Early Years

Our vision for our EYFS pupils

We aim to create happy and independent children who have a love of learning and demonstrate being ready, respectful and safe learners. We want every child to have the best start in life through high quality interactions and experiences to ensure they achieve a good level of development. Our staff are enthusiastic and passionate who have a good understanding on how to extend learning. Our aim is for all children to make better than expected progress based. We have a calm and purposeful environment with high quality resources to support every child holistically. 

Curriculum intent statement.pdf

Our curriculum 

We use the non-statutory guidance document 'Development Matters' to guide our teaching and learning. 

We see every child as an individual and work to provide a challenge for all pupils within our reception classes, based on their individual needs. 

Long term planning EYFS

Development Matters

Early Years Framework

Meet the EYFS team

We have a wonderful Early Years team who are passionate about Early Learning! 

Miss Buck- Early Years lead & Oak Class teacher (Primary Education BEd with Early Years)

Mrs Haynes- Ash class teacher ( Monday and Tuesday)

Mrs Cartwright - Ash Class teacher )Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Mrs Whittle- Forest School practitioner

Mrs Cunningham- Learning support assistant 

Mrs Hall- Learning support assistant

Mrs Wenman- Learning support assistant

Mrs Colovatti- Learning support assistant

Mrs Lawrie- Reading support / Lunchtime organiser 

Mrs Ward- Lunchtime organiser

Our Learning Environment

Our reception unit is a large unit which is shared across 'Ash class' and 'Oak class'. We are lucky to have a large outdoor classroom as well as a quiet courtyard. We are passionate about learning through play! We have resources continuously available throughout the year for the children to learn from. We enhance our classroom linked to children's interest and topic focus. We recently revamped our early years classroom unit with the help of 'Early Excellence'. 

Part 1

 https://video5.connectcms.co.uk/files/ovw5/678/video-3_zencoder.mp4

Part 2

 https://video1.connectcms.co.uk/files/ovw5/678/video-5_zencoder.mp4

Our Day

8:40 - 9:00	Welcome and morning jobs
9: 00 - 9:30	Little Wandle Phonics
9:30 - 9:45	Dough disco
9:45 - 11:15	Busy learning
11:15 - 11:30	Little Wandle reading practice sessions
11:30 - 11:45	Circle Time
11:45 - 12:00	Handwashing and nursery rhymes
12:00 - 13:15	Lunchtime
13.15 - 13:20	Calm time
1:20 - 1:30	Maths
1:30 - 2:45	Busy learning
2:45 - 3:05	Storytime
3:05 - 315	Hometime

Our Experience Rich Curriculum

 

EYFS Experience Rich Curriculum

Characteristics of effective teaching and learning

 

Characteristics of Effective Learning