There are seven areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). We provide a stimulating, safe and nurturing environment in which children in Nursery and Reception can learn through play and focused teaching in all these areas:
- Personal, Social & Emotional Development
- Physical Development
- Communication and Language
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Art and Design
We develop the characteristics of effective learning:
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 and achieving what they set out to do
Creating and thinking critically – thinking
Having their own ideas
Making links
Choosing ways to do things
We aim for children to be safe, happy, confident, enthusiastic, resilient, tolerant, independent and capable.
EYFS Creative Curriculum Overview