Our Curriculum

The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS) is a national statutory framework for all children from 0-5 years.

There are seven areas of learning and development (shown below)

Areas of Learning and Development Prime Areas of Learning

Communication and Language

Listening and attention

Understanding

Speaking

Physical Development

Moving and handling

Health and Self-Care

Personal, Social and Emotional

Making relationships

Self-confidence and Self-awareness

Managing feelings and behaviour

Specific Areas of Learning

Literacy

Reading

Writing

Mathematics

Numbers

Shape, Space and measure

Understanding the World

People and communities

The World

Technology

Expressive Arts and Design

Exploring and using media and materials

Being Imaginative

Characteristics of Effective Learning

The Characteristics of Effective Learning are used to see the ways your child learns (Shown below).

Playing and Exploring – Engagement

Finding out and exploring

Playing with what they know

Being willing to ‘have a go’

Active Learning – Motivation

Being involved and concentrating

Keeping trying

Enjoying achieving what they set out to do7

Creating and Thinking Critically – thinking

Having their own ideas

Making links

Choosing ways to do things