Our Curriculum
Learning at Nursery
At Little Buttons we follow the continuous provision approach. The environment is set up for children to explore and investigate independently. Each child is assigned a key worker. The key worker will provide activities for each child to grow and develop around each child’s interests. Our focus at the moment, is communication. We are finding different ways of introducing new words and encouraging children to speak or make sounds confidently. To support us with our focus of communication, we have a music and movement teacher who will join us every Friday.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Curriculum
The Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to five years old. All schools and Ofsted registered early years providers must follow the EYFS.
The four guiding principles
There are four guiding principles in the EYFS, we believe it is important that these principles are used when implementing the seven learning and development areas in the EYFS.
The principles 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.
- The importance of learning and development. Children develop and learn at different rates.
Areas of learning and development
There are seven areas of learning and development. The areas are: -
- Communication and Language
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Physical Development
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts & Design
We want all children to have enjoyed their time at Little Buttons. We want all children to have made friends, become independent and enthusiastic learners. Children should leave nursery enabled to engage in new experiences, problem solve, think imaginatively, and have a have-a-go attitude