Our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) team provides children with the best possible start to school life, giving children opportunities to follow their interests and fostering a lifelong love of learning.

We strive to ensure our children are happy, enthusiastic and confident learners with aspirations to excel in whatever they choose to do.  In our EYFS provision, we deliver a broad and balanced curriculum of play-based activities alongside aspects of adult-directed teaching and learning opportunities. We aim to provide high-quality education for all our children, laying strong foundations for their future learning and development.

‘Loved by God and one another, Holy Trinity is a welcoming community of faith, where we learn and flourish together.  Each day opens up horizons of hope, aspiration and joy!’

At Holy Trinity our school vision underpins all aspects of school life. Our Foundation Stage is an integral part of the school, and this enables us to plan for children’s learning over the longer term, understand, assess, and meet their needs, whilst also preparing children for each phase of their education.

The high expectations within our EYFS provision enable each child to develop socially, spiritually, physically, intellectually, and emotionally to achieve their full potential. Our practitioners understand that children learn through play, by adult modelling, by observing each other, and through guided learning and direct teaching. 

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We recognise each child as an individual. Each child brings their own experiences and interests into our setting; this range of starting points presents exciting possibilities for child development through a wide range of experiences. Our provision gives children the opportunity to consolidate, explore and test their skills, knowledge and understanding alongside their existing experiences.

We work in close partnership with parents and carers to ensure that each child is happy, safe and reaching their potential.

In nursery, pupils spend the majority of their time learning through play and child-initiated discovery. Children can access both the indoor and outdoor environment freely throughout the day and these are set up daily to stimulate learning across all areas of the Early Years Curriculum. Staff are always there to support children's play, extend interactions and develop learning opportunities. 

Children are taught in short-focused sessions where they spend time listening to stories, developing their language, practising their speaking and listening skills, and participating in maths, phonic and literacy learning activities.

In Reception, children engage in adult-directed learning in Phonics, Maths, English and Learning Means the World. Learning through play is also a large part of the day when children can choose where they would like to learn.

Below, you will find some useful information about our curriculum intent for EYFS and how we structure our Early Years Curriculum. You can see how we have mapped out what we teach throughout the year and see the books that we will be enjoying!

Also, we have added some supportive information about our approach to teaching phonics in nursery. It highlights our emphasis on language development in the early years and promotes a real love for reading! You can see more in-depth information about our teaching of phonics in the 'Phonics & Early Reading' section of the website, which details our route through the Little Wandle programme from Reception and through Key Stage 1.