Early Years Foundation Stage – EYFS

At Marfleet Primary Academy, our Early Years Team is committed to providing the children in our care with a well rounded and fulfilling curriculum that ensures our children can develop holistically. We value each and every child in our team as an individual with unique needs and interests. Our aim is for children to leave the EYFS confident, engaged learners that are able to express their views and needs, manage conflicts and use a range of vocabulary. Our curriculum has been carefully designed and sequenced to ensure that by the end of the EYFS, children have the necessary skills and knowledge to enable them to successfully transition into KS1 and continue to flourish in their learning.

We prioritise the development of communication and language as we understand that developing the skills, knowledge and understanding of this prime area of learning is vitally important and underpins development in other areas of learning. It is important for our children to be listened to and we acknowledge that their views are valid and important, we all ensure that there is plenty of time and opportunity for children to speak to adults and peers through quality interactions that build social skills.

Our outdoor environment provides children with opportunities to develop the gross and fine motor skills needed to prepare them for writing, allows them to explore and make sense of the natural world and begin to think about how they can care for the environment. Our indoor environment ensures children have opportunities to develop their language skills through role play and small world play and revisit and refine their skills in art and design using malleable materials, paint and a wide range of other media. Physical development is a focus throughout our setting with opportunities to develop fine and gross motor skills, mark make and write embedded in our indoor and outdoor environments