EYFS
At Berry Pomeroy we believe all early years’ children are entitled to learn within a nurturing, safe, stimulating and creative learning environment that inspires curiosity, risk taking and the opportunities to develop positive relationships with both adults and other children.
Our commitment is to enable children to become the best they can be by creating a play-based curriculum that supports and challenges children to reach their potential. Working alongside our Year 1 children, our Reception age children settle quickly and benefit from the company of older children who model excellent learning behaviours in our wonderful setting.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Curriculum is the statutory framework that sets out children’s learning and development in the Foundation Stage. It gives children a broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life.
Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through seven areas of learning and development.
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Communication and language
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Physical development
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Personal, social and emotional development
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Literacy
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Mathematics
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Understanding the world
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Expressive arts and design
These seven areas are used to plan your child’s learning and activities, which are tailored to suit your child’s individual needs. The curriculum is designed to be flexible so that staff can follow your child’s unique needs and interests.
Children in the EYFS learn by playing and exploring, being active, and through creative and critical thinking which takes place both indoors and outside. At the end of the EYFS – in the Summer Term of the Reception year in school – teachers complete an assessment, which is known as the EYFS Profile. This assessment is carried out by the Reception teacher and is based on what they, and other staff caring for your child, have observed over a period of time.
We consider ourselves partners in your child’s learning. The activities that you do with your child at home are important in supporting their learning and development, and have a really long lasting effect on your child’s learning as they progress through school. For example, talking, listening, reading, singing nursery rhymes, cooking and baking or playing outside with them.
You can find out more about the Early Years Foundation Stage, which includes the early learning goals in the links below.
