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Advice : First Day at Nursery.
Leaving your child on their first day at Nursery school is often daunting and can be an upsetting experience.
On you child’s first day, be prepared to stay at the nursery until your child has settled. Remind your child that you’re going to return when you leave.
If you child cries and won’t let you leave then ask a member of staff for advice. Saying goodbye is the hardest part and if you are concerned a member of staff can contact you when your child has settled in for extra peace of mind.
Try not to worry. If there is a problem then we will contact you, the chances are your child will be having a great time enjoying their new experience and making lots of new friends.
After children settle into nursery school you may even find it difficult to get them to come home at the end of the day.
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St Georges Nursery School |
| Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) |
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is a new framework which will have come into place within the nursery from the beginning of September. It is a new requirement which all childcare providers working with young children must adhere to. The EYFS will replace the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage and the Birth to the Three framework.
The Birth to the Three framework has 4 areas, which are: a Strong Child, a Healthy Child, a Skilful Communicator and a Competent Learner.
The Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage has 6 areas which are: Problem solving, Reasoning and Numeracy, Creative development, Physical development, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Personal, Social and Emotional, and Communication, Language and Literacy.
The EYFS combines these two documents together with the National Standards for Under 8’s Day Care and Childminding
The 4 Themes and their Principles
The EYFS has 4 themes and principles to which we will be working with everyday throughout the nursery to ensure we deliver the best possible care and education. The 4 themes are:
- A Unique Child: Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured
- Positive Relationships: Children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and/or a key person
- Enabling Environments: The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning
- Learning and Developing: Children learn and develop in different ways and at different rates and all areas of learning and development are equally important and inter-connected
The 6 Areas of learning
As part of the forth theme, Learning and Developing, there are the six areas of learning. These are Creative development, Physical development, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Personal, Social and Emotional, Communication, Language and Literacy, and Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy. (This is the new name for Mathematical development).
Play based
The EYFS is a play based curriculum, which is based around what the children enjoy doing and what they are interested in. At the same time still providing them with the challenges they need to progress in their development.
Planning
The planning is completed on a daily basis from observations on the children. Half of the activities will be planned from the observations and the other half will be planned from the curriculum (6 areas of learning) to ensure that the whole curriculum is being covered. Next to the activities there will be a blue or green dot.
Parental involvement
The EYFS has a huge emphasis on parental involvement. St George’s Nursery School would like to introduce some ways in which you can get more involved with your child’s education and learning and development.
St George’s Nursery School will be sending home an ‘all about me’ sheet every term for children under 2. We will ask you to complete a small section stating what your child likes to do at home, any new interests that they have and activities that they like to do. The rest of the ‘all about me’ sheet will also be completed by your child’s key person. For children aged 2+ your child’s Key person will record conversations with your child in their unique learning journey.
We will encourage you to infrom the key person when ever your child picks up a new interest. We ask for this information as activities are planned around your child’s interests and ideas as they learn best when it is something that they are interested in. We urge parents to chat to their child’s Key Person or other carers in the room during drop off and collection times with regards to any relevant information that we could utilise to enhance your child’s individual unique learning journey. Relevant information will be documented by staff and these will be on sheets called parent discussion sheets and again will be filled in your child’s Learning Journey. Next steps for learning will be identified on each child’s progress sharing report at the end of each term. These sheets provide opportunity for Parent/Carers to discuss the child’s next steps of learning. On this progress sharing report there is an allocated space for you as parents to comment on your child’s next steps and overall development.
| “As a parent/guardian you will be kept informed at all times about your child’s development” |
We hope you find this information helpful. If you have any questions or would like more information please do not hesitate to ask a member of staff.
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