Early Years Foundation Stage
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Welcome to our Early Years Foundation Stage
At Ladygrove Park, in our Early Years setting, we aim to support the children by;
- Providing an enabling environment, so that they will develop and practise their skills, develop their own interests, creativity and independence;
- Building positive relationships with peers and adults, so that they will feel safe, develop their confidence and resilience to be able to collaborate with others;
- Providing rich experiences to encourage children's curiosity, so that children deepen their understanding of our culturally, socially, technologically and ecologically diverse world;
- Participating in quality interactions within a language rich environment, so that the children will grow their vocabulary and develop early language skills and communicate effectively;
- Sharing aspirational expectations, so that children are challenged to move their thinking and learning on to their next steps and are able to build on their prior knowledge and make links to new learning.
"We are a team and we work hard together. We are all equal to each other."
Tim Peake (first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station)
Our theme this term is ‘It’s Cold Out There!’ and the children will be learning about our world, with a focus on changes and differences. We will be looking at countries that have a cold climate and comparing similarities and differences with where we live. One book we will be looking at closely this term is ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers. We will be completing a number of activities related to this book and looking at maps with the book ‘Poles Apart’ by Jeanne Willis.
Our Big Idea this term is Challenge and how we challenge ourselves to achieve our potential. We will be using stories to exemplify this and talk about how we encourage this at school, and at home, using our Tryatops dinosaur toy.
We will be looking at Ellie Simmonds, the British athlete, as our Role Model, as she has challenged herself to become one of the youngest Paralympic swimmers achieving a number of medals, including gold.
Click here for our 'Welcome to our Early Years Foundation Stage' booklet
EYFS Curriculum Overviews
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Nursery Overview Term 1
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Nursery Overview Term 2
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Nursery Overview Term 3
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Nursery Overview Term 4
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Nursery Overview Term 5
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Nursery Overview Term 6
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Reception Overview Term 1
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Reception Overview Term 2
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Reception Overview Term 3
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Reception Overview Term 4
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Reception Overview Term 5
Click here for EYFS Curriculum Reception Overview Term 6
EYFS Curriculum Letters
Term 1: Nursery, Reception / Nursery Learning Organiser / Reception Learning Organiser
Term 2: Nursery, Reception / Learning Organiser
Term 3: Nursery, Reception / Learning Organiser
Term 4: Nursery, Reception / Learning Organiser
Term 5: Nursery, Reception / Learning Organiser
Term 6: Nursery / Reception / Nursery Learning Organiser, Reception Learning Organiser
Useful Links
What to Expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage: A guide for parents
50 Things To Do Before You Are Five
We now have free access to TimesTableRockStar' partner, 'Numbots'. Numbots has an emphasis is on mathematical concepts and is underpinned by a mastery approach to teaching. Children use their same log-in details as for TTRS.