Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Curriculum
We use the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to ensure that when our parents choose Learning Spaces Nursery, they can be confident that their child will receive a quality experience that supports their development and learning.
There are four overarching principles of the EYFS, which shape our practice;
Every child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self- assured.
Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships.
Children learn and develop well in enabling environments, in which their experiences respond to their individual needs and there is 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.
The EYFS has seven areas of development and learning; |
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Prime areas |
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| Personal, Social and Emotional Development | Making relationships |
| Self-confidence and self-awareness | |
| Managing feelings and behaviour | |
| Physical Development | Moving and handling |
| Health and self-care | |
| Communication and Language | Listening and attention |
| Understanding | |
| Speaking | |
Specific areas |
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| 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 | |
Children start to learn about the world around them from the moment they are born. The care and education offered by our nursery helps children to continue to do this by providing all of the children with interesting activities that are appropriate for their age and stage of development. Our Nursery provides endless open-ended play opportunities for children, providing them with sensory, physical and cognitive and social opportunities.
We support children whose first language is Arabic with a full time qualified Arabic teacher; she will provide the children with Arabic stories and poems, local cultural awareness and celebrate National Traditions and Celebrations. Our international staff members speak many other languages including Italian, German, Spanish and French and this can be very helpful during settling in period.
We support children’s learning with continuous observations and assessments; this is achieved using several methods. Daily observations on both child initiated activities and adult led activities, which then support the individual children’s planning and next steps in their learning and developing. We collate evidence for children’s learning journals which are updated by the child’s key person, this will include pictures, photographs, samples of work, collections of artwork and parental communications and feedback.
Once a year we shall prepare in depth report cards to share with the parents and carers. This will be available for parents to access at any time to look through and contribute towards. The documentation contained within these reports is a summary of all the child’s achievements and is a celebration of their time during the nursery.
– Children need opportunities and time to become engrossed with ideas and activities that interest them. It is through these interests that long term projects can evolve, extending children’s natural curiosity and interests as well as providing opportunities for developing children’s skills, knowledge and understanding. A project can last over a long period of time, weeks or months, and can be returned to as and when their interest dictates.
We believe that all children have the right to the best early years education, regardless of their abilities. In collaboration with the family we can support children with special rights with our team of educational specialists and Child Psychologist. We continually observe, meet with specialists and parents to re-evaluate each child's needs.
