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Early Years Foundation Stage

Early Years Foundation Stage

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Vision: The overall goal within the Early Years Foundation Stage at Morningside is to create a positive learning environment that enables all children to grow and develop in all areas of the curriculum. We endeavour to provide a stimulating learning experience by creating wonderful indoor and outdoor learning spaces.

Curriculum

During the EYFS day, children engage in purposeful play and exploratory activities. Each day is planned to provide a range of experiences and activities that encourage independent thinking and choosing, as well developing children’s communication and social skills when working alongside peers.

In the Foundation Stage the curriculum is made up of seven areas of learning:

The Prime areas are fundamental and work together, and filter through all other areas to support development:

  • Personal, social and Emotional Development
  • Communication and Language
  • Physical Development

The Specific areas include essential skills and knowledge for children to participate successfully in society:

  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Understanding the World
  • Expressive Arts and Design

We aim to increase children’s understanding, encourage them to think and to improve their language competence. We allow children to be creative, to explore and investigate materials, and to be imaginative. Through these planned activities children will learn important early mathematical, linguistic and scientific concepts. They will also be acquiring social skills through their interaction with others. We actively promote learning to share, to take turns and to care for others. We offer the children a variety of outdoor spaces such as their own playgrounds, the infant playground. We use these outdoor areas as an extension of the classroom, offering children experiences, which support their learning in all of the areas.

Please have a look at our EYFS Theme Maps to see what themes and books we are covering over the year.

Rainbow Nursery (2 year old provision)

School Nursery (3 year old provision)

Reception classes

Watch our videos to see our children learning and playing in our Reception and Nursery and Rainbow nursery classes.

Reception

https://morningside.hackney.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/Reception-video-final-1.mp4

 

Nursery

https://morningside.hackney.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/06/Nursery-3yr-olds-1.mp4

Useful Links

Information about Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk

Links to videos related to the 7 learning areas and programmes for 0 to 5 year olds:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/eyfs

There are also many useful websites for early years children:

  • topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5-years/letters-and-sounds
  • topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting
  • scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/social-development-3-5-year-olds
  • jumpstrt.com/parents/activities/math-activities
  • coolmath-games.com/1-games-for-preschool-kindergarten-01.html
  • starfall.com/
  • crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
  • speakaboos.com/
  • pocketparent.co.uk/kids-online-stories.shtml

The following apps are recommended for young children:

  • Bugs and Buttons
  • Bugs and Numbers
  • The Singing Alphabet
  • Go Count!
  • The Land of Me –Making Things
  • The Land of Me –Shape, Size and Colour
  • The Land of Me –Songs and Rhymes
  • The Land of Me –Story Time
  • Me Books
  • iTrace
Related Pages
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  • Curriculum Maps
  • Termly Overviews
  • Early Years Foundation Stage
  • Our School Day
  • Homework

Early Years Foundation Stage Tweets

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Morningside Primary School and Children’s Centre
Chatham Place
London
E9 6LL

Tel: 020 8985 5382
Email: admin@morningside.hackney.sch.uk
Executive Principal: Sian Davies
Headteacher: Janet Taylor

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