The EYFS is crucial in every child’s development and during these first years basic skills and attitudes to learning and socialising are established.

We support children in their learning through careful observations, adult-led sessions, informal assessments and listening to information from parents/carers. We encourage children to use the 3 characteristics of effective learning:
⦁    Playing and exploring.                                                 
⦁    Active learning.
⦁    Creating and thinking critically.

Four guiding principles shape our practice in the early years. These are:

• Every child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.
• Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships.
• Children learn and develop well in enabling environments with teaching and support from adults, who respond to their individual interests and needs and help them to build their learning over time. Children benefit from a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers.
• Importance of learning and development. Children develop and learn at different rates.

We recognise the uniqueness of each child and value every child’s interests. We aim to deliver learning through a combination of adult-led and child-initiated play, based on prior experiences and interests of children.

We teach children how to make considered choices in their learning and most importantly, the skills needed to be independent, lifelong learners. We value autonomous learning, so that the children reach their full potential while at the same time setting high attainment targets and making behavioural expectations clear and consistent.