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Welcome to the EYFS

Our EYFS is made up of a Nursery class and a Reception Class. Mrs Hutchinson is the Early Years Lead and Reception teacher, Miss Gluch is the Nursery teacher and Miss Hilton, Mrs Rafalska and Mrs Pool are our EYFS Teaching Assistants. 

General Class Information

Our school day starts at 9am, but we welcome children from 8:40am, please be on time so your child can gain the most from our Early Years department. Our school day finishes at 3.30pm. If you are going to be late please could you phone our school office so that we are able to reassure your child.

Communication

We use ClassDojo and School Spider as our main communication tools. We will share what the children have been learning in class and communicate all class/school-related information with you using ClassDojo. It is essential that you are connected to our class page. We use School Spider for booking meetings, signing up for trips and after school clubs. 

The EYFS Learning Experience

In the EYFS the children learn through their play, furthering their ability to communicate, explore and investigate the world around us, solving any problems that they encounter as they go (both indoors and outdoors). The children will also learn the foundations of Reading, Writing and Maths.

We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum with its seven areas of learning: Personal, Social and Emotional  Development; Physical Development, Communication and Language; Mathematics; Literacy, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design. Every area is equally important and organised into both our indoor and outdoor learning.

We encourage free flow in all areas of the EYFS so that children make choices about what they want to do and where so the children are allowed to flow between the two classrooms and our amazing outside area. All the adults in the EYFS are there to support and enhance the play and learning of all the children. As the year progresses, the teachers will take focus groups of children to guide and further their learning. 
 

Our Whole School Curriculum

We adopted the Dimensions' Learning Means the World curriculum in September 2022 and we love it! The curriculum is driven by the 4Cs of communication, conflict, conservation and culture which meets the needs of our diverse school community. It is designed to inspire an enthusiasm for learning, engaging with and learning about challenging 21st century issues, dealing with tomorrow’s issues today.

The progression through school follows four phases: Explorers (EYFS), Pathfinders (Years 1 and 2), Adventurers (Years 3 and 4) and Navigators (Years 5 and 6).

To find out more about our new curriculum please click here.

In the files at the bottom of this page, you will find our learning newsletters. 

We are Explorers!

As well as developing subject-specific skills, knowlegde and understanding through the themes, the children will also be acquiring skills which will help them become well-rounded individuals and ready for their next phase of learning. Our Explorers will learn to be experimental, curious, confident and co-operative. For more information about Explorers, click here.

Thank you for all your continued support. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us via ClassDojo or speak to us at the start or end of the school day.

Mrs Hutchinson, Miss Gluch and the Early Years Team.