Learning in EYFS

In EYFS, relationships are paramount, and it is important to get to know your child and help them enjoy their first year at school. Transitioning into Reception is an exciting phase in your child’s learning journey, and we aim to provide an enabling and stimulating environment where your child feels happy to explore and learn.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) serves as the ‘curriculum’ for the Reception year. The EYFS framework outlines key learning goals for your child’s early development, which, when achieved, establish the 'foundations' for all future learning and successes, focusing on developing every child's skills through play and exploration, active learning, and critical thinking across seven areas of learning and development:

The 3 Prime Areas of the EYFS are:

Communication and language
Physical development
Personal, social and emotional development.

The 4 Specific Areas of the EYFS are:

Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the world
Expressive arts and design

We help our Reception children work towards the Early Learning Goals, which are the knowledge, skills, and understanding children should have at the end of their first academic year at school. Our work involves ongoing assessment, reporting to parents and/or carers, and considering our children’s Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements.