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• Intent

• Our Foundation Stage intent is:
  1. To create a happy, safe and nurturing environment where children develop their independence as learners.
  2. To provide a curriculum which is exciting and motivates children to love learning.
  3. To create an environment where children develop resilience, friendships and positive relationships.
  4. To ensure that learning is accessible for all and that children’s individual progress is valued.
  5. To provide a stimulating indoor and outdoor environment where children safely explore risks and challenge their own learning.
  6. To work closely and collaboratively with parents in order to ensure we value home experiences and develop a true reflection of the whole child.
  7. To effectively prepare children for the next stage in their school life. We will assess children on entry in order to build on the skills, knowledge and understanding that they have. This information is used to develop the children holistically and will ensure that all aspects of early childhood development are catered for.
• At Our Lady of the Rosary we promote a language-rich curriculum in our Early years and know that this is essential to the successful acquisition across the curriculum.
• The development of speech and language is identified as one of the most important parts of our schools early years’ curriculum. The curriculum is progressive and coherently planned to incorporate child choice and to build upon the children’s current knowledge preparing them for the next sequence of learning in Year 1.

• Implementation 

• Across our EYFS, we follow the Early Years Statutory Framework 2021. This Framework specifies the requirement for learning and development in the Early Years and provides prime and specific areas of learning we must cover in our curriculum.

Prime Areas
Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development, Communication and Language development.

Through the delivery of a well-planned, child-led and challenging curriculum, we aim that the pupils will leave OLOR’s Early Years Foundation Stage as independent learners, with transferrable skills needed to start Key Stage One.

This will be measured at the end of Reception as to whether the pupils have achieved a Good Level of Development, using a traffic light system. We aim that our pupils will leave our Foundation stage ready for the next stage in their education and be ready for Year 1 by using their phonics knowledge to read accurately with increasing speed and fluency.

Write correctly punctuated simple sentences. Understand and use early numbers. Have good personal, physical and social skills. Enjoy, listening attentively and responding with comprehension to familiar stories and rhymes. Demonstrate positive attitudes to learning through high levels of curiosity, concentration and enjoyment.

Children will listen intently and respond positively to adults and each other. Be resilient learners who are keen to learn and are proud of their achievements.

• Specific Areas
  Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World, Expressive Arts and Design.
• Children are taught the skills required in the EYFS through OLOR bespoke selected topics. These topics are coherently planned to build upon the children’s current knowledge and understanding by a cumulative sequence of lessons. Pupils are encouraged to wonder and ask questions about what they are learning and this information is used to plan subsequent lessons. Parents are regularly informed about their child’s progress through Seesaw communication and VIP phone calls. They are provided with the expectations and requirements needed to meet the age-related expectations and are invited to join EYFS Curriculum meetings.

• Impact

• Through the delivery of a well-planned, child-led and challenging curriculum, we aim that the pupils will leave OLOR’s Early Years Foundation Stage as independent learners, with transferrable skills needed to start Key Stage One.
• This will be measured at the end of Reception as to whether the pupils have achieved a Good Level of Development, using a traffic light system. We aim that our pupils will leave our Foundation stage ready for the next stage in their education and be ready for Year 1 by using their phonics knowledge to read accurately with increasing speed and fluency.
• Write correctly punctuated simple sentences. Understand and use early numbers.
• Have good personal, physical and social skills. Enjoy, listening attentively and responding with comprehension to familiar stories and rhymes. Demonstrate positive attitudes to learning through high levels of curiosity, concentration and enjoyment.
• Children will listen intently and respond positively to adults and each other. Be resilient learners who are keen to learn and are proud of their achievements.