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