Eaglesfield Paddle CE Primary Academy s a special place where we play and learn together to 'be the best we can be, because God is with us in all that we do' (Genesis 21:22)

Here at Eaglesfield Paddle we believe in giving all children the best possible start to their early school education. We do this by providing a safe and nurturing learning environment, where children thrive and are happy to learn. 

Our Curriculum

Our Core Beliefs

• Early childhood is the foundation on which children build the rest of their lives.
• Children learn most effectively by doing and are actively involved and interested.
• Play is vital and a beneficial right for ALL children to help them learn about themselves and the world around them.
• A rich vocabulary helps children to succeed in all areas of learning and in future life.
• Positive and purposeful adult and peer to peer interaction to support the development of social skills.

Our Intention

Our School Nursery Curriculum is mapped out and sequenced to give ALL children the knowledge and skills they need to progress for the challenges that await them in their next stage of education. The curriculum has been designed for children to know more and remember more, develop the skills to keep themselves safe, flourish to live life in all its fullness. We recognise the importance of learning and development and that children develop at different rates. Our curriculum ensures the 7 areas of learning are embedded and that the outcomes of learning are sequenced for all children in the School Nursery, including those children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

The golden thread of our curriculum is communication and language, it is woven into everything we do. The children will build a rich range of vocabulary and language structures through interactions, stories and rhymes.

Learning through play is at the heart of our curriculum and we believe a language rich environment it vital, with high quality interactions between adults and children taking place all of the time, thus ensuring that ALL children learn in all provision areas learn all of the time.

Our environment is carefully planned out, along with enhancements and adult led activities that are chosen to consider the children’s interests.  Our broad and balanced curriculum gives ALL children opportunities to have explicit teaching opportunities to introduce new knowledge across the 7 areas of learning.

We recognise that every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and developing resilience, the children will be capable, confident and self-assured and children will learn to be strong and independent learners through positive relationships with adults and peers.

 Implementation

Purposeful learning at Little Paddlers’

At Little Paddlers’ we believe purposeful learning is imperative to our curriculum; the children have high quality learning environments both indoors and outdoors. Through this, our children explore and develop learning experiences, which help them make sense of the world. They have the opportunity to practise skills, develop ideas and think creatively both alongside other children and on their own. Our curriculum enables them to see a need for rules and enables them to take risks and make mistakes. Children’s communication skills are highlighted through play and they communicate by investigating and solving problems at their own levels of development.

We ensure that our environment and delivery of the curriculum incorporates the three characteristics of effective teaching and learning and these are at the forefront of our planning.

• Playing and exploring
• Active learning
• Creating and thinking critically

Early Reading

At Little Paddlers reading  and storytelling, is at the heart of our curriculum. We are very passionate and ambitious that all children share a love of reading and that all children learn the basic skills to become fluent readers in later aspects of education.  Communication and Language is our golden thread and we believe that this needs to be fully embedded at the earliest possible age for children to fully embrace their reading acquisition.

We aim to develop children’s oral language, establish their phonic knowledge and give them a broad range of reading opportunities including independently reading books and sharing a growing range of books with adults throughout the school day and beyond, with promoting home reading being the highest of high importance. Our curriculum texts will be around the children’s interests and will be fully integrated into our provision across all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage. 

Inclusion

At Little Paddlers, we believe that all our children matter. We always give our children every opportunity to achieve their best and have the best possible start in life. We set realistic and challenging expectations tailored to the needs of our individual children, so that all children have the best start and best chances to success based on their different starting points on entry to our School Nursery. We plan carefully to meet the individual needs of all children.

• Planning opportunities that build upon and extend children’s knowledge, experience and interests, and develop their self-esteem and confidence;
• Using a wide range of teaching strategies based on children’s learning needs;
• Planning challenging activities for children whose ability and understanding are in advance of their language  and communication skills
• Providing a wide range of opportunities to motivate and support children and to help them learn effectively;
• Providing a safe and supportive learning environment in which the contribution of all children is   valued;
• Using resources which reflect diversity and are free from discrimination and stereotyping;
• Monitoring children’s progress through carefully developed Tiny Tracker Learning Journeys;
• Tailor make the continuous provision to meet the individual needs.

Our Intended Impact for all children

As a result of caring and nurturing environment, and a broad and ambitious curriculum, children’s well-being will be high. They will have confidence and a sense of belief in themselves and their abilities. They will feel loved and part of the school community, and that they are capable of achieving anything and they are unique. They will have resilience and the perseverance to keep on trying when things are challenging. They will show respect to each other and their environments around them.

