At Sunflowers the children follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Curriculum. The Early Years Foundation Stage sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5 years old. 

 

 

The EYFS emphasises the need for professionals to:

*Spend more time interacting with children to promote creative and critical thinking skills and early language and communication

 

*Encourage parents/carers to become more involved in their child’s development and to give ideas as to how they can support this development at home

 

*Identify as early as possible any additional needs a child may have and strengthen links with colleagues, such as health visitors, who can support these needs

 

*Share with parents/carers a summary of their child’s progress between 3 and 4 years of age (See information on Learning Journeys).

 

How We Use The EYFS at Sunflowers.

 

• We contintiually assess the children through the 7 areas of learning, these are divided into three prime areas and 4 specific areas. These are as follows.

  • ​​Three Prime Areas:-

  • -Personal, Social and Emotional Development

  • -Physical Development

  • -Communication and Language

  • Four Specific Areas:-

  • -Literacy

  • -Mathematics

  • -Understanding The World

  • -Expressive Arts and Design

 

*We assess the children in many ways, these include photographs, pieces of work, written observations and many more.

 

*These observations are done through many interesting activities so the children are unaware they are being assessed.

 

*We use individual assessment trackers to ensure the children are progressing through the EYFS, these also enable us to plan effective and individual next steps for each child.