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Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that enables them to fulfil their potential. Children develop quickly in the early years and a child’s experiences between birth and age five have a major impact on their future life chances.

A secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right. Good parenting and high quality early learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up.

 

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning to ensure children’s ‘school readiness’ and gives children the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life.

 

Four guiding principles shape practice in our early years settings. 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 to build their learning over time. Children benefit from a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers.

• the importance of learning and development. 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 (SEND).

 

Teaching in Reception Class is designed to meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework.  It covers the following areas:

The prime areas of learning:

  • Communication and language - Listening, Attention & Understanding

  • Physical development - Gross Motor Skills

  • Personal, social and emotional development - Self Regulation, Managing Self, Building Relationships. 

The specific areas of learning:

  • Literacy - Comprehension, Word Reading &Writing

  • Mathematics - Number & Numerical Values

  • Understanding the world - Past and Present, People Culture and Communities & The Natural World

  • Expressive arts and design - Creating with Materials & Being Imaginative and Expressive. 

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The learning characteristics:

  • Playing and exploring

  • Active learning

  • Creating and thinking critically

 

Learning therefore takes place through a balance of child initiated and adult initiated and led activities.  These take place in both inside and outside learning environments.

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