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FOUNDATION STAGE

We follow the Foundation Stage curriculum for 3-5year olds.

Children learn through a balance of adult led and child initiated ‘play’ within a carefully
planned environment. The Foundation Stage curriculum develops children’s skills,
knowledge and understanding in seven areas of learning. These areas are:

o personal social and emotional development;
o communication, language and literacy;
o physical development
o literacy
o numeracy
o understanding of the world
o expressive arts and design

Our Nursery induction programme provides children and their families/carers with an early
opportunity to become familiar with our Foundation Stage Unit and staff.

Our Foundation Stage Unit run by Mrs Hollingsworth and her team, caters for 3-5 year olds.
Children are admitted termly to Nursery and each September to Reception. Our setting
offers an exciting and challenging indoor and outdoor learning environment, with a wide
range of experiences through which the Foundation Stage curriculum is delivered.

Our children learn alongside practitioners who use detailed observations in order to
understand children’s developmental and academic needs to plan for the next stage in
their learning.

Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2

The curriculum is divided into:

Key Stage 1 Years 1 and 2 Ages 5 – 7
Key Stage 2 Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 Ages 7 –11

English is given the highest priority in our curriculum for all our pupils - reflecting its
importance in the development of communication and thought. Our policy encourages
each child to reach their full potential in all aspects of language development.

In line with the National Curriculum our teaching includes reading, writing, spelling,
speaking and listening. Drama also plays a part in developing spoken English.

We aim for each child to develop

o clear and fluent communication in speaking and writing
o use of relevant language in different situations
o reading for pleasure and information gathering
o a respect for all languages.

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