The children will have the confidence to try new experiences, to take risks and enjoy being physically active. Children will have the language structures to know how to communicate their ideas, beliefs and feelings, choosing different ways to do this. They will have experienced and remembered a wide range of words through stories, rhymes and poems. They will have the skills to make friends and will show empathy to others. They will know how to look after themselves, their friends, their school and the environment.

They will know about important mathematical and scientific concepts. They will have an understanding and respect of the world around them and the world beyond. They will have a desire to learn and be ready for their next stage in education.

Why an Early Reading Curriculum

Our curriculum is purposefully planned through text led learning. The texts have been chosen to engage children into a love of reading and learning as a whole. It is designed to provide our children with a memorable and joyful early school experience. We aim to give each child the skills, knowledge and a solid foundation on which to build in their further learning. Through core experiences, planned purposeful play and high-quality interactions, we promote the importance of making links beyond the local environment; opening our children’s eyes to the jobs, landscapes, cultures and opportunities in the wider world.

1. Our Curriculum

Our Core Beliefs

• Early childhood is the foundation on which children build the rest of their lives.
• Children learn most effectively by doing and are actively involved and interested.
• Play is vital and a beneficial right for ALL children to help them learn about themselves and the world around them.
• A rich vocabulary helps children to succeed in all areas of learning and in future life.
• Positive and purposeful adult and peer to peer interaction to support the development of social skills.

Our Intention

Our School Nursery Curriculum is mapped out and sequenced to give ALL children the knowledge and skills they need to progress for the challenges that await them in their next stage of education. The curriculum has been designed for children to know more and remember more, develop the skills to keep themselves safe, flourish to live life in all its fullness. We recognise the importance of learning and development and that children develop at different rates. Our curriculum ensures the 7 areas of learning are embedded and that the outcomes of learning are sequenced for all children in the School Nursery, including those children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

The golden thread of our curriculum is communication and language, it is woven into everything we do. The children will build a rich range of vocabulary and language structures through interactions, stories and rhymes.

Learning through play is at the heart of our curriculum and we believe a language rich environment it vital, with high quality interactions between adults and children taking place all of the time, thus ensuring that ALL children learn in all provision areas learn all of the time.

Our environment is carefully planned out, along with enhancements and adult led activities that are chosen to consider the children’s interests.  Our broad and balanced curriculum gives ALL children opportunities to have explicit teaching opportunities to introduce new knowledge across the 7 areas of learning.

We recognise that every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and developing resilience, the children will be capable, confident and self-assured and children will learn to be strong and independent learners through positive relationships with adults and peers.

 Implementation

Purposeful learning at Little Paddlers’

At Little Paddlers’ we believe purposeful learning is imperative to our curriculum; the children have high quality learning environments both indoors and outdoors. Through this, our children explore and develop learning experiences, which help them make sense of the world. They have the opportunity to practise skills, develop ideas and think creatively both alongside other children and on their own. Our curriculum enables them to see a need for rules and enables them to take risks and make mistakes. Children’s communication skills are highlighted through play and they communicate by investigating and solving problems at their own levels of development.

We ensure that our environment and delivery of the curriculum incorporates the three characteristics of effective teaching and learning and these are at the forefront of our planning.

• Playing and exploring
• Active learning
• Creating and thinking critically

Early Reading

At Little Paddlers reading  and storytelling, is at the heart of our curriculum. We are very passionate and ambitious that all children share a love of reading and that all children learn the basic skills to become fluent readers in later aspects of education.  Communication and Language is our golden thread and we believe that this needs to be fully embedded at the earliest possible age for children to fully embrace their reading acquisition.

We aim to develop children’s oral language, establish their phonic knowledge and give them a broad range of reading opportunities including independently reading books and sharing a growing range of books with adults throughout the school day and beyond, with promoting home reading being the highest of high importance. Our curriculum texts will be around the children’s interests and will be fully integrated into our provision across all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage. 

Inclusion

At Little Paddlers, we believe that all our children matter. We always give our children every opportunity to achieve their best and have the best possible start in life. We set realistic and challenging expectations tailored to the needs of our individual children, so that all children have the best start and best chances to success based on their different starting points on entry to our School Nursery. We plan carefully to meet the individual needs of all children.

• Planning opportunities that build upon and extend children’s knowledge, experience and interests, and develop their self-esteem and confidence;
• Using a wide range of teaching strategies based on children’s learning needs;
• Planning challenging activities for children whose ability and understanding are in advance of their language  and communication skills
• Providing a wide range of opportunities to motivate and support children and to help them learn effectively;
• Providing a safe and supportive learning environment in which the contribution of all children is   valued;
• Using resources which reflect diversity and are free from discrimination and stereotyping;
• Monitoring children’s progress through carefully developed Tiny Tracker Learning Journeys;
• Tailor make the continuous provision to meet the individual needs.

