EYFS Curriculum

The EYFS sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. It promotes  teaching and learning to ensure children’s ‘school readiness’ and gives children the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life.

The EYFS specifies requirements for  learning and development and for safeguarding children and promoting their  welfare. Learning & Development requirements for children encompass: Communication and Language; Physical Development; Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Literacy; Mathematics; Understanding the world; and Expressive Arts and Design.

Four guiding principles shape practice in early years settings. These are:

• Every child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and  can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured;
• Children learn to be strong and independent through positive  relationships;
• Children learn and develop well in enabling environments, in which their experiences respond to their individual needs and there is a strong  partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers; and
• Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates. The framework covers the education and care of all children in  early years provision, including children with special educational needs and  disabilities.

You can find some useful EYFS documents below, these are links to external sites.