Our curriculum
Our curriculum is driven through the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
We want to give the children in our setting the freedom, ability and encouragement to learn across all seven areas of learning. We offer equal opportunity to all of our children ensuring that every child is included and supported. Teaching children acceptance, inclusiveness and that equal opportunities are open to all within our setting is important for children to understand from the moment they join us. We have built a culture where difference is valued.
The experiences we provide for our children cover the following areas of learning, embedding and building on the Prime areas first and then building on the Specific areas to ensure a solid foundation for their future learning.
Prime Areas of Learning:
Specific Areas of Learning:
By building up children’s knowledge and skill base in all areas of learning from an early age we can ensure a solid foundation is in place allowing them to progress well through school and life. We will encourage children’s curiosity and learning enabling them to thrive in all areas, by drawing on their knowledge and interests to extend and develop their learning.
We understand all children develop at their own pace and therefore we will take the relevant time to develop each child.
We want our children to be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured - ready to move forward in life. Our methods to develop a child’s learning are through the implementation of a wide range of experiences, all set within a stimulating, thought provoking, fun, challenging environment.
These experiences are led and guided by our staff members, who spend time with the children developing their skills and knowledge.
We want to give the children in our setting the freedom, ability and encouragement to learn across all seven areas of learning. We offer equal opportunity to all of our children ensuring that every child is included and supported. Teaching children acceptance, inclusiveness and that equal opportunities are open to all within our setting is important for children to understand from the moment they join us. We have built a culture where difference is valued.
The experiences we provide for our children cover the following areas of learning, embedding and building on the Prime areas first and then building on the Specific areas to ensure a solid foundation for their future learning.
Prime Areas of Learning:
- Communication and Language
- Personal Social and Emotional Development
- Physical
Specific Areas of Learning:
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts and Design
By building up children’s knowledge and skill base in all areas of learning from an early age we can ensure a solid foundation is in place allowing them to progress well through school and life. We will encourage children’s curiosity and learning enabling them to thrive in all areas, by drawing on their knowledge and interests to extend and develop their learning.
We understand all children develop at their own pace and therefore we will take the relevant time to develop each child.
We want our children to be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured - ready to move forward in life. Our methods to develop a child’s learning are through the implementation of a wide range of experiences, all set within a stimulating, thought provoking, fun, challenging environment.
These experiences are led and guided by our staff members, who spend time with the children developing their skills and knowledge.
- We will implement and guide children’s learning through communication and modelling language, questioning, showing, explaining, demonstrating and encouraging.
- We will provide a narrative, as well as facilitating and setting challenges for all.
- We will provide an environment which will give children the space, freedom and resources to learn. Through the different areas of learning our children are able to develop and extend their existing knowledge, learning new and more complex skills and knowledge.
- We assist all children to become individuals by allowing them to think, share and communicate their feelings, supporting them in their learning journey.
- We encourage communication and language development through echoing back conversation, enhancing and extending their vocabulary so that the child’s communication skills can develop quickly, and they become confident communicators.
- We understand our individual children learn in different ways and at different rates and we will guide, develop and support their learning using the characteristics of learning most appropriate to them.
- We will provide opportunity and learning experiences across a wealth of subjects, ensuring British Fundamental Values and Culture Capital is at the heart of our learning.
- We will challenge and enrich children’s learning by introducing new experiences as and when appropriate to their development, challenging both their strengths and weaknesses, building on interests and provoking curiosity and enthusiasm for other subjects.
- We form good relationships with all our families and children and use their interests and knowledge to support and inspire learning.