Curriculum

Early years foundation stage (eyfs) statutory

Framework 2017

What is it and why do we have one?

The EYFS framework sets the standards that all Early Years providers must meet to ensure that children, from birth to five, learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. The EYFS framework exists to support all professionals working in the Early Years environment. It was developed by a number of early years’ experts and

parents. In 2017, the framework was revised to make it clearer and easier to use, with more focus on the things that matter most. The EYFS reflects the ethos and importance of children learning through play. This new framework also has a greater emphasis on your role in helping your child develop. At Sherwood Pre-school, we follow the EYFS, providing opportunities for

children in our care to develop in a way that will have a direct impact on their future. Our Ofsted reports demonstrate that we continue to provide our children with a safe, secure and educationally rich environment in which they thrive and grow. We believe that allowing children access to good quality pre-school education enhances their future life-chances.More information on the EYFS can be found at www.foundationyears.org.uk or you are welcome to talk to any staff member about the curriculum at any time.

How and what your child will be learning

Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through seven areas of learning and development.

Children will mostly develop the three PRIME AREAS first:

These prime areas are essential for your childs development and future learning. As your child grows, the prime areas will help them to develop skills in four.

Specific Areas:

These seven areas are used as the basis for planning your child’s learning activities. The key person supporting your child, with the other staff, will make sure that the activities are suited to your child’s individual needs and in line with the EYFS. Our activities are designed to be flexible so that staff can follow your child’s unique needs and interests. Children in the EYFS learn by playing and exploring, being active, and through creative and critical thinking; all these take place both indoors and outside.

When your child is between two and three

At some point after your child turns two, the professionals working with your child must give you a written summary of how your child is progressing against the three PRIME AREAS of learning:

This is called the Progress Check at age two. This check will highlight areas where your child is progressing well and any areas where they might need some extra help or support – and how mums and dads, other family members or careers can work with the key person to help. You might find it useful to share this information with other professionals such as a health visitor, who can use it as part of the health and development review.

At the age of 2, your child may be able to:

Communication and language :- Listen with interest to the noises adults make when they read stories Understand simple sentences and begin to ask simple questions.
Physical Development :- Walk upstairs holding someone's hand Begin to show awareness of needing a wee or poo.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development :- Want to do things independently – may begin to say "no" Respond to a few rules with support Play alongside their friends.

At the age of 3, your child may be able to:

Communication and language :- Show an interest in play with sounds, songs and rhymes Understand more complex sentences Learn new words and use them to communicate.
Physical Development :- Turn the pages in a book, Kick a ball, Help dressing and undressing .
Personal, Social and Emotional Development :- Separate from main carer, with support and encouragement from a familiar adult. Show understanding of and co-operate with some rules and routines. Start to join in with their friends’ play.
Literac :- Have some favourite stories or songs. Distinguish between the marks they make.
Mathematics :- Say some number names in sequence, Begin to use language for size – i.e. big, small .
Understanding the World :- Begin to ‘pretend play’ – imitating life – i.e. making and drinking tea Enjoy playing with small world toys i.e. farms, garages, Operate mechanical toys – i.e.wind-up toys.
Expressive Arts & Design :- Join in with favourite songs. Begin to ‘make believe’ by pretending.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Separate from main carer, with support and encouragement from a familiar adult. Show understanding of and co-operate with some rules and routines. Start to join in with their friends’ play. Literacy Have some favourite stories or songs. Distinguish between the marks they make. Mathematics Say some number names in sequence. Begin to use language for size – i.e. big, small Understanding the World. Begin to ‘pretend play’ – imitating life – i.e. making and drinking tea. Enjoy playing with small world toys i.e. farms, garages. Operate mechanical toys – i.e.wind-up toys. Expressive Arts and Design.

Join in with favorite songs. Begin to ‘make believe’ by pretending.

At the age of 4, your child may be able to:

Communication & Language :- Listen to others, one to one or in small groups, when conversation interests them Respond to simple instructions e.g. to get or put away an object Re-tell a simple past event in correct order e.g. went down slide, hurt finger.
Physical Development :- Use one-handed tools and equipment e.g. make snips in paper with child’s scissors. Gain more bowel and bladder control and attend to toileting needs most of the time themselves.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development :- Welcome and value praise for what they have done. Begin to accept the needs of others and take turns and share resources, sometimes with support from others. Initiate play, offering cues to their friends to join them.
Literacy :- Join in with repeated refrains and anticipate key events and phrases in rhymes and stories. Sometimes give meaning to marks as they draw and paint.
Mathematics :- Recite numbers in order to 10. Show an interest in shape and space by playing with shapes or making arrangements with objects.
Understanding the World :- Remember and talk about significant events in their own experiences. Show care and concern for living things and the environment. Know how to operate simple equipment.
Expressive Arts & Design :- Enjoy joining-in with dancing and ring games. Engage in imaginative role-play, based on their own first-hand experiences.

Welcome and value praise for what they have done. Begin to accept the needs of others and take turns and share resources, sometimes with support from others. Initiate play, offering cues to their friends to join them.

Literacy Join in with repeated refrains and anticipate key events and phrases in rhymes and stories. Sometimes give meaning to marks as they draw and paint.

Mathematics Recite numbers in order to 10. Show an interest in shape and space by playing with shapes or making arrangements with objects. Understanding the World Remember and talk about significant events in their own experiences.

Show care and concern for living things and the environment. Know how to operate simple equipment.

Expressive Arts & Design.

Enjoy joining-in with dancing and ring games.

Engage in imaginative role-play, based on their own first-hand experiences.

Please remember that children are all individuals – and they all learn different skills at different rates. If you are ever concerned about your child’s development please talk to your key person.