Our Intended Impact for all children

As a result of caring and nurturing environment, and a broad and ambitious curriculum, children’s well-being will be high. They will have confidence and a sense of belief in themselves and their abilities. They will feel loved and part of the school community, and that they are capable of achieving anything and they are unique. They will have resilience and the perseverance to keep on trying when things are challenging. They will show respect to each other and their environments around them.

The children will have the confidence to try new experiences, to take risks and enjoy being physically active. Children will have the language structures to know how to communicate their ideas, beliefs and feelings, choosing different ways to do this. They will have experienced and remembered a wide range of words through stories, rhymes and poems. They will have the skills to make friends and will show empathy to others. They will know how to look after themselves, their friends, their school and the environment.

They will know about important mathematical and scientific concepts. They will have an understanding and respect of the world around them and the world beyond. They will have a desire to learn and be ready for their next stage in education.

Why an Early Reading Curriculum

Our curriculum is purposefully planned through text led learning. The texts have been chosen to engage children into a love of reading and learning as a whole. It is designed to provide our children with a memorable and joyful early school experience. We aim to give each child the skills, knowledge and a solid foundation on which to build in their further learning. Through core experiences, planned purposeful play and high-quality interactions, we promote the importance of making links beyond the local environment; opening our children’s eyes to the jobs, landscapes, cultures and opportunities in the wider world.

1. Our Curriculum

Our Core Beliefs

• Early childhood is the foundation on which children build the rest of their lives.
• Children learn most effectively by doing and are actively involved and interested.
• Play is vital and a beneficial right for ALL children to help them learn about themselves and the world around them.
• A rich vocabulary helps children to succeed in all areas of learning and in future life.
• Positive and purposeful adult and peer to peer interaction to support the development of social skills.

Our Intention

Our School Nursery Curriculum is mapped out and sequenced to give ALL children the knowledge and skills they need to progress for the challenges that await them in their next stage of education. The curriculum has been designed for children to know more and remember more, develop the skills to keep themselves safe, flourish to live life in all its fullness. We recognise the importance of learning and development and that children develop at different rates. Our curriculum ensures the 7 areas of learning are embedded and that the outcomes of learning are sequenced for all children in the School Nursery, including those children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

The golden thread of our curriculum is communication and language, it is woven into everything we do. The children will build a rich range of vocabulary and language structures through interactions, stories and rhymes.

Learning through play is at the heart of our curriculum and we believe a language rich environment it vital, with high quality interactions between adults and children taking place all of the time, thus ensuring that ALL children learn in all provision areas learn all of the time.

Our environment is carefully planned out, along with enhancements and adult led activities that are chosen to consider the children’s interests.  Our broad and balanced curriculum gives ALL children opportunities to have explicit teaching opportunities to introduce new knowledge across the 7 areas of learning.

We recognise that every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and developing resilience, the children will be capable, confident and self-assured and children will learn to be strong and independent learners through positive relationships with adults and peers.

 Implementation

Purposeful learning at Little Paddlers’

At Little Paddlers’ we believe purposeful learning is imperative to our curriculum; the children have high quality learning environments both indoors and outdoors. Through this, our children explore and develop learning experiences, which help them make sense of the world. They have the opportunity to practise skills, develop ideas and think creatively both alongside other children and on their own. Our curriculum enables them to see a need for rules and enables them to take risks and make mistakes. Children’s communication skills are highlighted through play and they communicate by investigating and solving problems at their own levels of development.

We ensure that our environment and delivery of the curriculum incorporates the three characteristics of effective teaching and learning and these are at the forefront of our planning.

• Playing and exploring
• Active learning
• Creating and thinking critically

Early Reading

At Little Paddlers reading  and storytelling, is at the heart of our curriculum. We are very passionate and ambitious that all children share a love of reading and that all children learn the basic skills to become fluent readers in later aspects of education.  Communication and Language is our golden thread and we believe that this needs to be fully embedded at the earliest possible age for children to fully embrace their reading acquisition.

We aim to develop children’s oral language, establish their phonic knowledge and give them a broad range of reading opportunities including independently reading books and sharing a growing range of books with adults throughout the school day and beyond, with promoting home reading being the highest of high importance. Our curriculum texts will be around the children’s interests and will be fully integrated into our provision across all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage. 

