Early Years

Core Values in Early Years

Through our carefully planned curriculum we want our children to be able to:

Pre-school	Nursery	Reception
Use their manners and say please and thank you,	Be happy and confident	Be independent, resilient and reflective
Co-operate with others and understand yes and no	Be a good friend	Make decisions and be responsible for their choices and actions.
Try new activities and have a go	Share and take turns	Be inclusive and respectful to others
Feel safe and have secure attachments with their key person	Follow rules and routines	Compromise and negotiate with others
Be curious	Understand right from wrong	Work in a team
	Talk about their emotions	Be organised and take care of their belongings.
	Be proud of their achievements	Be resourceful and creative
	Be courageous and take risks	Feel empowered to meet their own needs and those of others
	Speak confidently with unfamiliar adults	Feel valued and know their voice is heard
	Support and help others	Be considerate to others ideas

We offer a 40 place Pre-School – 20 children in the morning session and 20 children in the afternoon session.

We offer 15 hours 2 year old 'Time to start' places funded through Walsall FIS and places for 'working parents' funded through UK government.

To check eligibility for 'Time to start places' use the link below:

https://www.mywalsall.org/fis/Free-for-2-parents/

To check eligibility for 'working parents' use the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-childcare-if-youre-working

You need to re-apply every 3 months to be given a new code to be eligible for the free 15 hours.

The morning session starts at 8.30 am until 11.30am.
The afternoon session starts from 12.30pm until 3.30pm.

In our Pre-School there are 4 full time early years qualified teaching assistants.

However, we also offer sessions that parents/carers can pay for at a cost of £20 per session which includes staffing for the 3 hour session and lunch time session.

We have a 65 place Nursery at Beacon and children can start the term after their 3^rd birthday.

We offer our children 15 hours of provision which is broken down into 5x3hr sessions (morning or afternoon).

The morning session starts at 8.40am until 11.40am.
The afternoon session starts from 12.25pm until 3.25pm.

In our Nursery there are 4 full time adults – our Nursery teacher and three early years qualified teaching assistants.

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We have a 60 place Reception split into 2 classes of 30. In Reception there are three teachers and two early years qualified teaching assistants.

The Reception day starts at 8.45am and finishes at 3.10pm.

Our Learning Environment

In Early Years, our children follow an active curriculum both indoors and outdoors. Our indoor classrooms are bright, stimulating and caring to meet the needs of our youngest children. We are developing our ‘outdoor classrooms’ to ensure the children have access throughout the day – no matter what the weather!

The Early Years Curriculum

Children in the Foundation Stage follow the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’ curriculum which covers all 7 areas of a child’s development.

There are 3 Prime Areas of Learning:-

Personal, Social and Emotional development

Communication and Language

Physical development

There are 4 Specific Areas of Learning:-

Literacy

Mathematics

Expressive Arts and Design

Understanding of the World

We observe our children to understand and consider their interests, development and learning- planning for and facilitating the 3 ‘Characteristics of Effective Learning’.

Playing and exploring - children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’;

Active Learning - children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements; and

Creating and thinking critically - children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things.

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