Our Foundation Stage Team
EYFS Lead: Mrs Jones
Nursery (2 Year Old Provision): Mrs Mottershead
Foundation 1: Mrs Finley
Foundation 2: Mrs Jones
Our Teaching Assistants are:
Miss Titley-Rigby, Ms Salusbury, Miss Lydiate & Miss Brunt
The Foundation Stage makes a crucial contribution to children’s early development and learning. We strive to provide children with a rich variety of teaching and learning experiences that are appropriate to their age and stage of learning.Our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) follows the ‘Development Matters in the EYFS’ guidance.
There are seven areas of learning in the EYFS. The three PRIME AREAS:
· Personal, Social and Emotional Development
· Communication and Language
· Physical Development
The four SPECIFIC AREAS:
· Literacy
· Mathematics
· Understanding of the World
· Expressive Arts and Design
Alongside this, teachers provide teaching and learning opportunities that aim to support and develop the characteristics of effective learning, these include:
PLAYING AND EXPLORING
Children experience and investigate things first hand and ‘have a go’.
ACTIVE LEARNING
Children concentrate and keep on trying even if they encounter difficulties. Children take pride and enjoyment in their achievements.
CREATING AND THINKING CRITICALLY
Children have and develop their own ideas. Children make links between their learning and apply this to their work and play.
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At St Michael and All Angels, we have developed and implemented an EYFS Knowledge and Skills Curriculum that is progressive and holds high expectations for all of our children. Learning Lines are identified throughout linked to topics and key texts however we offer flexibility that allows us to follow children’s interests and respond to specific and current events. Children learn and develop their knowledge and skills through indoor and outdoor provision and play based activities.
We follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised as our SSP programme to teach early reading and writing. This is supplemented through our reading scheme, Big Cat Phonics. Children are supported to read a wide range of books that are matched to the phase and stage they are working at. Phonics and practise reading sessions offer opportunities for children to explore and consolidate new and key vocabulary. We encourage parents to support this further at home by sharing weekly home reading books as well as library books chosen by the children.
We use Scribble It, Drawing Club and Poetry Basket to develop children’s communication, language and literacy skills.
We follow our own long-term plan for maths that we have developed under the support and guidance of a maths consultant.
If you would like to know more about our EYFS classes and curriculum please contact the school office and ask for Mrs Jones.
