Stubbins Primary SchoolEarly Years
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) at Stubbins Primary School
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Children learn and develop more from birth to five years old than at any other time in their lives.
If children are at risk of falling behind the majority, the best time to help them to catch up and keep up is in the early years. Every child can make progress, if they are given the right support.
When we give every child the best start in their early years, we give them what they need today. We also set them up with every chance of success tomorrow.
Development Matters (2023)
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) applies to children from birth to the end of the Reception year. Within the Early Years we help children to learn through play and exploration. The EYFS seeks to provide quality and consistency so that every child makes good progress and no child gets left behind.
Stubbins Primary School seek to provide a secure foundation through learning and development opportunities which are planned around the needs and interests of each child and are assessed and reviewed regularly. We believe that all of our pupils have potential and we strive to give them the necessary foundations to enable them to succeed in the rest of the schooling and future prospects. We are devoted to providing young children with the ability to develop, consolidate and deepen their current knowledge, understanding and skills across all the areas of learning within the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. The curriculum, in its widest sense, firmly underpins the school’s vision, aims and school motto ‘nurture, grow flourish.’
At Stubbins, the curriculum is rooted in the needs and context of our community and learners. We provide an enriching and exciting curriculum, the foundations of which are rooted in quality first hand experiences, designed to develop vocabulary and cultural capital whilst ensuring that knowledge is durable and transferrable allowing pupils to make connections, develop and apply skills and reason. The Early Years curriculum has regard to supporting individuals in terms of ability, gifts, talents and any additional needs they may have.
The EYFS curriculum provides no limits or barriers to the children’s achievements, regardless of their backgrounds, circumstances or needs. The high ambition it embodies is shared by all staff. We provide an enriching and exciting curriculum that offers challenge to all pupils, including those with SEND and our disadvantaged pupils. It builds on what children know and can do, towards cumulatively sufficient knowledge and skills for their future learning. Each and every pupil has access to a rich, broad and balanced curriculum that is differentiated to ensure that all individual needs are met.
Here at Stubbins, we believe that working in partnership with our parents is key to the success of our pupils. That is why throughout a child’s time in EYFS, parents are regularly invited into school to take part in not only reviews of their child’s learning but also to take part in learning activities with their child through our successful stay and play sessions. We also provide a wealth or resources and support for parents so that they are able to support their child at home, this includes parent workshops and home learning activities.