The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) was created to ensure your child’s first 5 years are happy, active, exciting, fun and secure, as well as to support their development, care and learning needs.
Thomas Boughey Kindergarten follow the Early Years Foundation Stage as their statutory guidance within early years. This ensures that we provide quality provision for all of our families.
This is the stage in your child’s life that gets them ready and prepares them for school, as well as for their future learning and successes.
At TBK your child will be learning skills, acquiring knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through 7 areas of learning and development.
Children should mostly develop the 3 prime areas first:
- Communication and language
- Personal, social and emotional development
- Physical Development
These prime areas are those most essential for your child’s healthy development and future learning.
As children grow, the prime areas will help them to develop skills in 4 specific areas:
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the world
- Expressive arts and design
We use these to plan your child’s individual learning and activities. Activities will be suited to your child’s unique ways, interests and fascinations.
They will learn by playing and exploring, being active and through creative and critical thinking, which will take place indoors and outside.
