Brookdale Primary School

Early Years (Pre School)

Teaching Staff Members

  • Mrs Doig 
  • Mrs C Lloyd 
  • Mr Knapton 
  • Mrs T Lloyd

Headteacher's Introduction to Curriculum Morning 

Autumn Term 2025

Welcome to Early Years

Our Big Question this term is...

How do I look after myself?

This spring, we will be exploring the big question, 'How do I look after myself?' Through fun and engaging activities, children will be learning all about how to keep themselves heathy and safe. We will be exploring how to make healthy choices, the importance of oral hygiene, ways to be physically active and understanding personal safety. Alongside this we will explore the changes that take place during winter and learn about how some animals, including penguins, adapt to the colder environments. Our focus on health and seasonal learning will support children in developing independence, responsibility and an awareness of how to lokk after themselves and the world around them.

 

Some of our focused texts to support learning and development this term:

      

    

 

  

Resources for Parents

NHS Start 4 Life - Learning to talk to 3-5 year olds

Foundation Years - Resources for Parents

National Literacy Trust - Better Health Start for Life

Pacey - Home Learning

BBC - Tiny Happy People

Book Trust

Physical Development: Early Movers - Activities

Speech and Language: Speech and Language UK - Help for Families

Reading with Your Child: Words for Life - Reading with Your Child

“Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that enables them to fulfil their potential. Children develop quickly in the early years and a child’s experiences between birth and age five have a major impact on their future life chances. A secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right. Good parenting and high quality early learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up.” (Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage - setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five, 2021)

At Brookdale, we aim to provide a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum that will enable each child to develop personally, socially, emotionally, physically, creatively and academically to their full potential. Each child is valued as an individual; teaching and learning are rooted in the understanding that children progress at different rates. The curriculum in our Early Years is delivered through a balance of adult-led and child-led learning, meeting all the requirements of the educational programmes in the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and using guidance from non-statutory documents, including Development Matters and Birth to Five Matters. Our curriculum allows us the flexibility to respond quickly to children’s new interests and/or needs and create an environment in which they develop independence and learn to play, share, co-operate, explore and investigate through a wide range of rich, varied and imaginative experiences.

EYFS Curriculum

Our curriculum encompasses seven areas of learning and development. All areas of learning and development are important and interconnected. Three areas especially underpin all learning and thinking, building a foundation for igniting children’s curiosity, engagement and enthusiasm: forming relationships and thriving as individuals and part of the school family.

These are called the prime areas:

  • Communication and Language
  • Physical development
  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Four additional areas of learning help children to develop skills and knowledge while applying the prime areas. These are called the specific areas:

  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Understanding the World
  • Expressive Arts and Design 

During their time in our Early Years, children access a highly stimulating environment in which to play, learn and grow, which reflects the seven areas of learning and fosters positive attitudes to thinking and learning. There is a daily planned provision both indoors and outdoors where the Early Years team challenges, models, scaffolds and supports learning carefully, accounting for the individual interests, motivations and needs of all children in our setting.

 

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