EARLY YEARS

At Chandos, we fully embrace the four guiding principles which shape the EYFS curriculum:

• All children are unique and constantly learning. They should be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.

• Positive relationships encourage children to be strong and independent.

• Enabling environments, in which childrens experiences meet their individual needs and interests, help them to build their learning ovber time. Children benefit from a strong partnership between practitioners and parents/carers.

• Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates. The framework covers the education and care of all children in Early Years provision, including children with special educational needs and disabilities.

These 7 areas are used to plan your child's learning and activities. The professionals teaching and supporting your child will make sure that activities are suited to your child's unqiue needs. They are designed to be incredibly flecible, so that staff can follow and monitor each child and their specific interests.

The Prime Areas

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development

• Communication and Language

• Physical Development

The Specific Areas

• Literacy

• Mathematics

• Understanding the World

• Expressive Arts and Design

Children in Early Years learn by playing and exploring, being active and through creative and critical thinking - taking place indoors and outside.

As an EYFS Team, we aim to:

• Create a stimulating learning environment, which ensures each child reaches their full potential through taking risks and becoming confident to try new things.

• Ensure that every child receives a broad and balanced education of the highest standard, and are helped to discover their individual strengths.

• Create a safe, caring, happy community where every child feels safe, nurtured and supported.

• Encourage respect for each other and the environment.

• Through play-based learning develop reflective, resourceful, resilient, confident and independent learners.

• Nurture the moral, social, emotional and physical wellbeing of each and every child.

• Build strong relationships with families to create an open and welcoming school.

Use the link here to find the bridging documents for the Early Years Foundation Stage:

These documents explain how learning in Nursery and Reception blends into the Curriculum subjects taught when the children move to Key Stage 1.