In order to achieve the above objectives Helme C of E Academy staff and governors will provide a curriculum for the last year of EYFS (reception) based on the following principles, which will establish the foundations that underpin all future learning:
• at the core, place the development of positive attitudes and dispositions towards learning and foster the development of positive behaviour and social interaction skills;
• promote and develop personal, social and emotional well being;
• encourage the development of self-confidence and positive self-awareness;
• enable children to develop the skills of attention, concentration and persistence;
• place speech, language and communication at the heart of learning;
• lay the foundations for developing reading and writing;
• develop early mathematical skills and concepts;
• develop an understanding of the world in which children live;
• enable children to be creative in their responses to their world and in their development of skills;
• encourage children to develop their imagination through the exploration of media and materials;
• Promote healthy and safe physical development – both gross and fine motor;
• Encourage independence and ownership of own learning