Inclusion

At Little Paddlers, we believe that all our children matter. We always give our children every opportunity to achieve their best and have the best possible start in life. We set realistic and challenging expectations tailored to the needs of our individual children, so that all children have the best start and best chances to success based on their different starting points on entry to our School Nursery. We plan carefully to meet the individual needs of all children.

• Planning opportunities that build upon and extend children’s knowledge, experience and interests, and develop their self-esteem and confidence;
• Using a wide range of teaching strategies based on children’s learning needs;
• Planning challenging activities for children whose ability and understanding are in advance of their language  and communication skills
• Providing a wide range of opportunities to motivate and support children and to help them learn effectively;
• Providing a safe and supportive learning environment in which the contribution of all children is   valued;
• Using resources which reflect diversity and are free from discrimination and stereotyping;
• Monitoring children’s progress through carefully developed Tiny Tracker Learning Journeys;
• Tailor make the continuous provision to meet the individual needs.

Our Intended Impact for all children

As a result of caring and nurturing environment, and a broad and ambitious curriculum, children’s well-being will be high. They will have confidence and a sense of belief in themselves and their abilities. They will feel loved and part of the school community, and that they are capable of achieving anything and they are unique. They will have resilience and the perseverance to keep on trying when things are challenging. They will show respect to each other and their environments around them.

The children will have the confidence to try new experiences, to take risks and enjoy being physically active. Children will have the language structures to know how to communicate their ideas, beliefs and feelings, choosing different ways to do this. They will have experienced and remembered a wide range of words through stories, rhymes and poems. They will have the skills to make friends and will show empathy to others. They will know how to look after themselves, their friends, their school and the environment.

They will know about important mathematical and scientific concepts. They will have an understanding and respect of the world around them and the world beyond. They will have a desire to learn and be ready for their next stage in education.

Why an Early Reading Curriculum

Our curriculum is purposefully planned through text led learning. The texts have been chosen to engage children into a love of reading and learning as a whole. It is designed to provide our children with a memorable and joyful early school experience. We aim to give each child the skills, knowledge and a solid foundation on which to build in their further learning. Through core experiences, planned purposeful play and high-quality interactions, we promote the importance of making links beyond the local environment; opening our children’s eyes to the jobs, landscapes, cultures and opportunities in the wider world.

1. Our Curriculum

Our Core Beliefs

• Early childhood is the foundation on which children build the rest of their lives.
• Children learn most effectively by doing and are actively involved and interested.
• Play is vital and a beneficial right for ALL children to help them learn about themselves and the world around them.
• A rich vocabulary helps children to succeed in all areas of learning and in future life.
• Positive and purposeful adult and peer to peer interaction to support the development of social skills.

Our Intention

Our School Nursery Curriculum is mapped out and sequenced to give ALL children the knowledge and skills they need to progress for the challenges that await them in their next stage of education. The curriculum has been designed for children to know more and remember more, develop the skills to keep themselves safe, flourish to live life in all its fullness. We recognise the importance of learning and development and that children develop at different rates. Our curriculum ensures the 7 areas of learning are embedded and that the outcomes of learning are sequenced for all children in the School Nursery, including those children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

The golden thread of our curriculum is communication and language, it is woven into everything we do. The children will build a rich range of vocabulary and language structures through interactions, stories and rhymes.

Learning through play is at the heart of our curriculum and we believe a language rich environment it vital, with high quality interactions between adults and children taking place all of the time, thus ensuring that ALL children learn in all provision areas learn all of the time.

Our environment is carefully planned out, along with enhancements and adult led activities that are chosen to consider the children’s interests.  Our broad and balanced curriculum gives ALL children opportunities to have explicit teaching opportunities to introduce new knowledge across the 7 areas of learning.

We recognise that every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and developing resilience, the children will be capable, confident and self-assured and children will learn to be strong and independent learners through positive relationships with adults and peers.

 Implementation

Purposeful learning at Little Paddlers’

At Little Paddlers’ we believe purposeful learning is imperative to our curriculum; the children have high quality learning environments both indoors and outdoors. Through this, our children explore and develop learning experiences, which help them make sense of the world. They have the opportunity to practise skills, develop ideas and think creatively both alongside other children and on their own. Our curriculum enables them to see a need for rules and enables them to take risks and make mistakes. Children’s communication skills are highlighted through play and they communicate by investigating and solving problems at their own levels of development.

We ensure that our environment and delivery of the curriculum incorporates the three characteristics of effective teaching and learning and these are at the forefront of our planning.

• Playing and exploring
• Active learning
• Creating and thinking critically

Early Reading

At Little Paddlers reading  and storytelling, is at the heart of our curriculum. We are very passionate and ambitious that all children share a love of reading and that all children learn the basic skills to become fluent readers in later aspects of education.  Communication and Language is our golden thread and we believe that this needs to be fully embedded at the earliest possible age for children to fully embrace their reading acquisition.

