Areas of Learning Goals

Our aims are:

1) Many children attend nursery soon after their third birthday attending part time or full time which could be their first experience of a group setting. It is important that we work in partnership with parents and other adults. These may include speech therapist, health visitors, district nurses, portage workers and teachers of the visually and hearing impaired also valuing and building on children's previous learning.

2) Plan and meet the diverse needs of all children, so that most will achieve and some, where appropriate, will go beyond the Early Learning Goals.
Stepping stones will show the knowledge, skills, and understanding by assessing and monitoring what children can do. This will help us identify when knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes have been achieved, so we can plan the next steps in the child's learning.

The Foundation stage is organised into six areas of learning.

a) Learning Personal, Social and Emotional
By supporting the transition to and between settings providing opportunities for each child to become a valued member of our group.

b) Social Skills
Providing opportunities that enable them to learn how to co-operate and work harmoniously alongside and with each other and listen to each other. Language-communication opportunities for all children to talk and communicate in a widening range of situations, to respond to adults and each other.

Reading and writing opportunities for all children to explore and enjoy learning about and using words and text in a broad range of contents and to experience a rich verity of books.

c) Mathematics
Opportunities to develop their understanding of numbers, measurements, patterns, shapes and space which they can explore enjoy learn, practise and talk about them.

d) Knowledge and understanding of the world.
Opportunities to solve problems, make decisions, experiment, predict, plan and question in a verity of contents and to explore and find out about their environment, people and places that have significance in their lives.

e) Physical
Opportunities for children to develop and practise their fine and gross motor skills and to increase their understanding of how their bodies work and what they need to do to be healthy and safe.

f) Creative
Opportunities for all children to explore and share their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of art design and technology, music, movement, dance and imaginative and role play activities.

Staff plans a learning environment indoors and outdoors that encourages a positive attitude to learning, through rich and stimulating experiences by ensuring each child feels included.

• By materials equipment and displays that reflect the community the children come from.
• We include the local community and environment as a source of learning
• Children are encouraged to make choices and develop independence by equipment and materials are readily available and organised.
• Children are given the space they need for their activities.