Children’s Learning and Development

Chil­dren are mix­ing mate­ri­als as part of our build­ing project

The chil­dren learn through play using the Early Years Foun­da­tion Stage as a tool to ensure a broad and bal­anced child cen­tred cur­ricu­lum. The cur­ricu­lum for chil­dren from birth to five is dic­tated by them as we con­tinue to develop a cul­ture of lis­ten­ing tochil­dren. It is care­fully planned around children’s own inter­ests, thoughts and ideas. There are many expe­ri­ences and oppor­tu­ni­ties for the chil­dren within the set­ting and they have free­dom to choose their own activ­i­ties to sup­port them in becom­ing inde­pen­dent and autonomous learners.

We recog­nise the impor­tance of the parental role and seek to work very closely in part­ner­ship with par­ents. At Green­fields the chil­dren thrive within a warm, car­ing and holis­tic environment.

Staff are highly trained and are observ­ing and lis­ten­ing to the chil­dren at all times. These obser­va­tions are then used to plan rel­e­vant projects or activ­i­ties which will extend the children’s learn­ing through mean­ing­ful expe­ri­ences so that chil­dren can make con­nec­tions within their environment.

‘Excel­lent team teach­ing, com­bined with an out­stand­ing cre­ative cur­ricu­lum, con­tributes sig­nif­i­cantly both to the children’s obvi­ous enjoy­ment of Nurs­ery and to their very good achieve­ment. The tem­po­rary facil­i­ties are used very well by the staff to pro­vide an extremely rich and cre­ative vari­ety of inter­est­ing activ­i­ties. This inno­v­a­tive and cre­ative approach to the cur­ricu­lum makes learn­ing a con­stant source of plea­sure, excite­ment and adven­ture. The inter­est that is gen­er­ated encour­ages the chil­dren to con­cen­trate on their activ­i­ties and to per­se­vere, and this aids their learn­ing.’ (Ofsted 2007)

Chil­dren are mix­ing mate­ri­als as part of our build­ing project