“Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that enables them to fulfil their potential. Children develop quickly in the early years and a child’s experiences between birth and age five have a major impact on their future life chances. A secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right. Good parenting and high quality early learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up.”
(https://www.foundationyears.org.uk – EYFS statutory framework for 2021)
The EYFS Curriculum at Lacock uses the EYFS Framework 2021. Within that Framework are the seven areas of learning and development: Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Communication and Language, Literacy, Mathematics, Physical Development, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design within which are the early learning goals, which summarise the knowledge, skills and understanding that all young children should have gained by the end of the reception year. We use a topic-based curriculum to help our children to embed and grow in these areas of development over the Reception Year. Each child however will develop at their own pace in these areas, so the term by term progression is not prescriptive. Our aim is to allow the children to develop through play and learning to ensure that by the end of the year they are able to have a smooth transition into year 1.
(https://www.foundationyears.org.uk – EYFS statutory framework for 2021)
The EYFS Curriculum at Lacock uses the EYFS Framework 2021. Within that Framework are the seven areas of learning and development: Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Communication and Language, Literacy, Mathematics, Physical Development, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design within which are the early learning goals, which summarise the knowledge, skills and understanding that all young children should have gained by the end of the reception year. We use a topic-based curriculum to help our children to embed and grow in these areas of development over the Reception Year. Each child however will develop at their own pace in these areas, so the term by term progression is not prescriptive. Our aim is to allow the children to develop through play and learning to ensure that by the end of the year they are able to have a smooth transition into year 1.
| Lacock Primary School EYFS Curriculum with goals |