Early Years Education

Introduction

We firmly believe that every child should receive the best possible start in life to help them realise their full potential. Our dedicated staff genuinely cares for the children in our nursery, treating each child as an individual and fostering positive relationships and secure bonds. We prioritise establishing close connections with families and the broader community to ensure optimal outcomes for all children.

Recognising Individual Strengths

We acknowledge and appreciate each child’s unique strengths and talents, emphasising the importance of praising effort and recognising the small steps that contribute to a child's progress. By doing so, we nurture happy and secure children who feel safe and valued. Our approach to praise and clear boundaries enhances the confidence and resilience of our children. Developing independence, not only in organisational skills but also in learning, is a key priority for us. We hold the belief that all children have the intrinsic ability to achieve remarkable things, and we cultivate this belief by maintaining high expectations for everyone.

Encouraging Growth and Learning

We present challenges, build confidence and self-esteem, demonstrate children’s capabilities, and support them in reaching their potential. We dedicate time to explicitly teach independence skills, guiding children to become well-rounded, ambitious learners. Embracing risks is an essential aspect of learning, and we have tailored our environments and teaching strategies to encourage children to assess risks independently while developing the confidence and resilience to tackle challenges. These traits are vital for a developing learner.

We explicitly instruct children on the learning process, helping them understand that mistakes are valuable opportunities for growth. Through the Characteristics of Effective Learning, we enhance children’s active learning abilities and teach them how to respond to feedback.

Fostering Resilience and Independence



We place a high value on perseverance and provide praise for it. Our belief is that to cultivate resilience, we must guide children to become independent learners who can problem-solve and know when to seek help. We ignite excitement and motivation for learning by planning fun, engaging, and challenging lessons tailored to the children’s needs. We offer new and enriching experiences, building upon and expanding the range of activities children encounter at home or through preschool. We strive to make learning purposeful and connected to real-life contexts whenever possible, providing children with meaningful reasons to learn and enabling them to apply their knowledge across various situations.

Learning in the early years

Your child’s early years experience should be happy, and fun, and support your child’s development, wellbeing, care and learning needs. 

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) includes seven areas of learning that help to shape the curriculum provided in early years settings. All seven areas of the EYFS are interconnected. The 3 prime areas are especially important for children to build a solid foundation of knowledge and skills. These are:

• Communication and language – the development of children’s spoken language, understanding and allowing them to experience a rich language environment. 
• Physical development – physical activity is vital in children’s all-round development, enabling them to develop their coordination, control, and movement. 
• Personal, social, and emotional development – focuses on children’s mental wellbeing including building relationships and developing their understanding of emotions and self-regulation skills. 

There are also 4 specific areas .These are:

• Literacy – encourages children to foster a love of reading and helps children develop language comprehension through interactions and sharing poems, stories, and songs. These are the foundations for learning to read and write later on. 
• Mathematics – providing opportunities for children to develop their problem-solving, counting and numerical pattern skills. 
• Understanding the world – guiding children to make sense of the natural world and their communities. 
• Expressive arts and design – encouraging children to explore and play with materials and develop their imagination.