The Nursery uses the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum that is the statutory curriculum for all children from birth to 5 years, provided by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
The Curriculum is divided into three Prime Areas - Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Physical Development; Communication And Language and four Specific areas - Literacy; Mathematics; Understanding the World; Expressive Arts and Design.
Each area provides expectations for a child's development within specific age brackets culminating in an early learning goal. Staff use the curriculum to help trace each child's progress throughout their time in Nursery. Children work towards being able to achieve these early learning goals by the end of their reception year in school.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
This area of development covers:
Self-confidence and self-awareness
Managing feelings and behaviour
Making relationships
Physical Development
This area of development covers:
Moving and handling
Health and self-care
Communication, Language and Literacy
This area of development covers:
Listening and attention
Understanding
Speaking
Literacy
This area of development covers:
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
This area of development covers:
Numbers
Shape, Space, and Measures
Understanding Of The World
This area of development covers:
People and communities
The World
Technology
Expressive Arts and Design
This area of development covers:
Exploring and using media and materials
Being Imaginative