At Barrowcliff School we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework which is divided into 7 areas:
Communication & Language |
Physical Development |
Personal, Social & Emotional Development |
Literacy |
Numeracy |
Understanding the World |
Expressive Arts & Design |
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We want all our children to have a love for learning and a healthy curiosity about the world around them, so we foster the ‘Characteristics of Effective Learning’ which are:
Playing & exploring – engagement |
Active learning - motivation |
Creating & thinking critically - thinking |
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Every child is unique and develops and learns in different ways. We want all our children to be strong, independent, resilient, capable, confident and self-assured. They need to develop positive relationships with other children and adults in order to learn from each other through challenging, playful opportunities, across all areas of learning and development.
In order to make all this possible the staff:
The aim is for all children to achieve the Early Learning Goals (see table below), as set out in the EYFS framework, in order to reach a Good Level of Development at the end of their time in their Reception class.