The Early Years Foundation Stage is the guidance published by the Department for Education and Skills which sets the standards for learning, development and care from birth to five years.
At the Yellow Brick Nursery we work with children and families recognising at the heart of The Early Years Foundation Stage is the principle "Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self assured" DfES.
The Unique Child
- We work with children tuning into each child's strengths, interests, needs and stage of development.
- Adults listen to children, encouraging them to express their own ideas, views and opinions, and to listen to others.
- Children are supported in celebrating their own personal achievements.
Positive Relationships
- Every child has a key person.
- We value highly working together with parents/carers. recognising the positive impact this has on a child's learning, development and care.
- Adults work with children building real, authentic relationships and problem solving together.
- Adults and children are supported to express their feelings, needs and views and to acknowledge those of others.
Enabling Environments
- Our daily routine provides stability, comfort and a pattern to the day.
- A wide range of resources and activities are provided both indoors and outdoors offering an exciting, challenging and secure environment.
- Activities and resources are carefully selected and planned for by tuning into children's interests and learning priorities.
Learning and development
- We provide active learning experiences to support children's learning and development in the six areas of learning:
-Personal, social and emotional development
-Communication, language and literacy
-Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy
- Knowledge and understanding of the world
- Physical development
- Creative development - We interact with children to encourage them to think critically, ask questions and formulate ideas to develop their understanding and promote high levels of involvement.
- Adults observe, tune into, record and analyse children's play to plan for their possible next steps.
- Each child's unique learning journey is recorded and shared by the child, their parents/carers and staff.