Intent

• To nurture children’s curiosity about the world around them opening up their worlds to diverse opportunities.
• To provide children with the skills they need to reach their potential.
• To provide and safe, stimulating learning environment that enables them to discover and explore new and exciting things.
• Develop children’s independence and resilience.
• Nurture characteristics of effective learning.
• Prepare children for the next part of their learning journey

Implementation

• Stimulating indoor and outdoor environments that foster curiosity and questioning.
• Carefully balanced continuous provision that follows the children’s interests as well as provide new and exciting things to draw their attention to new ideas.
• Objective based activities that meets the developmental needs of children.
• Adult led tasks that challenge and engage children.
• Whole class activities that develop peer communication and support.
• High quality observations that move the children’s learning on.
• Careful and effective questioning.

Impact

• Children that are excited to learn.
• Children that are able to think independently and creative with the tools needed to question the world around them and the drive to find the answers to these questions.
• Children that feel happy and safe.
• Children that leave EYFS with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed as they move into Key Stage 1

Please Find the Attached Reading Map for EYFS