Our Early Years Programme

Our Early Years Programme is vitally important for the mental, physical and social development of every child, and we foster this through an enriched and carefully resourced environment that stimulates the learning and development of children from two to five years of age.

Children’s learning occurs and is enhanced through their interactions with people, time, space and resources, and how they learn best is through play, which is children’s ‘work’. Play is a natural, self-motivated and highly complex activity that children enjoy, and when they are having fun doing and experiencing, these learning experiences become more meaningful to them and their peers.

At our school, each child benefits from a learning environment that promotes the continuous development of social, cognitive, emotional, physical and creative strengths. Children are offered a range of opportunities to explore values, broaden communication skills, collaborate, make personal choices, group problem solve, develop ideas and explore information.

When delivering the Early Years Programme, we ensure there is a strong focus on:

• Each child’s individual development – motor skills, language skills, thinking skills, social and emotional development and intellectual development.
• Each child’s growth as a skilful communicator.
• Each child’s successes as a competent learner.
• Teaching practices that support these focus areas.

Each child’s framework for learning us based on the six learning areas of the United Kingdom curriculum’s Early Learning Goals. The learning areas are:

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Creative Development
• Communication, Language and Literacy
• Problem-solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
• Physical Development
• Knowledge and Understanding of the World

The school’s Early Years Programme is presented in more detailed form in our curriculum statement folders, and you can read these at the school.

Our Primary Years Programme

Our Primary Years Programme builds upon each child’s development that has already taken place. Each child from Year One through to Year Six is provided with opportunities to:

• Be creative, energetic, enterprising, and effective inquirers.
• Seize the opportunities offered by new knowledge and technology to secure a successful and sustainable future for himself or herself.
• Continue to develop the values, knowledge and competencies that will enable him or her to live full and satisfying lives.
• Be confident, connected, actively involved and lifelong learners.

At our school, each child benefits from a learning environment that promotes the continuous development of social, cognitive, emotional, physical and creative strengths. Children are offered a range of opportunities to explore values, broaden communication skills, collaborate, make personal choices, group problem solve, develop ideas and explore information.

The Primary Years Programme is more demanding of the children, and the following guidelines support the delivery of programmes in the classrooms:

EtonHouse learning is relevant; real; coherent; connected and integrated; assessed and evaluated; reported to parents; reviewed; in our community and for our community.

EtonHouse children can read; write; listen; speak confidently; use numbers; problem-solve; take risks; use technology; cooperate and compete; accept guidance; experience success.

EtonHouse children develop higher order thinking skills; their ability to self-manage; skills for relating to others; a sense of belonging; a desire to contribute and participate; the ability to use and create meaning and understanding; healthy lifestyles; creativity; inquiry learning skills.

EtonHouse classrooms are non-threatening; friendly and welcoming; learning communities; organised; attractive; supportive to learning.

EtonHouse teaching enhances the relevance of new learning; facilitates shared learning; makes connections for the children; focuses on outcomes; is based on high expectations; provides multiple opportunities to learn; encourages reflective thought and action; utilises quality ICT to support learning.

Each child’s framework for learning us based on the learning areas of the United Kingdom curriculum’s Primary Learning Goals. The learning areas are:

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Creative Development
• Communication, Language and Literacy (Language)
• Problem-solving, Reasoning and Numeracy (Mathematics)
• Science
• Information and Communication Technology
• Technology and Design
• Geography and History
• Physical Development

The learning areas are supported with a focus on the key values of respectfulness, integrity, self discipline, perseverance and community.

The school’s Primary Years Programme is presented in more detailed form in our curriculum statement folders, and you can read these at the school.