Curriculum Early Years

Early Years Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception)

Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception) follow the Early Learning Goals. These are organised as six areas of learning:

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Developing confidence and independence while learning to concentrate and to enjoy sharing as part of a group

Click HERE to see how this forms part of our wider PSHE curriculum overview.

Communication, Language and Literacy

Communicating with one another and developing skills in talking, listening, reading and writing

The school uses Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised as its SSP (Systematic Synthetic Phonics) programme. Children in Reception take home an appropriately matched decodable book each week. These books have been read in class during the week so your child will be able to read them to you!

As a staff we wish all our children to develop a lifelong love of reading. Reading is the most important subject as without good reading skills it is difficult for children to access other subjects. For that reason, reading is at the centre of the curriculum at New End. To help instill in children this love and passion for reading, this year every class has a “Reading Map” which is a selection of brand new quality texts appropriate to their age. Children in Reception and Nursery are able to take home these books for their parents and carers to read to them as part of their journey as a reader.

Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy

Using ideas about number, quantity, measurement, shape and space

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Investigating and beginning to understand the things, places and people around them

Physical Development

Improving control and co-ordination of their bodies while learning to move and to handle equipment

Creative Development

Finding ways to communicate using colour, shape, sound, texture, movement and stories