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When children start school they do not follow the National Curriculum until the start Year 1. Children from birth to five have their own Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. This curriculum offers children the opportunity to learn through a wide range of fun, practical experiences were children can observe, explore, discover and communicate in both the indoor and outdoor learning environments.
Our classrooms are set up to allow the children to ‘free flow’ around the Nursery, the two Reception rooms and the outdoor environment. This allows the children to initiate their own activities and choose where and what they want to play. Following a teaching session children can move around the unit to play, during this time our Early Years Team are observing, supporting children’s play and leading small group work or working with individual children to ensure the needs and interests of every child are met.
The Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS) has many aspects to it. Below are the four key principles that underpin our EYFS approach at Arnot St Mary CE Primary School.
A Unique Child: Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.
Positive Relationships: Children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and/or a key person.
Enabling Environments: The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning.
Learning and Development: Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and all areas of Learning and Development are equally important and inter-connected.
The six areas of learning and development are:
Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)
Communication, Language and Literacy (CLL)
Problem solving, Reasoning and Numeracy (PSRN)
Knowledge and Understanding of the World (KUW)
Physical Development (PD)
Creative Development (CD)