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    Early Years Foundation Stage at Clockhouse Primary School

    Children learn as they play. More importantly, in play, children learn how to learn.

    - Fred Donaldson

    Read on to find out all about the Early Years Foundation Stage at Clockhouse!

    Who leads EYFS at Clockhouse?

    My name is Mrs Johns and I am proud to have worked for Clockhouse for 19 years, 13 of which I have lead the Foundation Stage. I am passionate about giving all children the best possible start to their school journey, and a strong foundation for their educational career. It is important to the whole EYFS team that we create a happy, vibrant, safe and exciting learning environment for the children, where they can grow and thrive doing the things that they love. 

    What is EYFS all about at Clockhouse?

    The Early Years curriculum is based around themes each half-term and takes a book centric approach to learning, with high quality texts being at the heart of all we do throughout Nursery, (FS1) and Reception, (FS2). We combine learning through play with  structured learning times to allow children the best possible learning opportunities. The Early years curriculum harbours the school’s overarching vision that children have a wide range of experiences within the curriculum that foster a love of life- long learning for future success. Learning through play allows children to explore their interests independently and promotes an independence for learning. Early years practise is rigorously monitored and evaluated to ensure that the curriculum and the provision is adapted to meet the ever changing needs of the children.

    Best practise is regularly discussed with staff during whole school planning meetings and all staff have been trained in the Early Years approach and the delivery of the curriculum. The Early Years curriculum is clearly progressive across the phase with weekly provisions carefully thought out to ensure that the skills being used within the provisions are progressive across the phase. A vast range of opportunities are available to the children which allows them to deepen their existing knowledge and achieve depth in their learning.

    Staff are trained in the 'ShRec' approach in order to develop high levels of communication with the children that extends their learning at all opportunities. We follow the Jolly Phonics scheme to teach phonics to the best possible standard. 

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    You might also like to know…

    We have many visitors throughout the year visiting our EYFS, including zoo animals, people who help in our community, authors, trips to our local library and many more exciting visitors.

    We enjoy many special weeks throughout the year including Best of British Week, Creative Arts Week, Science Week and Maths Week. We often enjoy opportunities to dress up.

    Each summer we have an extra special Pirate and Princess Day when we dress up and celebrate. Parents are invited in each term to our, 'Learn with my child' morning' where you can work with your child in their class room and find out more about how the children learn. 

    Click on the link below to see EYFS at Clockhouse in action:

    Click on the link below to see our Early Years Newsletters:

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