Our Approach To Education

Fine motor, Gross motor, Dexterity, Skills, Strength, Muscles, Growth, Milestones children show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space. They handle equipment and tools effectively, including pencils for writing.

Children know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet, and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe. They manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs successfully, including dressing and going to the toilet independently. Fine motor, Gross motor, Dexterity, Skills, Strength, Muscles, Growth, Milestones children show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space. They handle equipment and tools effectively, including pencils for writing.

Self-confidence and self-awareness Children are confident to try new activities, and say why they like some activities more than others. They are confident to speak in a familiar group, will talk about their ideas, and will choose the resources they need for their chosen activities. They say when they need and don’t need help.

Managing Feelings and Behaviour
Children talk about how they and others show feelings, talk about their own and others behaviour and its consequences, and know that some behaviour is unacceptable. They work as part of a group or class, and understand and follow the rules. They adjust their behaviour to different situations, and take changes of routine in their stride.

Making Relationships
Children play co-operatively, taing turns with others. They take account of one another’s’ ideas about how to organize their activity They show sensitivity to others needs and feelings, and form positive relationships with adults and other children.

Managing Feelings and Behaviour
Children talk about how they and others show feelings, talk about their own and others behaviour and its consequences, and know that some behaviour is unacceptable. They work as part of a group or class, and understand and follow the rules. They adjust their behaviour to different situations, and take changes of routine in their stride.

Verbal and non verbal – speech, body language, facial expression 
Children listen attentively in a range of situations.
They listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events and respond to what they hear with relevant comments, questions or actions. 
They give their attention to what others say and respond appropriately, while engaged in another activity.


Understanding
Children follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.
They answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences and in response to stories or events.


Literacy
Children use emergent reading and writing until FS2
Children read and understand simple sentences. 
They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. 
They also read some common irregular words. 
They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read. 



Writing:

Children use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds.
They also write some irregular common words. 
They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others.
Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.
 
Mathematics
Children are supported in developing their understanding of problem solving, reasoning and numeracy in a broad range of contexts in which they can explore, learn, practice and talk. We provide opportunities to use number names, through interactive games and songs. To develop confidence using language such as more, less, bigger, smaller etc. Children will engage in activities that teach them how to recognize shapes, volume and capacity all through play activities.

People and communities
Children talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of family members.
They know that other children don’t always enjoy the same things, and are sensitive to this. 
They know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions.


The world

Children know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things.
They talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another. 
They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.


Technology

Children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. They select and use technology for particular purposes.

Exploring using media and materials
Thisis about how children experiment with media and materials finding out about their properties and modifying and manipulating them. It includes exploring sounds, patterns, movement and different tools and techniques.


Being imaginative
This is about children’s explorations into the world of pretence, building on their experiences of the real world and transforming them into something new – whether through role play, music, pretend play, block play or small world play or a range of other areas.