small groups, large groups and they will also do some of their learning in keyworker groups.
The beauty of our Early Years is our flexible approach to our children’s learning. We adapt our teaching and activities to suit the needs of our pupils, ensuring every child is given the best possible start to their education regardless of starting points.
What will my child learn?
The Early Years Foundation is made up of 7 areas of learning. These 7 areas of learning are split into 2 areas; Prime areas of learning and Specific areas of learning.
Prime Areas
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Communication and Language |
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| (Listening, Attention and Understanding/Speaking) | (Gross Motor and Fine Motor Skills) | (Self-Regulation, Managing Self and Building Relationships) | |
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This will involve giving children the opportunity to use their spoken language to express themselves in a language rich environment, through conversations, role play, story telling and media. This is a prime area of learning and supports the seven areas of learning. |
This will involve teaching children the importance of living a healthy, happy, and active life. To develop gross motor skills, children will be given the opportunity to develop their core strength, stability, balance, and spatial awareness using a variety of small and large apparatus using the indoor and outdoor environment. To develop fine motor skills, children will use a wide range of small tools to develop control and proficiency in drawing, cutting, colouring and letter formation. Children are provided with opportunities to develop Fine/Gross motor skills daily throughout the setting. |
This will involve giving the children the opportunity to develop strong, warm, and supportive relationships with adults in the setting as well as learning how to make friendships, co-operate and resolve conflicts peacefully. The children will be supported in managing their own emotions and taught to develop a positive sense of themselves as well as learning about self-care, healthy eating and managing their own personal needs. This is a prime area of learning and is integrated into all areas of teaching and learning across the setting. |
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Specific Areas
| Literacy | Mathematics | Understanding of the World |
Expressive Arts and Design |
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| (Comprehension, Word Reading and Writing) | (Number and Numerical Patterns) | (Past and Present/People, Culture and Communities/ The Natural World) | (Creating with Materials/ Being Imaginative and Expressive) |
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This will involve developing a ‘love for reading’ and encouraging children to begin to become independent writers. The children will listen to a wide range of text such as stories, poems, rhymes, and non-fiction text which will ignite their interest and develop their vocabulary, word reading skills and writing for a range of purposes. Our topics will be planned around a variety of literacy texts which provide rich vocabulary, exciting experiences and a range of reading and writing opportunities. Literacy and Phonics sessions are taught daily. Reading and writing is integrated in ‘child-initiated learning.’ |
This will involve developing a positive attitude and interest in mathematics where children are encouraged to talk about their work and have a go as well ensuring that children have a strong grounding and deep understanding of using numbers to 10. The children will be given the opportunity to practise and improve their counting skills, learn to subitise, and understand the value of numbers, calculate simple addition and subtraction problems, talk about the pattern of numbers, and describe shape, space, and measures. Maths will be taught daily and integrated in ‘child-initiated learning’. It will involve the use of practical apparatus to help understand mathematical concepts before learning to record in pictorial and or abstract ways. |
This will involve enriching and widening children’s vocabulary by guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community. Children will be given the opportunity to talk about personal experiences. They will listen to a broad selection of stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems which will enable them to foster an understanding of our culturally, socially, technologically and ecologically diverse world as well as find about religions, places, nature, animals, people and our immediate and wider environment. |
This will involve developing children’s artistic and cultural awareness and supports their imagination and creativity. The children will be given the opportunity to use a wide range of materials and media to express themselves and talk about what they feel, see, and hear as well as engage in role play with their peers. Music and Dance sessions are taught on a weekly basis. |
