All About Early Years
Our Vision
We have very high expectations and are always striving to ensure we are meeting every child’s needs. We believe that all children deserve the best possible start and planning supports the teaching and learning process to ensure strong outcomes for all children.
We begin to teach our children our core values of Ambition, Creativity, Ownership, Resilience and Nurture from EYFS understanding how important it is for our children to develop these qualities.
We are committed to working with parents/carers; understanding that it is together that we will see our children really grow and flourish.
Key principles of our EYFS provision:
A Unique Child – We believe that every child is a competent learner who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured. We recognise that children learn and develop in individual ways and at varying rates. Children’s attitudes and dispositions to learning are influenced by consistent and regular feedback, so we use praise and encouragement as well as celebration and rewards to develop a positive attitude towards learning.
Positive relationships – We recognise that children learn to be strong and independent from a base of secure relationships. We aim to develop caring, respectful and professional relationships with all children and their families.
Enabling environments – We recognise the key role the environment plays in supporting and extending children’s development. Through regular observation, we assess children’s interests, stages of development and learning needs, before planning challenging and achievable activities and experiences which will extend their learning.
Learning and development – Our EYFS is organised to allow children to explore and learn in security and safety. The space is set up into learning areas and children are able to access resources independently. Children are able to access indoor and outdoor experiences every day.
The characteristics of effective learning underpin all areas of learning and development in the EYFS. These are:
- Playing and exploring
- Active learning
- Creating and thinking critically
Children learn through seven key areas of learning: all of these areas are essential for young children and are interconnected. There are three prime areas which are the building blocks and need to be in place before the specific areas can be developed. The prime areas are: Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development and Communication and Language. The specific areas are Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
If you have any further questions please contact Miss Mollie Bond at school: 01928 716521
