Our Curriculum

Our curriculum is designed to be flexible so that children's unique interests are supported.  In planning our curriculum, we aim to ensure children are well prepared for their transition and progression into year one.  We recognise the use of clear, focused learning intentions as an effective tool in gaining intended learning outcomes. The thematic, objective-led planning is underpinned by the systematic teaching of the skills required for children to learn, creating the firm foundations for Key Stage One and beyond.  Our learning environment is language rich, as practitioners provide supportive and reactive interactions to ensure that learning is instantly captured and enhanced. These ‘in the moment’ interactions provide instant or planned next step activities.    

Our three school rules are:

• Be Ready – children are learning to listen actively to each other and respond appropriately. 
• Be Respectful – children try hard to be respectful to people, places and things.  We will use manners, be polite and show honesty and kindness.
• Be Safe – children are learning how to look after their bodies physically and mentally.  We will be supporting children to adopt healthy lifestyles by encouraging balanced eating habits, effective self-care, as well as helping them to develop their emotional understanding, executive function and self-regulation.

Our phonics journey is underway and children are reading at home.  I hope our 'Ready to Read' workshop in Autumn helped parents find out what their children's reading journey will look like in EYFS and KS1 and that you found it useful.  

Next workshop:  'Fun Foundations' 

Find out how we are supporting your child build foundational skills to enable them to progress throughout their primary education.  Which skills do they need to develop to make the biggest impact?  What is executive function and why is it important?

Call our office on (01562) 751056 to book your place!

If there is a workshop you would like me to consider, please let me know and I'd be happy to oblige. 

This year we aim to run:

Ready Steady Read - October 2025 - a workshop for parents on how to support reading development in the early years

Fun Foundations - Spring - A workshop for parents on how we support essential foundational skills in the early years, such as number facts, self-regulation, executive function, oracy and writing and how you can continue to support them at home.

New Beginnings - Summer - A workshop for parents looking at transitions and children's next steps to progress their foundational skills, including phonics in year one.

Forest School

Every Thursday at 1:30pm until 3:10pm

Children love to get stuck in with digging, bug hunting, den building and cooking in the mud kitchen.  Parents are asked to bring children to school in the morning ready for forest school and bring waterproofs and wellies in a bag - so leave your school uniforms at home.

PE

Our PE days are every Friday morning.  Children will get changed at school so make sure they have their kit ready.  It is best to name all items - even pumps!  We support all children to do this as independently as possible and celebrate their successes (this might be why their top is back-to-front sometimes).  

Unique You!

Every Friday at 1:15pm

Each week one child will be selected to take home our 'unique-you box' and bring it back on Friday ready for small class celebration of being unique.  We would like children to carefully consider items that they would like to share with the class to reflect their unique characteristics, likes, dislikes, interests and skills.    These could be photographs, certificates or items that are meaningful to the children.  Children are encouraged to share what they have brought in and to talk about what make them 'them!'.  The class are always very keen to ask questions and have their turn!

Outside gates open at 8:35am

Classroom doors open at 8:40am

Register 08:45am

Doors close at 08:45am

Children arriving after 08:45am should enter via the main school office.

Nursery Classroom

Children should enter via the nursery doors at 8:45am.

For half days in Nursery, our morning sessions finish at 11:45am and afternoon sessions open at 12:15pm.  Children being collected and dropped off at these times should do so at the main office.

Healthy Eating

Here are some quick guides to keep your children healthy. We encourage healthy eating at school and here are a few ways you can encourage healthy eating at home too.