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• THE SCHOOL FOR PARENTS TEAM
• CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION AND THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
• BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE
• ENJOYING AND ACHIEVING
• THE GROUPS
• THE OUTCOMES - WHAT PARENTS SAY
• TERM TIMES
• SCHOOL FOR PARENTS - WEST SUSSEX

School for Parents West Sussex

The Dame Vera Lynn Trust School for Parents West Sussex
Ingfield Manor School,
Five Oaks,
West Sussex
RH14 9AX

Telephone: 01403 782294
Fax: 01403 785066

 

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School for Parents - West Sussex
The Early Years Foundation Stage

At the heart of the Early Years Foundation Stage is the principle that young children need to play in order to have fun, make friends and to begin to learn and understand about the world around them.

The Early Years Foundation Stage is a play-based framework that acknowledges that every child is unique and they learn and develop at different rates and in different ways.

It is a broad, balanced and purposeful curriculum, delivered through planned play activities to help ensure all children have the opportunity to reach their full potential and experience the best possible start to their education.

The Early Years Foundation Stage focuses on the distinct needs of children from birth to five or until the end of the reception year.

Whilst School for Parents is not the child’s main provider of nursery provision, the Early Years Foundation Stage is assimilated into all sessions during planning, delivery and record keeping. The trans-disciplinary team work collaboratively with the parents and learning is supported through the use of activities, games and stories, based on a topic for each term. Parents are involved with target setting and evaluation of their children’s progress. They are told the aims of individual tasks and given guidance as to how to transfer the skills into the daily routine at home. The children join age-appropriate groups and the sessions involve active sitting, standing, walking, manipulation, communication, cognitive development, self-help and social skills.

The holistic nature of the sessions incorporates and integrates the six areas of Learning and Development from the Early Years Foundation Stage. Every Child Matters outcomes are embraced within all the sessions. A multi-sensory approach is used with every opportunity taken to extend children’s communication skills through music, singing and alternative and augmentative communication aids.

The ethos of active learning through play and partnership with parents is central to the practice of School for Parents.

        What would my child be learning?       

                                  6 Areas of Learning and Development

                                                   
          • Personal, Social and Emotional Development    
            
          • Communication, Language and Literacy

          • Problem solving, Reasoning and Numeracy 

          • Knowledge and Understanding of the World

           • Creative Development

           • Physical Development