We aim to develop children’s oral language, establish their phonic knowledge and give them a broad range of reading opportunities including independently reading books and sharing a growing range of books with adults throughout the school day and beyond, with promoting home reading being the highest of high importance. Our curriculum texts will be around the children’s interests and will be fully integrated into our provision across all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage. 

Inclusion

At Little Paddlers, we believe that all our children matter. We always give our children every opportunity to achieve their best and have the best possible start in life. We set realistic and challenging expectations tailored to the needs of our individual children, so that all children have the best start and best chances to success based on their different starting points on entry to our School Nursery. We plan carefully to meet the individual needs of all children.

• Planning opportunities that build upon and extend children’s knowledge, experience and interests, and develop their self-esteem and confidence;
• Using a wide range of teaching strategies based on children’s learning needs;
• Planning challenging activities for children whose ability and understanding are in advance of their language  and communication skills
• Providing a wide range of opportunities to motivate and support children and to help them learn effectively;
• Providing a safe and supportive learning environment in which the contribution of all children is   valued;
• Using resources which reflect diversity and are free from discrimination and stereotyping;
• Monitoring children’s progress through carefully developed Tiny Tracker Learning Journeys;
• Tailor make the continuous provision to meet the individual needs.

Our Intended Impact for all children

As a result of caring and nurturing environment, and a broad and ambitious curriculum, children’s well-being will be high. They will have confidence and a sense of belief in themselves and their abilities. They will feel loved and part of the school community, and that they are capable of achieving anything and they are unique. They will have resilience and the perseverance to keep on trying when things are challenging. They will show respect to each other and their environments around them.

The children will have the confidence to try new experiences, to take risks and enjoy being physically active. Children will have the language structures to know how to communicate their ideas, beliefs and feelings, choosing different ways to do this. They will have experienced and remembered a wide range of words through stories, rhymes and poems. They will have the skills to make friends and will show empathy to others. They will know how to look after themselves, their friends, their school and the environment.

They will know about important mathematical and scientific concepts. They will have an understanding and respect of the world around them and the world beyond. They will have a desire to learn and be ready for their next stage in education.

Why an Early Reading Curriculum

Our curriculum is purposefully planned through text led learning. The texts have been chosen to engage children into a love of reading and learning as a whole. It is designed to provide our children with a memorable and joyful early school experience. We aim to give each child the skills, knowledge and a solid foundation on which to build in their further learning. Through core experiences, planned purposeful play and high-quality interactions, we promote the importance of making links beyond the local environment; opening our children’s eyes to the jobs, landscapes, cultures and opportunities in the wider world.

1. Our Curriculum

Our Core Beliefs

• Early childhood is the foundation on which children build the rest of their lives.
• Children learn most effectively by doing and are actively involved and interested.
• Play is vital and a beneficial right for ALL children to help them learn about themselves and the world around them.
• A rich vocabulary helps children to succeed in all areas of learning and in future life.
• Positive and purposeful adult and peer to peer interaction to support the development of social skills.

Our Intention

Our School Nursery Curriculum is mapped out and sequenced to give ALL children the knowledge and skills they need to progress for the challenges that await them in their next stage of education. The curriculum has been designed for children to know more and remember more, develop the skills to keep themselves safe, flourish to live life in all its fullness. We recognise the importance of learning and development and that children develop at different rates. Our curriculum ensures the 7 areas of learning are embedded and that the outcomes of learning are sequenced for all children in the School Nursery, including those children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

The golden thread of our curriculum is communication and language, it is woven into everything we do. The children will build a rich range of vocabulary and language structures through interactions, stories and rhymes.

Learning through play is at the heart of our curriculum and we believe a language rich environment it vital, with high quality interactions between adults and children taking place all of the time, thus ensuring that ALL children learn in all provision areas learn all of the time.

Our environment is carefully planned out, along with enhancements and adult led activities that are chosen to consider the children’s interests.  Our broad and balanced curriculum gives ALL children opportunities to have explicit teaching opportunities to introduce new knowledge across the 7 areas of learning.

We recognise that every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and developing resilience, the children will be capable, confident and self-assured and children will learn to be strong and independent learners through positive relationships with adults and peers.

