At Breage, our aim in the EYFS is to give EVERY child every opportunity to ACHIEVE, BELONG and THRIVE.
We build strong foundations rooted in moral, character and spiritual as well as academic development, so that ultimately our pupils can be successful and go on to flourish in society and be happy, curious life-long learners.
Our EYFS is a carefully planned environment which allows children to explore, practise and refine learning using a core set of resources which are built upon throughout the year.
The Nursery follows a ‘Creative Curriculum’ alongside the rest of the school.
Children will be encouraged to take part in a range of activities to promote learning in the seven areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum. These are:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Communication and Language
- Physical Development
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts and Design
Activities are planned to enable children to follow their interests and ideas and to participate in a broad and balanced range of activities linked to the EYFS Curriculum. Children are encouraged to develop their learning and understanding through their play and to have fun in a safe and stimulating environment.
Whilst at Nursery children can expect to experience:
- Settling in, learning routines and expectations
- Learning how to share, take turns and cooperate with other people
- Promote independence in self-care skills like putting on shoes/boots, aprons and washing hands
- Making new friends
- Recognising our own names
- Learning phonic sounds
- Playing imaginative games, talking to others and making up stories whilst playing
- Sharing photos of ourselves, our families and friends
- Sharing stories, songs, rhymes and poems
- Counting, sorting and recognising shapes and written numbers
- Enjoying music, musical instruments, dance, yoga, physical movement and games.
- Painting, drawing, printing, collage and clay
- Exploring malleable materials and ‘messy play’
- Using a variety of construction materials and tools
- Exploring and investigating sand and water using different tools and equipment
- Learning to use ICT equipment
- Exploring the outside environment and learning about the natural world
- Physical activity with large and small apparatus including bikes, scooters, tyres, sliding, and climbing
- 'Forest School’ activities
