Learning

The children in our Pre-School learn through playing and exploring, being active and through creative and critical thinking which takes place both indoors and outside.

Within the group, all children are supported in developing their potential at their own pace. Our key person system enables us to ensure a planned curriculum is tailored to the needs of each individual child. By means of developmentally appropriate play activities and a high level of individual adult input, we offer a curriculum that enables children to progress towards the early learning goals throughout the Foundation Stage; this prepares them for the National Curriculum, which begins at Year 1 in lower school.

The 7 areas of learning and development

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) areas of learning and development have been produced by the government and early years professionals for use by all early years providers. We use these areas of learning and development when we are observing, assessing and planning for your child’s individual needs. We ensure that they are constantly challenged as we help them to develop and succeed.

There are 7 areas of learning which are split into 2 parts:

3 Prime areas – children should develop the prime areas first and they are the most essential for your child’s healthy development and future learning.

4 Specific areas – as children grow, the prime areas will help them to develop skills in the 4 specific areas

The 3 prime areas

Personal, social and emotional development