Early Years Foundation Stage: Curriculum Evening 29 th September 2015 EYFS Team: Sarah Eades & Natalie Tarr Kelly Fogwill & Laura Benham

How Young Children Learn When children are encouraged and supported to follow their curiosity, to feel the satisfaction of meeting their own challenges, to think for themselves, and to plan and monitor how they will go about their activities, they become self-regulated learners. (Moylett and Stewart, 2012)

Learning Through Play Your challenge should you choose to accept it: You and the person next to you have 1 minute to make something with the cubes under your chair. Mission Impossible

Children Learn through Play! Mathematics Sorting (colours, shape, size) Measure (length, height) Pattern Shape (letters) Counting Ordering Addition/Subtraction or Dividing/Sharing Personal, Social & Emotional Development Discussion with others Negotiating skills Turn taking Problem solving skills Team work Self esteem and a sense of achievement Communication & Language Explaining ideas Language development (new vocabulary) Attention to detail and sustained thinking Physical Development Fine Motor skills

Thrill Will Skill The Child: The First Teacher

Observations Schemas Planning The Role of the Adult: The Second Teacher “The word schema is generally used to describe patterns of repeated behaviour that children use to explore and express their developing ideas and thoughts through play and exploration” Stella Louis et al, 2013

The Learning Environment : The Third Teacher A carefully planned and resourced learning environment. Observations feed into the planning of the environment and learning choices. All areas of the curriculum are included in the environment and planning.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Curriculum has 7 Areas of Learning and 17 Aspects of Learning. Prime Areas of Learning

Specific Areas of Learning

Key Person “The key person’s role is described as being there to help ensure that every child’s learning is tailored to meet their individual needs” (DfE, 2012) Secure Attachment with an Adult Trust and Understanding between Family and School Continuity and Consistency for Child and Family Personal Approach to Learning (observations, discussions with child and family) Messages from Home-School and School-Home We will inform you of your child’s Key Person in due course

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