 Implementation

Purposeful learning at Little Paddlers’

At Little Paddlers’ we believe purposeful learning is imperative to our curriculum; the children have high quality learning environments both indoors and outdoors. Through this, our children explore and develop learning experiences, which help them make sense of the world. They have the opportunity to practise skills, develop ideas and think creatively both alongside other children and on their own. Our curriculum enables them to see a need for rules and enables them to take risks and make mistakes. Children’s communication skills are highlighted through play and they communicate by investigating and solving problems at their own levels of development.

We ensure that our environment and delivery of the curriculum incorporates the three characteristics of effective teaching and learning and these are at the forefront of our planning.

• Playing and exploring
• Active learning
• Creating and thinking critically

Early Reading

At Little Paddlers reading  and storytelling, is at the heart of our curriculum. We are very passionate and ambitious that all children share a love of reading and that all children learn the basic skills to become fluent readers in later aspects of education.  Communication and Language is our golden thread and we believe that this needs to be fully embedded at the earliest possible age for children to fully embrace their reading acquisition.

We aim to develop children’s oral language, establish their phonic knowledge and give them a broad range of reading opportunities including independently reading books and sharing a growing range of books with adults throughout the school day and beyond, with promoting home reading being the highest of high importance. Our curriculum texts will be around the children’s interests and will be fully integrated into our provision across all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage. 

Inclusion

At Little Paddlers, we believe that all our children matter. We always give our children every opportunity to achieve their best and have the best possible start in life. We set realistic and challenging expectations tailored to the needs of our individual children, so that all children have the best start and best chances to success based on their different starting points on entry to our School Nursery. We plan carefully to meet the individual needs of all children.

• Planning opportunities that build upon and extend children’s knowledge, experience and interests, and develop their self-esteem and confidence;
• Using a wide range of teaching strategies based on children’s learning needs;
• Planning challenging activities for children whose ability and understanding are in advance of their language  and communication skills
• Providing a wide range of opportunities to motivate and support children and to help them learn effectively;
• Providing a safe and supportive learning environment in which the contribution of all children is   valued;
• Using resources which reflect diversity and are free from discrimination and stereotyping;
• Monitoring children’s progress through carefully developed Tiny Tracker Learning Journeys;
• Tailor make the continuous provision to meet the individual needs.

Our Intended Impact for all children

As a result of caring and nurturing environment, and a broad and ambitious curriculum, children’s well-being will be high. They will have confidence and a sense of belief in themselves and their abilities. They will feel loved and part of the school community, and that they are capable of achieving anything and they are unique. They will have resilience and the perseverance to keep on trying when things are challenging. They will show respect to each other and their environments around them.

The children will have the confidence to try new experiences, to take risks and enjoy being physically active. Children will have the language structures to know how to communicate their ideas, beliefs and feelings, choosing different ways to do this. They will have experienced and remembered a wide range of words through stories, rhymes and poems. They will have the skills to make friends and will show empathy to others. They will know how to look after themselves, their friends, their school and the environment.

They will know about important mathematical and scientific concepts. They will have an understanding and respect of the world around them and the world beyond. They will have a desire to learn and be ready for their next stage in education.

Why an Early Reading Curriculum

Our curriculum is purposefully planned through text led learning. The texts have been chosen to engage children into a love of reading and learning as a whole. It is designed to provide our children with a memorable and joyful early school experience. We aim to give each child the skills, knowledge and a solid foundation on which to build in their further learning. Through core experiences, planned purposeful play and high-quality interactions, we promote the importance of making links beyond the local environment; opening our children’s eyes to the jobs, landscapes, cultures and opportunities in the wider world.

1. Our Curriculum

Our Core Beliefs

• Early childhood is the foundation on which children build the rest of their lives.
• Children learn most effectively by doing and are actively involved and interested.
• Play is vital and a beneficial right for ALL children to help them learn about themselves and the world around them.
• A rich vocabulary helps children to succeed in all areas of learning and in future life.
• Positive and purposeful adult and peer to peer interaction to support the development of social skills.

Our Intention

Our School Nursery Curriculum is mapped out and sequenced to give ALL children the knowledge and skills they need to progress for the challenges that await them in their next stage of education. The curriculum has been designed for children to know more and remember more, develop the skills to keep themselves safe, flourish to live life in all its fullness. We recognise the importance of learning and development and that children develop at different rates. Our curriculum ensures the 7 areas of learning are embedded and that the outcomes of learning are sequenced for all children in the School Nursery, including those children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

The golden thread of our curriculum is communication and language, it is woven into everything we do. The children will build a rich range of vocabulary and language structures through interactions, stories and rhymes.

Learning through play is at the heart of our curriculum and we believe a language rich environment it vital, with high quality interactions between adults and children taking place all of the time, thus ensuring that ALL children learn in all provision areas learn all of the time.

