Curriculum
Physical Development:
Involves children being encouraged to be interactive and active in their learning and develop control coordination and movement. They are supported in understanding the importance of physical activity and how to make informed healthy choices at meal times.
Communication and Language:
Involves children being provided with the opportunity to experience a language rich environment develop confidence in expressing their wants, needs and feelings and being able to speak and listen in a variety of contexts.
Mathematics
Encourages opportunities to develop and improve counting skills. understanding and using numbers. calculating simple addition and subtraction problems and to describe shapes space and measures.
Personal Social and Emotional Development:
Involves supporting children in developing a strong positive sense of themselves. and of offers: form strong
attachments and relationships and develop respect for others, to develop their social skills and learn how to
effectively manage their feelings. This area also supports the children in understanding appropriate behaviour and
develops confidence in heir own abilities.
Literacy:
Encourages children to link sounds and letters and begin to read and write. Children are given access to a wide range of reading materials to ignite their interests.
Understanding the world:
Involves supporting children in making sense of the world around them and their community by providing
opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment.
Expressive Art and Design:
Enables children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials. as well as encouraging the sharing of Thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety Of activities in art music. movement dance. role-play and design and technology.
When planning and guiding activities practitioners reflect upon the different ways that children learn and
ensure they utilise this within their practice The Characteristics of Effective learning are:
Playing and Exploring:
Supports children's engagement and investigation and to experience things through being willing to have a go'.
Active Learning:
Supports children's motivation to learn by helping develop their concentration, ability and will to keep trying when challenges occur and celebration of completing a task.
Creating and Thinking Critically:
Supports children's thinking skills through developing ideas, making links between differing ideas and create strategies for completing a tasks.
Research into early child development shows that children learn more rapidly during their first three years than in later life, whilst all areas of learning are important and inter-connected. The three Prime areas are crucial in igniting children's curiosity and enthusiasm for learning, building their capacity to learn & to form relationships and thrive. The four specific areas will enable them to be self-motivated learners who are confident to succeed.