Early Years Foundation Stage | Nursery and Reception Class in Staffordshire
At Early Years Foundation Stage, Nursery and Reception, our friendly, experienced and nurturing staff ensure that all children are happy, safe and always curious to learn.
Early Years Funding and Fees
Nursery and Reception (Age 3-5)
Nursery and Reception enjoy structured Literacy and Mathematics learning activities alongside a progressive synthetic phonics programme Read, Write Inc, whereby children explore letter sounds and names. They are encouraged to form letters using rhymes and are introduced to the first key words. These activities take place every morning and are delivered to ensure high levels of individualised engagement and learning.
Nursery and Reception are extended and challenged throughout the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework such as music, drama and PE, by our team of specialist teachers. The children follow a holistic curriculum covering the seven areas of learning as outlined in Development Matters.
- Personal, social and emotional development
- Communication and language
- Physical development
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Expressive arts and design
- Understanding the world
Each child will have an individual learning journey, it is our means of recording their milestones with parents and this system strengthens our ongoing dialogue with parents about each child’s learning.
Our Nursery and Reception students flourish in our free flow classroom, learning through play in their indoor and external learning environments, developing their self-confidence, resilience and problem-solving skills.