Early Years
It is our mission to offer every child a high-quality early years education in a supportive, safe and challenging environment in which they feel valued and are inspired to become life-long learners who aim to ‘Be the best they can be’.
The Curriculum: What we want children to learn
Teaching in the EYFS is delivered in accordance with the government’s statutory document ’The Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage’. This document states that four guiding principles should shape practice in every early years setting. These are:
- Every child is a Unique Child, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured
- Children learn to be strong and independent through Positive Relationships
- Children learn and develop well in Enabling Environments with teaching and support from adults, who respond to their individual interests and needs and help them build their learning over time. Children benefit from a strong partnership between practitioners and parents/carers.
- Children develop and learn at different rates. The framework covers the education and care of all children in early years provision, including children with special educational needs and disabilities.
The curriculum is centred on 3 prime areas of learning:
Communication and Language
Personal Social and Emotional Development
Physical Development
And 4 specific areas which have their foundations in the prime areas. These are:
Literacy Mathematics Understanding the Expressive Arts
World and Design
