EYFS

Intent:

• To ensure each individual reaches their full potential from their various starting points.
• To foster a love of learning
• Children display the characteristics of effective learning
• To ensure children are equipped and confident for the next stage of their learning.

Implementation: (how do we do this?)

• Working in partnership with parents
• A carefully designed, progressive curriculum that gives children the skills, knowledge and vocabulary they need for school.
• A strong emphasis on the prime areas of learning.
• Creating a culture that encourages and promotes the key characteristics of learning
• A well-balanced delivery of the curriculum that allows to children to play and follow their own interests, be guided by adults in their play and learn in small groups.
• High quality interactions with adults that moves learning forward and develops oracy and vocabulary.
• Child – adult relationships that allow the children to feel safe, secure, nurtured and confident • An enabling environment that promotes exploration and the opportunity to embed learning.
• Regular discussions with year 1 teachers to ensure learning in EYFS forms the foundations needed for the children to be successful in year 1.
• Ongoing formative assessment and regular communication between staff to discuss formative assessment, gaps in learning and next steps for children.
• The delivery of systematic, synthetic phonics to equip children with the skills needed for reading and writing.
• Ensuring children have access to high quality reading materials, including reading books that match their phonics ability.
• Bespoke CPD for staff to ensure high quality teaching
• A language rich environment.
• Creating purposeful opportunities for regular reading and writing to ensure children ‘see themselves and readers and writers’ 
• Offering additional and different provision that children that require additional support to access the curriculum including graduated response, IPMS and Accessibility plans

Impact (how will we know)

• Observations
• Discussions with parents
• Smooth transition to year 1
• Assessment
• GLD

Long Term Plan - areas of learning