Intent

At Cooper Perry we provide a range of opportunities throughout the the EYFS to ensure all children in Nursery and Reception develop a love of learning, resilience and independence.

We intend:

• To understand and follow children’s interests and provide opportunities throughout our EYFS curriculum to support learning, consolidate and deepen knowledge and ensure children meet their next steps as they happen.
• To prepare children to reach the Early Learning Goals at the end of the Foundation Stage and ensure children make at least good progress from their starting points.
• To develop partnerships with parents and carers to encourage independent, happy learners who thrive in school and reach their full potential from their various starting points.
• To create an indoor and outdoor environment which is stimulating and supports learning.
• To support transition into KS1.
   

Implementation

At Cooper Perry we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS). The EYFS Curriculum has seven main areas of learning:

Prime

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development (Self-Regulation; Managing Self; Building Relationships)
• Communication and Language (Listening, Attention and Understanding; Speaking)
• Physical development (Gross Motor Skills, Fine Motor Skills)

Specific

• Literacy (Comprehension; Word Reading; Writing)
• Mathematics (Number, Numerical Patterns)
• Understanding the world (Past and Present; People, Culture and Communities; The Natural World)
• Expressive Arts and Design (Creating with Materials; Being Imaginative and Expressive)

Our curriculum is child-centred and is based upon ‘wow’ experiences which engage the children. We encourage active learning to ensure the children are motivated and interested. All areas of the EYFS curriculum are followed through effective teaching and child initiated learning to ensure there is a broad, balanced and progressive curriculum. 

Continuous provision practice and principles begin in the EYFS and support children to develop key life skills such as independence, problem solving, perseverance and resilience. During continuous provision the children are encouraged to use and develop taught skills independently. Throughout the school day, children at Cooper Perry will have the opportunity to work independently and collaboratively with their friends and different members of staff.

To support our wider curriculum, we provide regular opportunities for parents and carers to come into school and work with their child, share their work and celebrate success together. We keep parents informed and meet regularly with them to ensure their child’s transition into school and through the EYFS is happy, allowing them to reach their potential with support if required. This includes transition days, nursery visits, sharing learning sessions, parent workshops, teddy bears picnic, parent share (evidence me), class assemblies, open mornings and parents lunches.  Parents’ evenings take place once a term, however, additional meetings are scheduled, if required, throughout the year.

Impact

We aim to ensure that our children’s progress across the EYFS curriculum is good from their individual starting point. We strive for children to reach the Early Learning Goals at the end of Reception and to be at least in line with National Expectations.

At Cooper Perry we use observations to document a child meeting the next steps in their learning, ensuring that all children build on their current knowledge and skills. These help us to make accurate assessments at the end of each term.  Our assessment judgements are moderated both in school and externally with local schools. 

By the time our children leave Reception, we strive for them to be independent, passionate and resilient learners who are confident to solve problems and continue their learning journey into Key Stage 1 and beyond.