Our environment is carefully planned out, along with enhancements and adult led activities that are chosen to consider the children’s interests.  Our broad and balanced curriculum gives ALL children opportunities to have explicit teaching opportunities to introduce new knowledge across the 7 areas of learning.

We recognise that every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and developing resilience, the children will be capable, confident and self-assured and children will learn to be strong and independent learners through positive relationships with adults and peers.

 Implementation

Purposeful learning at Little Paddlers’

At Little Paddlers’ we believe purposeful learning is imperative to our curriculum; the children have high quality learning environments both indoors and outdoors. Through this, our children explore and develop learning experiences, which help them make sense of the world. They have the opportunity to practise skills, develop ideas and think creatively both alongside other children and on their own. Our curriculum enables them to see a need for rules and enables them to take risks and make mistakes. Children’s communication skills are highlighted through play and they communicate by investigating and solving problems at their own levels of development.

We ensure that our environment and delivery of the curriculum incorporates the three characteristics of effective teaching and learning and these are at the forefront of our planning.

• Playing and exploring
• Active learning
• Creating and thinking critically

Early Reading

At Little Paddlers reading  and storytelling, is at the heart of our curriculum. We are very passionate and ambitious that all children share a love of reading and that all children learn the basic skills to become fluent readers in later aspects of education.  Communication and Language is our golden thread and we believe that this needs to be fully embedded at the earliest possible age for children to fully embrace their reading acquisition.

We aim to develop children’s oral language, establish their phonic knowledge and give them a broad range of reading opportunities including independently reading books and sharing a growing range of books with adults throughout the school day and beyond, with promoting home reading being the highest of high importance. Our curriculum texts will be around the children’s interests and will be fully integrated into our provision across all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage. 

Inclusion

At Little Paddlers, we believe that all our children matter. We always give our children every opportunity to achieve their best and have the best possible start in life. We set realistic and challenging expectations tailored to the needs of our individual children, so that all children have the best start and best chances to success based on their different starting points on entry to our School Nursery. We plan carefully to meet the individual needs of all children.

• Planning opportunities that build upon and extend children’s knowledge, experience and interests, and develop their self-esteem and confidence;
• Using a wide range of teaching strategies based on children’s learning needs;
• Planning challenging activities for children whose ability and understanding are in advance of their language  and communication skills
• Providing a wide range of opportunities to motivate and support children and to help them learn effectively;
• Providing a safe and supportive learning environment in which the contribution of all children is   valued;
• Using resources which reflect diversity and are free from discrimination and stereotyping;
• Monitoring children’s progress through carefully developed Tiny Tracker Learning Journeys;
• Tailor make the continuous provision to meet the individual needs.

Our Intended Impact for all children

As a result of caring and nurturing environment, and a broad and ambitious curriculum, children’s well-being will be high. They will have confidence and a sense of belief in themselves and their abilities. They will feel loved and part of the school community, and that they are capable of achieving anything and they are unique. They will have resilience and the perseverance to keep on trying when things are challenging. They will show respect to each other and their environments around them.

The children will have the confidence to try new experiences, to take risks and enjoy being physically active. Children will have the language structures to know how to communicate their ideas, beliefs and feelings, choosing different ways to do this. They will have experienced and remembered a wide range of words through stories, rhymes and poems. They will have the skills to make friends and will show empathy to others. They will know how to look after themselves, their friends, their school and the environment.

They will know about important mathematical and scientific concepts. They will have an understanding and respect of the world around them and the world beyond. They will have a desire to learn and be ready for their next stage in education.

Why an Early Reading Curriculum

Our curriculum is purposefully planned through text led learning. The texts have been chosen to engage children into a love of reading and learning as a whole. It is designed to provide our children with a memorable and joyful early school experience. We aim to give each child the skills, knowledge and a solid foundation on which to build in their further learning. Through core experiences, planned purposeful play and high-quality interactions, we promote the importance of making links beyond the local environment; opening our children’s eyes to the jobs, landscapes, cultures and opportunities in the wider world.

1. Our Curriculum

Our Core Beliefs

• Early childhood is the foundation on which children build the rest of their lives.
• Children learn most effectively by doing and are actively involved and interested.
• Play is vital and a beneficial right for ALL children to help them learn about themselves and the world around them.
• A rich vocabulary helps children to succeed in all areas of learning and in future life.
• Positive and purposeful adult and peer to peer interaction to support the development of social skills.

