EYFS Curriculum Intent
At Moorside Primary Academy, our Early Years curriculum is built upon the school values of pride, collaboration, understanding and aspiration whilst also upholding the responsibilities of the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework. Our core aim is for children to develop as creative individuals and leave the Foundation Stage as independent, resilient and curious learners. We also ensure that the curriculum is broad, balanced and rigorous so that children are prepared for the formal demands of Year One and the National Curriculum.
We provide:
- Rich and stimulating environments and experiences.
- Warm, responsive and respectful relationships with children and their families that recognise and celebrate a diverse range of cultures, preferences and interests.
- Adaptive teaching to meet the needs of all learners, identifying where some children need additional support to succeed.
- Sequences of purposeful learning that engage children, through play and adult instruction, to develop a strong foundational knowledge across all areas of learning.
Therefore, the children become:
- Settled, comfortable and empowered members of the classroom and school community.
- Respectful members of Moorside Primary Academy and informed citizens that understand and show care for the world around them.
- Successful learners that are confident to try again and understand that perseverance and resilience contribute towards their own personal growth.
- Knowledgeable, enthusiastic and articulate learners that can explain and apply ideas with their peers and in their play.
EYFS Curriculum Implementation
At Moorside, the Early Years Foundation Stage adheres to the statutory framework and is underpinned by the following core values:
- Language rich environments, that encompass high-quality interactions; stimulating contemporary songs and rhymes; reverence to traditional tales and nursery rhymes; engaging, high-quality key texts.
- Precision teaching of high-quality language that builds all three tiers of vocabulary.
- Positive Interactions that are centred around sustained shared thinking involving both: adult-child and child-child.
- A culture of reading for pleasure that is drawn from rich texts (adopting approaches from the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education) that drive learning and stimulate discussion.
- Mastery approach to maths inspired by the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics.
- Outdoor classroom and environment that provide authentic opportunities for the development of physical skills, appropriate risk-taking, and investigation of the natural world.
- High-quality provision, with open-ended resources and activities, that is consistent and conducive to explorative play.
- Flexible activities that are tailored to the needs of all children as individuals.
- Collaborative learning approaches, such as Talk Partners, which provide all children with an opportunity to share and extend their thinking.
- A balance between high quality provision and thematic enhancements are purposeful and build strong foundations for future learning.
- Valued partnerships with children and their families are developed through regular communication including Class Dojo, Twitter, family workshops and celebratory events.
- Diagnostic activities and half-termly assessments for maths/phonics that identify and respond to any misconceptions and inform future learning.
- Professional judgements that are moderated both internally and externally with colleagues within the Enquire Learning Trust.
We also prepare children for future learning by adhering to the following programmes of instruction with fidelity:
- Read Write Inc. Phonics (Oxford University Press)
- Mastering Number Programme (NCETM)
- TalkBoost & Early TalkBoost (Speech and Language UK
EYFS Curriculum Impact
The Moorside EYFS curriculum, and its delivery, ensure that children make good progress from their own starting points. Within the EYFS, staff and children are aspirational and seek to ensure that all children develop to the best of their individual ability. This progress supports the development of a foundation for learning that aspires to meet the national expectation for a Good Level of Development (GLD) at the end of the foundation stage. Personal development is a key strength of the Moorside EYFS curriculum. Staff support children to develop and display the school values of collaborative learning; pride in themselves and others; understanding of themselves, their community and the wider world; and aspiration to always do their best. Children demonstrate the characteristics of effective learning and are able to apply their knowledge to a range of situations, making links and explaining their ideas and understanding. Children develop the confidence to seek challenge, take risks and explore new experiences. They understand that mistakes are a valuable part of their learning and an opportunity for personal growth. The curriculum naturally fosters a culture that is high in expectations and celebrates the successes of children as individuals, within groups and as a community of learners. Assessment for learning is a key component in our everyday pedagogy to ensure that children’s learning is built upon their current level of knowledge, which empowers them to go on to succeed.
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