Early year’s education provides the building blocks for a child’s successes at primary school.

Children in the Nursery and Reception classes are provided with a wide range of opportunities to help them develop socially and intellectually by providing opportunities to learn new skills and to practice them in a safe, vibrant and happy environment. In the EYFS, children learn through playing, exploring, experimenting and talking.

Staff carefully prepare a range of learning opportunities for both indoor and outdoor learning all year round. The staff in the Nursery and Reception classes work closely together to plan a wide range of learning opportunities to meet the six areas of development.

All of our students in the EYFS are allocated a key worker with special responsibility for monitoring their learning and wellbeing throughout each day.

Early Years Foundation Stage

From when your child is born up until the age of 5, their early years’ experience should be happy, active, exciting, fun and secure; and support their development, care and learning needs.

In the EYFS, the curriculum is made up of six areas of learning:

• Personal and Social Development
• Communication & Language
• Physical Development
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding of the World
• Expressive Arts & Design