Our Curriculum Statement

At Playdays Preschool, Nutkins Nursery, Bretons Preschool and Millie Moos Preschool we aim to enhance the development and education of preschool age children in a friendly community-based group. We ensure the children are provided with a safe, secure, and stimulating environment. We work within a framework which ensures equality of opportunity for children and families.
We offer your child a specially tailored curriculum leading to approved learning outcomes in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage.
We give individual care and attention with a dedicated key person and a high ratio of adults to children. Fun and friendship with children and other adults and opportunities for you and your family to be directly involved in the activities of the group and in your child’s progress.

Early Years

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the statutory framework that all early year’s settings must meet to ensure that all children learn and develop well. The EYFS promotes teaching and learning to ensure children are ready for school.
There are four guiding principles that should shape practice in the early years settings these are -
A unique child - every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident, and self-assured.
Positive Relationships - children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships.
Enabling Environments - children learn and develop well in enabling environments with teaching and support from adults, who respond to their individual interests and needs and help them to build their learning over time. Children benefit from a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers.
Learning and Development - importance of learning and development. Children develop and learn 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 (SEND).
Practitioners teach children by ensuring challenging, playful opportunities across the prime and specific areas of learning and development.
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Prime Areas
Communication and Language, Physical Development, Personal, Social and Emotional Development 

Specific Areas
Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the world, Expressive Arts and Design