EYFS

We place great emphasis on books and storytelling and your role in this is very important.

It is recommended that children share stories and books for 20 minutes per day to improve their language and communication skills. Your child should have a book-bag to bring to school each day. We will use it to send home school library books, reading books and art work etc and school letters. We will change their library books on Wednesdays.  Please ensure your child brings it back the following week so they can swap it for a new one for you to share at home.

In the first term, Reception will be given a school reading book. This should be shared with an adult and a comment recorded in their reading record

Please remember to label your child’s uniform, especially their jumpers, cardigans and coats.

Big dreams, bright futures!

EYFS vision statement:

 “At Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School, it is vital that we get to know and value all young children. All children learn more in the period from birth to five years old than any other time in their lives. If children are at risk of falling behind the majority, the best time to help them catch up and keep up is in the early years. Every child can make progress, if they are given the right support.”  

 “When we succeed in giving every child the best start in their early years, we can give them what they need tomorrow. We also set them up with every chance of success tomorrow” (Development Matters 2020)  

Intent

At Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School, the curriculum is designed to recognise children’s prior learning and experiences begun at home and, for some children, in preschool settings. Every child is recognised as a unique individual and we welcome and celebrate differences within our school community. We believe that a child’s first experience of school should be a memorable and a positive start to their learning journey. We use a topic approach to teach the EYFS curriculum, which supports learning, widens vocabulary, consolidates and deepens knowledge and ensures children meet their next steps.

A vocabulary rich environment that supports learning is carefully planned for and provided in both the indoor and outdoor classrooms. The support of parents / carers is actively encouraged and greatly valued. We work with parents in order to nurture independent, happy learners who thrive in school and reach their full potential from their various starting points.

Our early years practitioners aim to do all they can to help children have the best possible start in life, offering provision which enables them to develop their personalities, talents and abilities, irrespective of ethnicity, culture or religion, home language, family background, learning difficulties, disabilities or gender.

Learning for children is a rewarding and enjoyable experience in which they explore, investigate, discover, create, practice, rehearse, repeat, revise and consolidate their developing knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes. During the Foundation Stage, many of these aspects of learning are brought together effectively through playing and talking.

As outlined in the ‘Statutory Framework for Early Years Foundation Stage’:

‘Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that enables them to fulfil their potential. Children develop quickly in the early years and a child’s experiences between birth and age five have a major impact on their future life chances.’

 It is our aim that children leave the EYFS with:

• a positive ‘can do’ attitude to learning
• a willingness to take risks and make mistakes
• high levels of engagement in a task where they can practise and build up concepts, ideas and skills
• perseverance
• a love of learning
• ideas of their own, that they can plan and follow through
• an ability to express fears to relieve anxious experiences in controlled and safe situations.

Curriculum End Points

Our curriculum is progressive and purposeful and provides the children with the knowledge and skills to be ready for learning in key stage 1 and key stage 2, which will impact them positively in their later life. We prepare children to reach the Early Learning Goals by the end of Foundation stage and ensure that all children make at least good progress from their starting point. Throughout their time in our EYFS, the children develop a sense of belonging to the school community and are ready to transition into year 1. They have secure foundations and are ready to continue their learning journey at Fiddlers Lane. They move forward as confident, independent learners who are able to communicate their ideas.