The Vision

At our school, the Early Years Foundation Stage is built on valuing every child as a unique individual. We are dedicated to nurturing a safe, stimulating and supportive environment where meaningful relationships flourish. Through a balance of structured play and an ambitious curriculum rooted in our core values, we inspire curiosity, confidence and independence. Our aim is to ensure children leave Reception as resilient, capable and enthusiastic lifelong learners.

How Our EYFS Planning Works Together to Achieve the ELGs

Our Early Years curriculum is structured into four simple, interconnected layers: the Long-Term Plan, the Medium-Term Plan, Enhanced Continuous Provision and our Daily Timetable. Together, they create a clear step-by-step pathway from a child's first week in school straight to meeting the final Early Learning Goals (ELGs) by the summer.

Layer 1: The Long-Term Plan (The Big Picture)

The Long-Term Plan sets out our six main topics for the year, starting with ‘Let’s Explore’. This layer ensures that our baseline phonics (Read Write Inc.), Maths (White Rose Maths), PSHE (Jigsaw), topic areas (Cornerstones) and PE (Primer Education) match whole-school frameworks from day one. It guarantees complete curriculum coverage and progress across the entire year.

Layer 2: The Medium-Term Plan (The Skills Framework)

The Medium-Term Plan takes our big topic and breaks it down into age-appropriate steps based on the Development Matters guidance. For instance, instead of rushing straight into complex abstract tasks during Autumn 1, the MTP focuses on critical prerequisites. Plans include all key vocabulary, book lists, school events etc. These plans are built on termly creating the 'Golden Thread'.

Layer 3: Enhanced Continuous Provision (Child-Led Learning)

Enhanced continuous provision plans sit alongside the provision to further enhance teacher-led learning, promote curiosity and ensure progression in all areas that are meaningful and thought out.

Layer 4: The Daily Timetable (The Classroom Delivery)
Our timetable is where the LTP and MTP come to life in explicit, actionable chunks. We do not leave progression to chance; every hour is deliberately engineered to hit specific developmental milestones.

Systematic Phonics and Writing: Every morning starts with discrete Read Write Inc. inputs, moving sequentially from single-sound recognition (e.g., learning /m/, /a/, /s/ in a precise daily order) straight into immediate, adult-led pencil control using the framework's handwriting phrases.

Mastery Mathematics: Our daily White Rose Maths slot builds mathematical reasoning incrementally. The week progresses logically. For example, from matching identical physical objects on Monday, to linking 3D items with 2D images on Tuesday, identifying distinct sets on Wednesday, and finally challenging children to invent and verbalise their own sorting rules by Friday.

Communication and Oracy Strategy: Communication is explicitly prioritised through dedicated daily slots. The 'Super Six' story time happens at the exact same time before lunch to build listening stamina, and our daily 2:30 PM structured snack time features direct adult language modelling (e.g., teaching children how to open a conversation or debate preferences) to aggressively build vocabulary in a low-pressure setting.

Enriched Experiential Learning: Learning is brought to life through a balanced weekly layout. This balances highly physical outdoor days like Monday’s Outdoor Learning (targeting gross motor spatial boundaries) with real-world community enrichments, such as our Thursday afternoon trip in the local area.

The End Result: Because our daily timetable directly delivers the steps in our MTP, skills are repeated, reinforced, and consolidated naturally. This airtight system ensures that children move smoothly from parallel play and simple mark-making in September, to writing full sentences, blending phonics fluently, and problem-solving independently by July, leaving them completely ready for the Year 1 curriculum.