In the Foundation Stage we organise the curriculum in line with the national guidelines for the Early Years Foundation Stage and the areas of learning and development. These are:

Personal, social and emotional development

• Playing together
• Developing confidence
• Learning to share
• Learning to negotiate
• Learning to be independent
• Respecting each other
• Learning about relationships
• Making friends
• Learning to play
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Communication, language and literacy

• Learning to read
• Learning to ask and answer questions
• Learning to talk with confidence
• Learning to listen
• Learning to join in
• Learning to talk to each other
• Learning to enjoy stories, songs and music
• Learning to write 
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Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy

• Learning about number
• Learning about patterns
• Learning about shapes
• Learning mathematical words
• Working out problems
• Learning to sort
• Learning about measures
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Knowledge and understanding of the world

• Learning about ICT (Information and Communication Technology)
• Finding out about ourselves
• Planting seeds
• Learning about living things
• Looking for insects
• Observing things happen
• Predicting what will happen next
• Learning about materials
• Looking at where we live
• Building large and small models
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Physical development

• Learning about our bodies
• Learning to move with control and coordination
• Learning to move safely
• Making large models
• Using different equipment
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Creative development

• Learning to role-play
• Learning to act out stories
• Learning to use our imagination
• Learning to paint and draw
• Learning to dance
• Learning to sing