Our Curriculum
At Noah’s Ark Nursery we follow the statutory Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, which focusses on development and learning for children from birth up to the age of five.
The Three Prime Areas are:
The Four Specific Areas are:
The three prime areas of learning must be developed in order for the specific areas of learning to be achieved.
Your child’s progress is ongoing and tracked against the EYFS and areas of development are monitored and encouraged. You can see our weekly planning displayed on the planning board in each room.
Teachers plan activities every week, carefully balancing structured play and child-led fun, where children choose what they want to do. This means that no matter how old your child is, we make sure all learning at Noah’s Ark Nursery is fun and stimulating.
Weekly observations are carried out by your child’s class teacher to assess their development in line with this framework and activities are then planned personally for your child following these observations. To enable teachers to track progress and prepare for the next stage of development all children have individual learning profiles.
You are encouraged to take these portfolios home and add your own information to help staff plan and develop further learning at the end of Term.
As part of the EYFS goals, we must ensure that all children:
In addition, we demonstrate:
More information on the EYFS can be found at www.foundationyears.org.uk
The Three Prime Areas are:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Physical Development
- Communication and Language
The Four Specific Areas are:
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understand the World
- Expressive Arts and Designs
The three prime areas of learning must be developed in order for the specific areas of learning to be achieved.
Your child’s progress is ongoing and tracked against the EYFS and areas of development are monitored and encouraged. You can see our weekly planning displayed on the planning board in each room.
Teachers plan activities every week, carefully balancing structured play and child-led fun, where children choose what they want to do. This means that no matter how old your child is, we make sure all learning at Noah’s Ark Nursery is fun and stimulating.
Weekly observations are carried out by your child’s class teacher to assess their development in line with this framework and activities are then planned personally for your child following these observations. To enable teachers to track progress and prepare for the next stage of development all children have individual learning profiles.
You are encouraged to take these portfolios home and add your own information to help staff plan and develop further learning at the end of Term.
As part of the EYFS goals, we must ensure that all children:
- Make good progress and learn well
- Are kept healthy and safe
- Are “school ready” by the time they reach the age of four
- Have a broad range of knowledge and skills
- Have a learning and development programme drawn up that is appropriate to their own stage of development
In addition, we demonstrate:
- A strong partnership with parents and/or carers
- Robust safeguarding practices
- Equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice
More information on the EYFS can be found at www.foundationyears.org.uk