Curriculum

The Early Years is a distinct and important phase in education. It places an equal priority on supporting children’s social and emotional development, and their learning. This is a crucial time for developing children’s enjoyment of learning, their engagement and motivation. It’s an important time for children to develop their ability to persist and show gritty determination. 

We have designed our curriculum goals around this key principal. Our curriculum is a top-level plan of everything we want children to learn, it is ambitious and carefully sequenced to help build childrens’ learning over time. 

 In the early years children learn through play, actively and creatively exploring the world around them and developing new ideas and skills. Teachers observe children's play closely, getting to know the interests and needs of each child and of the group.  

They plan topics, resources and experiences related to these and deliver them through a balance of child-initiated and adult-led activities both indoors and out. 

As Early Years teachers we reflect on our day and when doing activities think about who its for, what its for and what the learning intent is. We follow the 3 i's to ensure everything we do is a learning opportunity for our children.

Intent - What do we want the child to learn?

Implement - How are we going to teach the child this?

Impact - Evaluate the learning & plan next steps.