EYFS Curriculum
The EYFS sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning to ensure children’s ‘school readiness’ and gives children the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life.
The EYFS specifies requirements for learning and development and for safeguarding children and promoting their welfare. Learning & Development requirements for children encompass: Communication and Language; Physical Development; Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Literacy; Mathematics; Understanding the world; and Expressive Arts and Design.
Four guiding principles shape practice in early years settings. These are:
- 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; and
- Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates. The framework covers the education and care of all children in early years provision, including children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Curriculum guidance is taken from Development Matters published by the DFE.
Development Matters
What to expect when: a guide for parents on their child's learning and development in EYFS
Please contact our Early Years Team to find out more or read about the Early Years curriculum on our website: Early Years | The Rackham C of E (VC) Primary School (rackhamprimaryschool.com)
