EYFS
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The way in which young children engage with other people and their environment is through playing and exploring, active learning and creating and thinking critically. Play is a very important part of all children’s development.
Everything in the environment has been put there for a purpose, to help children acquire the skills they need.
Children have access to a variety of materials including sand, water, paint, collage materials, large and small construction sets, large and small role play areas, music resources, books, mark-making, jigsaws, dough, maths games and ICT equipment.
Outdoors children can run, climb, explore natural and reclaimed resources, use wheeled toys and take care of the garden. Children are encouraged to make their own choices.
Children’s spiritual and moral development is an important aspect of their whole development. We foster this through giving children opportunities to share the wonder of the world, e.g. looking at the beauty in the world around them, a new baby, animals, flowers; helping them develop responsibility towards friends, other people and the environment.
Underpinned by the Development Matters document (EYFS) and National Curriculum (Year 1), each subject specifies, in detail the knowledge children will learn. We ensure children are well taught, acquiring powerful knowledge that prepares them well for national assessments and the gives them ability to contribute positively to an ever changing and developing society. We have considered the knowledge and skills we want our children to have learnt and mastered in each curriculum area to enable them to achieve our mission to 'develop good moral principles and achieve exceptional outcomes that allow ambitious life choices'.
The EYFS Curriculum is made up of 7 areas. The EYFS Teachers create and mould the curriculum around the children's interests. This gives all pupils a great start to their education, where we foster key independent learning skills of engagement, motivation and crtitical thinking. We follow the EYFS Framework and use Development Matters to support our planning for next steps development. Please see below for the 7 areas of learning and how we support children to develop their skills in each area.