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The Early Years Foundation Stage at St Meryl

 The Nursery and Reception class together make the Early Years Foundation Stage or EYFS. In the EYFS children follow a carefully planned programme of learning experiences which lead towards the achievement of the early learning goals. This includes coverage of 7 areas of learning and development. There are 3 prime areas:

  • Communication and Language
  • Personal, Social and Emotional development
  • Physical development

There are also 4 specific areas through which the prime areas are consolidated and applied. These are:

  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Understanding the World
  • Expressive arts and design

Practitioners plan and provide rich and exciting learning experiences carefully matched to the needs of the children and to reflect the characteristics of learning which are:

  • playing and exploring
  • active learning
  • creating and thinking critically

A typical day in the EYFS will consist of child initiated learning, where the children choose what they would like to do from a range of activities and adult-directed activities led by an adult. Children are given the freedom to choose their own learning pathways and to explore all of the resources provided for them. There is continuous outdoor provision and children go out in all weathers! Our EYFS curriculum is play-based and our philosophy is to take the learning to the children rather than the other way round. We find a way in with each and every individual. Assessment is on-going and used to inform next steps for learners and future provision.

We are passionate about high-quality early years provision-as reflected in our Herts Quality Standard award. We know that if we get the foundations right, the rest will follow.

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