Early Years Pathway
Our numbers of nursery and reception age students fluctuate year on year and between departments. Across school, all early years students follow the EYFS Framework and their progress towards the Early Learning Goals is documented.
Each student has their own EYFS assessment grid and classroom staff update this half termly based on their observations of student’s learning. Evidence is recorded by narrative observations and photographs/videos. Students work towards the following areas in the updated 2021 EYFS Framework:
Our Curriculum
Our numbers of nursery and reception age students fluctuate year on year and between departments. Across school, all early years students follow the EYFS Framework and their progress towards the Early Learning Goals is documented.
Each student has their own EYFS assessment grid and classroom staff update this half termly based on their observations of student’s learning. Evidence is recorded by narrative observations and photographs/videos. Students work towards the following areas in the updated 2021 EYFS Framework:
| Prime Areas | |
| Communications and Languages | Listening, attention & understanding |
| Speaking | |
| Physical Development | Gross motor skills |
| Fine motor skills | |
| Personal, social and emotional development | Self Regulation |
| Managing Self | |
| Building relationships | |
| Specific Areas | |
| Literacy | Comprehension |
| Word reading | |
| Writing | |
| Mathematics | Number |
| Numerical Patterns | |
| Understanding the World | Past and present |
| People, culture & communities | |
| The Natural World | |
| Exressive Arts and Design | Creating with materials |
| Being imaginative and expressive |