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Early Years Foundation Stage
At St Mark's CE Primary, we believe that every child deserves an excellent start to their educational journey. Our nurturing and secure environment, paired with high-quality early learning, sets the stage for children to explore and maximize their unique abilities and talents.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework guides our approach. It defines the standards that all early years providers must follow to ensure children thrive in a safe and healthy setting. Our educational programmes are crafted around seven key areas of learning and development, each essential and interconnected.
Prime Areas of Learning:
1. Communication and Language
2. Physical Development
3. Personal, Social, and Emotional Development
Specific Areas of Learning:
1. Literacy
2. Mathematics
3. Understanding the World
4. Expressive Arts and Design
Children aim to achieve the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) by the end of the EYFS. These goals outline the expected level of development across all areas:
Communication and Language
- Listening, Attention and Understanding
- Speaking
Personal, Social, and Emotional Development
- Self Regulation
- Managing Self
- Building Relationships
Physical Development
- Gross Motor Skills
- Fine Motor Skills
Literacy
- Comprehension
- Word Reading
- Writing
Mathematics
- Number
- Numerical Patterns
Understanding the World
- Past and Present
- People, Culture and Communities
- The Natural World
Expressive Arts and Design
- Creating with Materials
- Being Imaginative and Expressive
Our dedicated teachers focus on the individual needs, interests, and developmental stages of each child. They plan engaging and challenging experiences across all areas of learning and development. We also enrich our curriculum through activities in the forest school, our local church, and within the community, providing first-hand learning opportunities.
We look forward to supporting each child as they embark on their learning adventure.
