Early Years Foundation Stage
INTRODUCTION
Every child deserves the best possible start in life, and at St Hugh’s we ensure the child’s first experiences to be positive and exciting, both in Nursery or Reception. We provide a caring, secure and safe environment where every child is valued and respected as an individual, striving to reach their own full potential. At St Hugh’s we want our children to adopt a love of learning, be motivated to learn and experience a broad and balanced curriculum that meets the needs of all individuals.
The Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum consists of 7 areas which are broken down in to prime and specific areas.
The prime areas consist of Personal Social and Emotional Development (PSE), Communication and Language and Physical Development.
The specific areas consist of Literacy, Maths, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts.
Children are supported to develop their Characteristics of Effective Learning within the EYFS as these underpin learning and development across all areas and support children to remain effective and motivated learners. These include:
Playing and Exploring- children investigate and experience things, and 'have a go'
Active Learning- children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties
Creating and Thinking Critically- children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things
Click here to view what Characteristics of Effective Learning might look like for a child
Click here to view the Educational Programmes for the Seven Areas of Learning within the EYFS
INTENT
IMPLEMENTATION
IMPACT
We strive to ensure that our children will grow to be confident, competent, life-long learners who are skilful communicators. We strive to ensure that our children progress effectively across all areas of the EYFS curriculum from their various starting points and to be line with national expectations by the end of their foundation years. The impact of our curriculum is measured by our assessments, which allow us to track percentages of pupils achieving age related expectations throughout the academic year and put support interventions in place where needed. Regular observations and assessments inform future planning and ensure that all children build on their current knowledge and skill set. We endeavour for pupils to be year 1 ready by the time they leave reception, so they are equipped with the necessary skills to allow them to flourish in their future learning.
The documents below show how our curriculum subjects across school are linked to the EYFS curriculum:
Early Years Foundation Stage
INTRODUCTION
Every child deserves the best possible start in life, and at St Hugh’s we ensure the child’s first experiences to be positive and exciting, both in Nursery or Reception. We provide a caring, secure and safe environment where every child is valued and respected as an individual, striving to reach their own full potential. At St Hugh’s we want our children to adopt a love of learning, be motivated to learn and experience a broad and balanced curriculum that meets the needs of all individuals.
The Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum consists of 7 areas which are broken down in to prime and specific areas.
The prime areas consist of Personal Social and Emotional Development (PSE), Communication and Language and Physical Development.
The specific areas consist of Literacy, Maths, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts.
Children are supported to develop their Characteristics of Effective Learning within the EYFS as these underpin learning and development across all areas and support children to remain effective and motivated learners. These include:
Playing and Exploring- children investigate and experience things, and 'have a go'
Active Learning- children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties
Creating and Thinking Critically- children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things
Click here to view what Characteristics of Effective Learning might look like for a child
Click here to view the Educational Programmes for the Seven Areas of Learning within the EYFS
INTENT
IMPLEMENTATION
IMPACT
We strive to ensure that our children will grow to be confident, competent, life-long learners who are skilful communicators. We strive to ensure that our children progress effectively across all areas of the EYFS curriculum from their various starting points and to be line with national expectations by the end of their foundation years. The impact of our curriculum is measured by our assessments, which allow us to track percentages of pupils achieving age related expectations throughout the academic year and put support interventions in place where needed. Regular observations and assessments inform future planning and ensure that all children build on their current knowledge and skill set. We endeavour for pupils to be year 1 ready by the time they leave reception, so they are equipped with the necessary skills to allow them to flourish in their future learning.
The documents below show how our curriculum subjects across school are linked to the EYFS curriculum: