EYFS

Early Years Foundation Stage Children in our Early Years Foundation Stage are baselined using the statutory Reception Baseline assessment and EYFS Profile. Many of our children in the early years are working between birth to 3 years in the Development Matters which runs alongside Phases 1 to 3 in the White Ash Progression Document. With our EYFS department the children are given the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and future life.

Click to read the DfE Development Matters document. 

Our EYFS curriculum places an emphasis on developing…

Communication and Language - (Listening, Attention & Understanding and Speaking) focussing on verbal or non-verbal communication such as using concrete objects, gestures, visuals, signs or words. Purposeful and meaningful interactions that enable learners to communicate their wants, needs, thoughts and feelings. Through conversation, story-telling and roleplay children are able to share their ideas and build upon their vocabulary.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development - (Self-regulation, Managing Self and Building Relationships) developing independence, empathy and awareness of their own emotions whilst developing a positive sense of self. Resilience and confidence in their own abilities and the ability to build positive relationships with others. Understanding of how to look after their bodies and lead a healthy life.
Physical Development - (Gross Motor Skills and Fine Motor Skills) throughout the environment to improve control, confidence, co-ordination, core-strength, balance and agility whilst developing healthy bodies and social and emotional well-being.

Literacy - (Comprehension, Word Reading and Writing) developing a life-long love of reading. The ability to comprehend language and read simple words. Mark making and early writing skills using a wide range of mediums and tools.
Mathematics - (Number and Numerical Patterns) embedding a strong grounding in numbers to ten and the relationship between numbers and the patterns within those numbers. Confident counting, how to organise counting and using maths in the real world. Awareness of early spatial reasoning through shape, space and measure.
Understanding the World - (Past and Present, People, Culture and Communities and The Natural World) gaining a sense of their physical world and their community. Understanding of our culturally, socially, technologically and ecologically diverse world.
Expressive Arts and Design - (Creating with Materials and Being Imaginative and Expressive) building artistic and cultural awareness which supports imagination and creativity. Engagement with the arts, enabling them to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials.