Early Years Foundation Stage

Planning Our Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum

Our curriculum is designed around the needs of our young children and is organised into seven areas of Learning and Development.

These are:

Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Physical Development
Communication and Language
Mathematics
Literacy
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts & Design

Here are the main components of each of the seven areas.

Personal, Social and Emotional experiences are about:

Self Regulation
Managing Self
Building Relationships

Physical Development experiences are about:

Gross Motor Skills
Fine Motor Skill

Communication and Language experiences are about:

Listening, Attention and Understanding
Speaking

Literacy experiences are about:

Word Reading
Comprehension
Writing

Mathematics experiences are about:

Number
Numerical Patterns

Understanding the World experiences are about:

Past and Present
People, Culture and Communities
The Natural World

Expressive Arts & Design experiences are about:

Creating with Materials
Being Imaginative and Expressive

We plan through a topic based approach. To keep you well informed our topics and activities are displayed:

In the classroom (Medium term/weekly Planning)

Throughout the year we organise exciting activities, outings and visits/visitors to enhance the children’s learning. We also invite parents to come in and share different events and learning opportunities.