Welcome to our Parents Information presentation • How we support your child at Day Care at Saint Martin’s. • How we deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage.
The early years of a child’s life are critically important • We have found overwhelming evidence that children’s life chances are most heavily predicated on their development in the first five years of life. It is family background, parental education, good parenting and the opportunities for learning and development in those crucial years that together matter more to children than money, in determining whether their potential is realised in adult life. Field, F. (December 2010) • A child’s experiences during their early years provide the essential foundations for life. Their development during this period influences their basic learning, educational attainment, economic participation and health. Dyson, A. et al (2009) cited in Tickell, C. (2011)
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) 2012 • Children are born ready, able and eager to learn. They actively reach out to interact with other people, and in the world around them. • Development is not an automatic process, however. It depends on each unique child having opportunities to interact in positive relationships and enabling environments.
Your Unique Child • Support babies and Practitioners: young children to • Understand and develop a positive observe each child’s sense of their own development identity • Assess progress • Identify need for • Plan next steps additional support • Identify your child’s • Keep children safe preferred learning style • Value and respect all children and families equally.
Positive Relationships • Offer stimulating activities Practitioners: for your individual child’s • Develop warm and caring needs relationships and foster a • Encourage children to be sense of belonging strong and make choices • Responsive and sensitive to your child’s needs, feelings and interests • Supportive of your child’s efforts and independence • Consistent in setting clear boundaries
Enabling Environment • Stimulating resources relevant to your children’s age, culture and community • Rich learning opportunities through play and playful practitioners • Support for children to take risks and explore
Wizards Laboratory Exploring and using media and materials, learning to share and take in turns, shape space and measures, being imaginative, speaking ……..
Learning Style; Playing and Exploring Finding out and exploring, Playing with what they know Being willing to ‘have a go’
Learning style; Active Learning Being involved and concentrating Keeping trying Enjoying achieving what they set out to do
Learning style; Creating and thinking critically Having their own ideas Making links Choosing ways to do things
Area of Learning and Development Aspect Prime Areas Personal, Social and Emotional Development • Making relationships • Self-confidence and self- awareness • Managing feelings and behaviour
Prime Areas Physical Development • Moving and handling • Health and self-care
Prime Areas Communication and Language • Listening and attention • Understanding • Speaking
Specific areas Literacy • Reading • Writing
Specific Areas Mathematics • Numbers • Shape, space and measure
Specific Areas Understanding the World • People and communities • The world • Technology
Specific Areas Expressive Arts and Design • Exploring and using media and materials • Being imaginative
Planning
How we work with you to get the best outcome for your child PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS
Partnership with parents • Quarterly progress updates • Daily diaries • 2 year old progress check • Invitations to attend events at the nursery • ‘ There is an extremely strong partnership with parents and carers, and they are fully involved in their children's learning through working on activities with them at home and contributing to their progress records .’ Ofsted 2012
The Staff Team • Highly qualified • Long serving • Dedicated • Talented • Playful practitioners
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