Early Years Foundation Stage

The youngest children in school follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.

We recognise that there is a sequence of development which all children follow, the way genetic patterns are expressed is influenced by experiences which trigger and shape both neural connections and learned behaviours. Children’s development therefore is seen to occur not in a predictable linear progression, but in a web of multiple strands with rates of progress varying between children, and subject to influences by factors both within and outside of the child.

(with reference from Tickell Report (The Early Years: Foundations for life, health and learning, An Independent Report on the Early Years Foundation Stage to Her Majesty’s Government by Dame Clare Tickell, pp. 85-91) 2011, D16(8857)/0311

Central to our early year’s curriculum are the characteristics of effective learning: Playing and exploring, active learning, creating and thinking critically.

Within the early year’s framework, we cover three important prime areas of learning - Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development, and Communication and Language - and four specific areas - Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World, and Expressive Arts and Design.