Curriculum Planning
Our planning is based on a mixture of Montessori and the Seven Areas of Learning as stipulated in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) model:
Our planning is based on a mixture of Montessori and the Seven Areas of Learning as stipulated in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) model:
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Weekly plans are available so you can see what your child will be doing and contribute to activities if you wish. We display our planning in four colours:
Black: This shows the activities that have been chosen by adults to enhance general knowledge and skills across all seven areas of learning and development.
Red: This shows ‘Next Steps’; these are planned to provide children with achievable challenges in order to progress their learning.
Green: This shows activities that the children have been observed as showing an interest in.
Purple: This shows Parents Requests; activities that have been suggested by parents or to develop a particular skill requested by parents.
Our planning is mostly child-led; in practice this means that we will sometimes be following a theme as a group, and at other times enhancing our continuous provision play experiences to make sure that every child has the opportunity to achieve their full potential.
We offer a fully play based curriculum. This means that most of the documentation on your child’s development comes from our observations of your child at relaxed and stimulating play. Children often lead their own learning, and through observations, we are able to tailor learning specifically to each individual child.
Play supports all aspects of your child’s development. Children learn by doing, by given appropriate responsibility and when they are allowed to make decisions, choices and errors. We respect and enable children to become autonomous and competent learners. They can decide what resources they want to play with, how to use them and decide whether to play alone or with others.
We want to foster a sense of curiosity and interest in children so that they become enthusiastic learners, which will help them later in their school life. It also promotes more abstract thinking, conversation, questioning and experimentation so that we can document children’s learning.
All children are encouraged to learn at their own level and pace and activities are set out to support the different levels and stages of each individual child.
Black: This shows the activities that have been chosen by adults to enhance general knowledge and skills across all seven areas of learning and development.
Red: This shows ‘Next Steps’; these are planned to provide children with achievable challenges in order to progress their learning.
Green: This shows activities that the children have been observed as showing an interest in.
Purple: This shows Parents Requests; activities that have been suggested by parents or to develop a particular skill requested by parents.
Our planning is mostly child-led; in practice this means that we will sometimes be following a theme as a group, and at other times enhancing our continuous provision play experiences to make sure that every child has the opportunity to achieve their full potential.
We offer a fully play based curriculum. This means that most of the documentation on your child’s development comes from our observations of your child at relaxed and stimulating play. Children often lead their own learning, and through observations, we are able to tailor learning specifically to each individual child.
Play supports all aspects of your child’s development. Children learn by doing, by given appropriate responsibility and when they are allowed to make decisions, choices and errors. We respect and enable children to become autonomous and competent learners. They can decide what resources they want to play with, how to use them and decide whether to play alone or with others.
We want to foster a sense of curiosity and interest in children so that they become enthusiastic learners, which will help them later in their school life. It also promotes more abstract thinking, conversation, questioning and experimentation so that we can document children’s learning.
All children are encouraged to learn at their own level and pace and activities are set out to support the different levels and stages of each individual child.