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The curriculum provided by Stoke Goldington Pre School
Our curriculum planning for Stoke Goldington Pre-School is guided by two frameworks issued by the Sure Start Unit of the Department for Education and Skills.
For children under three years, we give regard to the ‘Birth to Three Matters’ framework which sets out four key entitlements for young children.
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For children between the ages of three and five years, we provide a curriculum for the Foundation Stage of education. Birth to Three Matters promotes the entitlement of every young child to become: A strong child A skilful communicator A competent learner A healthy child |
The Foundation Stage divides children’s learning & development into six areas:
- Personal, social and emotional development: developing confidence and independence while learning to concentrate & to enjoy learning as part of a group.
- Communication, language and literacy: communicating with one another and developing skills in talking, listening, writing & reading.
- Mathematical development: using ideas about number, quantity, measurement, shape & space.
- Knowledge and understanding of the world: investigating and beginning to understand the things, places and people around them.
- Physical development: improving control and co-ordination of their bodies while learning to move and to handle equipment.
- Creative development: finding ways to communicate by using colour, shape, sound, texture, movement & stories.
This is achieved by basing each term on a theme. For example, we may work on a theme of ‘Nursery Rhymes’ or perhaps ‘Transport.’
We recognise that children progress at different rates which we support through individual attention and assessment.
Children who have special educational needs will be supported in their progress towards the aims for the Foundation Stage.
“Learning through play”