Read our personalised Vale Primary School guide to EYFS...
In Year Reception we follow the EYFS Curriculum which sets standards for the learning, development and care of all children from birth to 5 years of age.
It is a play-based curriculum that focuses on the whole child and is based on 4 Themes which are explained by the 4 Principles:
- A Unique Child: Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.
- Positive Relationships: Children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and/or a key person.
- Enabling Environments: The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning.
- Learning and Development: Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and all areas of Learning and Development are equally important and inter-connected.
Our Curriculum it is split into 7 areas which are further divided into 17 aspects. They are as follows:
| Area of Learning and Development | Aspect |
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| Prime Areas | |
| Personal, Social and Emotional Development |
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| Physical Development |
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| Communication and Language |
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| Specific Areas | |
| Literacy |
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| Communication and Language |
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| Mathematics |
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| Understanding the World |
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| Expressive Arts and Design |
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The Characteristics of Effective Learning are:
- PLAYING AND EXPLORING – Engagement
- Finding out and exploring
- Playing with what they know
- Being willing to have a go
- ACTIVE LEARNING – Motivation
- Being involved and concentrating
- Keeping trying
- Enjoying achieving what they set out to do
- CREATING AND CRITICALLY THINKING – Thinking
- Having their own ideas
- Making links
- Choosing ways to do things