LOG IN DIARY CONTACT Home > Pre-Prep > Early Years Foundation Stage Early Years Foundation Stage The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is how the Government and Early Year’s Professionals describe the time in a child’s life between birth and age five. This stage of development is extremely important as a child’s experiences in the early years of their life has a major impact on their future life chances. We believe that a secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right as it provides the foundation for children to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up. The Early Years Foundation Stage Sets the standards for learning, development and care that young children should experience Provides for equality of opportunity and non-discriminatory practice ensuring that every child is included Creates the framework for partnership working between parents and professionals and between all the settings that your child attends Helps improve quality and consistency in the Early Year’s sector through a universal set of standards Lays the foundation for future learning that plans around the individual needs and interests of the child. How will your child be learning? Your child will be learning new skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through seven areas of learning and development. The Pre-Prep team deliver a fun-filled and stretching curriculum that takes account of children’s educational and pastoral needs and builds on the knowledge and skills developed during Nursery. Your child will mostly develop the three prime areas first which are the most essential for their healthy development and future learning. Prime Areas Communication and Language Physical Development Personal, Social and Emotional Development As your child grows, the primary areas will help them to develop skills in four specific areas. Specific Areas Literacy Mathematics Understanding the World Expressive Arts and Design The seven areas are used to plan your child’s learning and activities and the Pre-Prep professionals make sure that the activities are suited to each child’s individual needs. Forest School Children in Pre-Prep also benefit from taking part in our exciting Forest School curriculum. THE START OF THEIR JOURNEY OUTDOOR LEARNING PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS Copyright © 2021 Terms of Use / Privacy Policy Cookie consent This website uses cookies that help the website functions and to track how you interact with it so that we can provide you with improved and customized user experience. We will only use the cookies if you consent to it by clicking on Accept. You can also manage individual cookie preferences from Settings. Preferences Accept All Necessary Functional Analytics Performance Advertisement Other Save my preferences