Morning work☀️
24-04-2026
The children have been working very hard in the morning completing their morning work. They were looking at pictures and writing what they can see.
Early Years Foundation Stage
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“Every child deserves the best possible start in life and support to fulfil their potential…experiences between birth and five has a major impact on their future life chances. A secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right. Good parenting and high quality learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up”
Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage”, Department for Children, Schools and Families, (2017)
Our Curriculum Intent
Our EYFS curriculum is language led and inclusive driven. Every area of learning is designed to reduce disadvantage and meet the needs of all children. We aim for ambitious outcomes, enabling all children to access a rich, engaging and sequential curriculum.
Our Curriculum Implementation
Universal Provision: We provide a language rich environment through daily stories, talk activities, role play. Adults model and scaffold language, extending children’s vocabulary and understanding. High quality interactions during focused tasks and continuous provision supports development in prime and specific areas.
Targeted provision: To support children’s development, we provide small group interventions such as WellComm and bucket therapy. We teach phonics in small groups. Visuals, Makaton and sensory aids further support children to access our rich curriculum.
Specialist Provision: We tailor individual support plans for children with high needs, collaborating with specialist where requires. Strategies are tailored to ensure participation and progress.
Family and community: Parent workshops, Stay and Learn sessions and home learning support provides opportunities for parents/carers to learn alongside their children and support learning at home. Cultural and linguistic diversity is integrated throughout.
Our Curriculum Impact
Measuring success: We measure progress from initial baseline assessment in all areas. We use a combination of observation and formal assessment (e.g. RWI phonics and WellComm) to support judgements. We understand the importance of supporting all aspects of child development, recording progress in social and emotional growth, participation and engagement alongside cognitive progress.
Please click on the links below for further details of our EYFS curriculum.
SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD
Please attend all our parent/carer session or speak to staff members for advice helping your child. Below are some websites you might find useful.
EYFS Curriculum – EYFS Development Matters
A guide to your child’s learning and development in the EYFS – What to Expect When?
Videos and resources to support Phonics – RWI Phonics Guidance
Fun, educational games for children to play – Cbeebies
Free eBooks for children to read online – Oxford Owl
Simple, fun maths activities – Maths Activities
Early Years Foundation Stage Chatter
Digital Goldilocks
22-04-2026
We have used the smart board tools to create digital pictures of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Outdoor Play
22-04-2026
We have made the most of the lovely weather by carrying out lots of our learning outdoors this week.
Map Making for The Three Bears
22-04-2026
We created a map of the woods where The Three Bears live this week. We thought about what to include on the map and looked at examples of maps. We then followed the map to the Three Bears’ cottage.
Goldilocks Story Sequencing
22-04-2026
This week we have places pictures from Goldilocks and the Three Bears into the correct order by talking about the story and it’s key events.
Favourite Goldilocks and the Three Bears Characters
22-04-2026
We created a pictogram of our favourite characters from Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Ordering Numbers and Matching Objects in Maths
22-04-2026
In this week’s maths, we have been counting to 20, practicing ordering numbers to 10 and matching the correct number of objects to a number.
Porridge Painting
22-04-2026
We have had a great time this week creating porridge paint and exploring how it feels and developing fine motor and imaginative skills.
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Goldilocks at Home
22-04-2026
Here are some super pieces of homework based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears and our current Traditional Tales topic. Many thanks to all parents for supporting the children with this learning at home.
When Goldilocks went to the house or the bear’s🐻
22-04-2026
The children had a great time singing “When Goldilocks Went to The House of the Bears”. They joined in confidently using their voices and actions to bring the song to life. The children enjoyed using the stick puppets to add to the song. They worked together, took turns and showed great expression as they sang. (more…)
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Who is your favourite character from Goldilocks and The Three Bears?
20-04-2026
The children gathered some information on who their favourite character was from the story Goldilocks and The Three Bears. We then presented this information on a Pictogram. The children recognised the most popular character was Daddy bear and the least popular character was Goldilocks.
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Porridge making in reception
17-04-2026
The children have been reading Goldilocks and The Three Bears – today they worked very together to make some yummy porridge. The children helped to cut up the fruit and mix the porridge. They then sat together and ate their lovely porridge
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16-04-2026
Here are some of the lovely creations made by some of our reception children. They were asked to create a home for a character from a Traditional Tale – well done boys and girls your work is amazing and we are so proud of how hard you worked over the Easter break.
Goldilocks experiment
16-04-2026
Today in Reception, we carried out an experiment to see which bowl of porridge would stay warm the longest. The children made their predictions about which one would stay warm longest.
Ball skills
16-04-2026
Today in PE we played a game called spiders and butterflies. Next we had to be dung beatles and move a ball around the cones using our hands.
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
15-04-2026
Our story in Reception this week is Goldilocks and The Three Bears. The children have enjoyed using their art skills to make some fantastic paintings of the characters. They used their own sense of creativity by choosing what colours they wanted to use for Goldilocks dress.
Central Library Visit – RSMC
15-04-2026
The children had a fantastic time visiting Central Library just before half term. First they shared a lovely story before setting off on a tour of the library.
We hope you all enjoyed your Easter nest cakes. Have a lovely rest during the holidays and we will see you in two weeks. 🐣
25-03-2026
Thank you to everyone for joining us for stay and learn. We really enjoyed sharing our maths learning with you 😊
25-03-2026
Eid celebrations
17-03-2026
We are preparing to celebrate Eid by making decorations and talking about how each family celebrates together.
World Book Day
05-03-2026
Today we had lots of fun celebrating world book day dressing up in our pyjamas and home clothes. We also enjoyed sharing stories together.
We had a lovely day in our pyjamas celebrating World Book Day. We loved sharing your books together 📕
04-03-2026
We are learning about Luna new year and have painted our good luck message and created lanterns by ripping paper.
10-02-2026
I went to the shop and I bought………
03-02-2026
This afternoon we had lots of fun playing a memory game called we went to the shop. The children learnt new words such as cauliflower and cabbage and could recall the order the food was bought.
We have been learning the names of fruits and how to describe them. We then used the fruits to make faces.
22-01-2026
Developing our physical skills with our family. It was lovely to see so many of you sharing the skills with your children. 🍌 🍊
22-01-2026
