Our EYFS Curriculum
At our school, the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum is designed to give children the best possible start to their education. It is carefully planned to meet the requirements of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage and reflects our commitment to high-quality, child-centred learning.
We focus on the seven areas of learning and development:
Prime Areas
- Communication and Language
- Physical Development
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Specific Areas
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts and Design
We follow the TWHF ENRICH curriculum for Early Years, ensuring children are immersed in carefully selected stories and rhymes from the TWHF reading spine. This helps children develop a deep understanding of traditional tales and classic stories.
Reading at the Heart
Reading is at the heart of our EYFS curriculum. Through carefully chosen, vocabulary-rich texts, children are immersed in language from the very beginning. These texts reflect the world around them, spark curiosity, and build the moral foundations they need to thrive. Reading is woven through every aspect of our provision, helping children develop a love of stories, storytelling, rhyme, and rhythm. All children are encouraged to engage with books widely and deeply, laying the foundations for a lifelong love of reading and supporting knowledge acquisition across the EYFS curriculum.
Children follow a well-sequenced Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) programme to enable them to become confident readers.
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Early Writing and Mathematics
Through a Talk for Writing approach, children rehearse and practise sentences to support their early writing skills. Our purposeful provision encourages children to become confident, enthusiastic writers.
In mathematics, children develop number understanding through both taught sessions and high-quality continuous provision.
Purposeful Provision
Our continuous and enhanced provision is carefully planned to create a stimulating, engaging, and motivating learning environment. It offers rich opportunities for children to explore, investigate, and apply their learning through purposeful play and hands-on experiences.
The Power of Play
At our school, we believe that play is the foundation of all learning in the early years. It is not just a way for children to have fun—it is how they make sense of the world around them.
Through carefully planned and purposeful play, children develop essential skills that support their growth across all areas of learning. Play helps children to:
- Think critically and solve problems
- Communicate and build language
- Develop social skills
- Express creativity and imagination
- Strengthen physical development
Play also supports emotional wellbeing, giving children the freedom to express themselves, build confidence, and develop resilience in a safe and nurturing environment.
Our Early Years team creates a rich, stimulating environment where play is valued and supported by skilled adults. We know when to step in to extend learning and when to step back to let children lead. This balance ensures that every child has the opportunity to thrive and develop a lifelong love of learning.
We use the TWHF Progressions in Play to guide and support learning in areas such as the mud kitchen, stage area, and construction zones. This child-centred approach is rooted in rich vocabulary and language development.
