At North Road Nursery we recognise that every child is an individual and has varying needs and abilities; we plan every child’s day to make it fun and educational. All activities are carefully planned, prepared and are appropriate for each individual child’s age and stage of development based on our observation of children’s needs, interests, and stages of development across the seven areas of learning from the Early Years Foundation Stage Curricullum 2017 (EYFS 2017) to enable the children to achieve and exceed the early learning goals.
All the seven areas of learning and development are important and inter-connected. Three areas are particularly crucial for igniting children’s curiosity and enthusiasm for learning, and for building their capacity to learn, form relationships and thrive. These three areas are the prime areas:
- Communication and Language
- Physical Development
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Children are also supported through the four specific areas, through which the three prime areas are strengthened and applied. The specific areas are:
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts and Design
We believe that careful planning is required to ensure that play is of a high quality. A Key Person (member of staff) is assigned to each child to ensure that they are engaging in the right kind of activities. This helps to plan future experiences and opportunities to build your child’s knowledge, skills and abilities which will lead to new learning and development. Observations of each child are evaluated and linked to the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. This allows for every child’s individual development to be monitored and their progress recorded in their individual Learning Journal. This is a record of your child’s interests, significant achievements and development throughout their time with us and we encourage you to access your child’s journal at any time.
