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.