Early Years
Curriculum
Children in the Foundation Stage follow the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ curriculum which covers all 7 areas of a child’s development.
There are 3 Prime Areas of Learning:-
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Communication and Language
- Physical Development
There are 4 Specific Areas of Learning:-
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Expressive Arts and Design
- Understanding of the World
We observe our children, to understand and consider their interests, development and learning- planning for and facilitating the 3 ‘Characteristics of Effective Learning’.
Playing and exploring - children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’;
Active Learning - children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements.
Creating and thinking critically - children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things
Our Early Years Setting provides the children with a stimulating, exciting and challenging curriculum in a caring and supportive environment. We want the very best for your children and hope that by working in partnership with you as parents, we can help your child achieve their full potential.
Nursery
We have a 52 place Nursery at Castlefort and children can start the term after their 3 birthday. We offer our children 15 hours of provision which is broken down into 5 x 3-hr sessions (morning or afternoon).
The morning session starts at 8.45am until 11.45am.
The afternoon session starts from 12.30pm until 3.30pm.
In our Nursery there are 3 full-time adults – our Nursery teacher and two teaching assistants.
Reception
We have a 30-place Reception.
In Reception, there is one teacher and two teaching assistants.
The Reception day starts at 8.45am and finishes at 3.10pm.
Our Learning Environment
In Early Years, our children follow an active curriculum both indoors and outdoors. Our indoor classrooms are calming, nurturing and allow our children to become inquisitive learners. We are developing our ‘outdoor classrooms’ to ensure the children have access throughout the day – no matter what the weather!