Learning and development at Wonder Years Day Nursery
Like most nurseries, we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS). This framework has been devised to help support and develop your child’s learning and fully prepare them for Primary Education.
The Early Years Foundation Stage is the statutory framework for early years education in England, or, as stated on the UK government website: “The standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5
The EYFS framework:
- sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well
- ensures children are kept healthy and safe
- ensures that children have the knowledge and skills they need to start school
This statutory framework is for:
- school leaders
- school staff
- childcare providers
- childminders
- out-of-school providers
The EYFS provides for a mixture of leaning through open play and more adult led activities to help move children on to the next steps in their development.
The EYFS also sets out the legal welfare requirements that everyone registered to look after children must follow to keep your children safe and promote their welfare.
For each child we make continual assessments based on observations of their play and activities.
The EYFS gives us a framework against which we can see where each child might need to further develop. The information gathered from the observations feeds into individual learning plans. These allow your child’s key-worker to plan different teacher led activities to help move children onto their next level or steps.
All of this assessment, observation and planning is recorded daily and shared with you online. Parents can log in securely and see their child’s progress in real time. You can also add comments and ideas that can be fed into individual teaching plans and link direct experiences and learning at home. This is a wonderful way to keep your child’s interests at the heart of their learning with us.
Becoming familiar with your child’s online learning journal strengthens your involvement in their development and provides you with a permanent record not only of their learning but of pictures and videos of their time at Wonder Years.
For more specific and detailed information click here for the Full parents guide to the EYFS.
http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/eyfs-statutory-framework/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/early_years_foundation_stage/
