MY SERVICES

(I provide childcare for children aged eight months to eight years within a homely environment that is fun, clean, safe, stimulating and caring. There is a balance of adult led and child initiated (free play) activities delivered both indoors and out.

I follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which is a child led curriculum (for early years children) used to develop each individual child’s learning experience. 

The EYFS seeks to provide:

• Quality and consistency in all early years settings, so that every child makes good progress and no child gets left behind
• A secure foundation through learning and development opportunities which are planned around the needs and interests of each individual child and are assessed and reviewed regularly
• Partnership working between practitioners and with parents and/or carers
• Equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice, ensuring that every child is included and supported

EYFS is based on four important principles:

• 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
• children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates.

There are seven areas of learning and development that must shape educational programmes in early years settings. The 7 areas that early years learning concentrates on are:

• communication and language
• physical development
• personal, social and emotional development
• literacy
• mathematics
• understanding of the world
• expressive arts and design