Our Intention

Our School Nursery Curriculum is mapped out and sequenced to give ALL children the knowledge and skills they need to progress for the challenges that await them in their next stage of education. The curriculum has been designed for children to know more and remember more, develop the skills to keep themselves safe, flourish to live life in all its fullness. We recognise the importance of learning and development and that children develop at different rates. Our curriculum ensures the 7 areas of learning are embedded and that the outcomes of learning are sequenced for all children in the School Nursery, including those children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

The golden thread of our curriculum is communication and language, it is woven into everything we do. The children will build a rich range of vocabulary and language structures through interactions, stories and rhymes.

Learning through play is at the heart of our curriculum and we believe a language rich environment it vital, with high quality interactions between adults and children taking place all of the time, thus ensuring that ALL children learn in all provision areas learn all of the time.

Our environment is carefully planned out, along with enhancements and adult led activities that are chosen to consider the children’s interests.  Our broad and balanced curriculum gives ALL children opportunities to have explicit teaching opportunities to introduce new knowledge across the 7 areas of learning.

We recognise that every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and developing resilience, the children will be capable, confident and self-assured and children will learn to be strong and independent learners through positive relationships with adults and peers.

 Implementation

Purposeful learning at Little Paddlers’

At Little Paddlers’ we believe purposeful learning is imperative to our curriculum; the children have high quality learning environments both indoors and outdoors. Through this, our children explore and develop learning experiences, which help them make sense of the world. They have the opportunity to practise skills, develop ideas and think creatively both alongside other children and on their own. Our curriculum enables them to see a need for rules and enables them to take risks and make mistakes. Children’s communication skills are highlighted through play and they communicate by investigating and solving problems at their own levels of development.

We ensure that our environment and delivery of the curriculum incorporates the three characteristics of effective teaching and learning and these are at the forefront of our planning.

• Playing and exploring
• Active learning
• Creating and thinking critically

Early Reading

At Little Paddlers reading  and storytelling, is at the heart of our curriculum. We are very passionate and ambitious that all children share a love of reading and that all children learn the basic skills to become fluent readers in later aspects of education.  Communication and Language is our golden thread and we believe that this needs to be fully embedded at the earliest possible age for children to fully embrace their reading acquisition.

We aim to develop children’s oral language, establish their phonic knowledge and give them a broad range of reading opportunities including independently reading books and sharing a growing range of books with adults throughout the school day and beyond, with promoting home reading being the highest of high importance. Our curriculum texts will be around the children’s interests and will be fully integrated into our provision across all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage. 

Inclusion

At Little Paddlers, we believe that all our children matter. We always give our children every opportunity to achieve their best and have the best possible start in life. We set realistic and challenging expectations tailored to the needs of our individual children, so that all children have the best start and best chances to success based on their different starting points on entry to our School Nursery. We plan carefully to meet the individual needs of all children.

• Planning opportunities that build upon and extend children’s knowledge, experience and interests, and develop their self-esteem and confidence;
• Using a wide range of teaching strategies based on children’s learning needs;
• Planning challenging activities for children whose ability and understanding are in advance of their language  and communication skills
• Providing a wide range of opportunities to motivate and support children and to help them learn effectively;
• Providing a safe and supportive learning environment in which the contribution of all children is   valued;
• Using resources which reflect diversity and are free from discrimination and stereotyping;
• Monitoring children’s progress through carefully developed Tiny Tracker Learning Journeys;
• Tailor make the continuous provision to meet the individual needs.

Our Intended Impact for all children

As a result of caring and nurturing environment, and a broad and ambitious curriculum, children’s well-being will be high. They will have confidence and a sense of belief in themselves and their abilities. They will feel loved and part of the school community, and that they are capable of achieving anything and they are unique. They will have resilience and the perseverance to keep on trying when things are challenging. They will show respect to each other and their environments around them.

The children will have the confidence to try new experiences, to take risks and enjoy being physically active. Children will have the language structures to know how to communicate their ideas, beliefs and feelings, choosing different ways to do this. They will have experienced and remembered a wide range of words through stories, rhymes and poems. They will have the skills to make friends and will show empathy to others. They will know how to look after themselves, their friends, their school and the environment.

They will know about important mathematical and scientific concepts. They will have an understanding and respect of the world around them and the world beyond. They will have a desire to learn and be ready for their next stage in education.

Why an Early Reading Curriculum

Our curriculum is purposefully planned through text led learning. The texts have been chosen to engage children into a love of reading and learning as a whole. It is designed to provide our children with a memorable and joyful early school experience. We aim to give each child the skills, knowledge and a solid foundation on which to build in their further learning. Through core experiences, planned purposeful play and high-quality interactions, we promote the importance of making links beyond the local environment; opening our children’s eyes to the jobs, landscapes, cultures and opportunities in the wider world.