Foundation Stage Little Dragons Information Booklet - St.George's ...

The Curriculum
We plan the curriculum following the guidelines contained with the ‘Curriculum Framework for children
2 to 3’. The curriculum framework refers to planned learning experiences based on five key aspects
of children’s development and learning.
We believe that every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support to fulfil their potential.
In addition to the Foundation Stage curriculum we use the additional Four Foundation Stage Principles
to help support every child’s development.
A unique child - recognises that every child is a competent learner
Positive Relationships - recognises that secure and positive relationships between teacher,
child and parents are important.
Enabling Environments - recognises that a child’s environment plays a key role in their de
velopment and learning.
Learning - recognises that children learn at different rates and all areas of
and Development
learning and development are equally important and inter connected.
Key aspects—Early Learning Goals:
• Emotional, personal and social development – independence, sharing, turn
taking, and self-confidence.
• Communication, language and language – stories, books, listening, talking, and early writing.
• Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy – counting, matching and sorting.
• Knowledge and understanding of the world – discovering and exploring the environment.
• Physical development and movement – running, jumping, climbing, cutting, gluing and drawing.
• Creative development – role-play, art and craft, singing and making music.
These learning goals are implemented through a mixture of planned and play activities. This allows the
children to have fun whilst learning. We believe that children learn best when exploring topics that are
relevant and meaningful to their lives.
Little Dragons have a one year cycle of topics: “Colour Me Happy”, “Autumn”, “Birds and Animals”,
“Winter”, “All about Me”( my body), “All about Me” (my family and friends),
“Spring”, “Transport”, “Nursery Rhymes and Stories”, “Summer”, “Toys”.
In this we can help your child to:
• Learn to separate from parents
• Play cooperatively with peers
• Gain confidence and a positive self– image
• Begin to develop general and fine motor skills
• Become aware of world around us, seasons and holidays
• Experience other children and adults
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