Welcome to

Early Years Foundation Stage and Year One

Ducks                                       Otters                                       Swans

We are three classes of EYFS and Year One children who love to learn through investigating, exploring and play.

We follow the Early Years and Year One Curriculum.

We use Read, Write Inc to help us with our phonics, reading and writing. 

Mathematics is taught through the concrete, pictorial and abstract approach.  

 What to expect when you walk in our classroom

•  Children engaged in Planned Purposeful Play which we call Ace Active Agent Time.
•  Adults listening to children, encouraging speech by modelling, rephrasing and repeating. 
•  Children will be given thinking time and wonder time to deepen their thoughts.
•  Focus challenges set for the children’s needs.          
• All areas of the curriculum will be valued.
•   There will be lots of opportunities to learn through doing. Fine and gross motor skills will be enhanced.

“When children are relaxed and happy they do their best thinking”

Professor Julie Fisher

“Effective interactions are where the child gains something positive

that he or she did not have before”

Oxfordshire ACI Project 

When you come into our classroom there are three learning experiences you could see: adult-led, child-led and adult initiated.  Each of these has their own purpose and each requires different kinds of adult input.

Adult-led allows children to carry out activities that otherwise they may not be able to manage by  themselves, such as cooking or scissor skills.

Child-led is where the child will direct and lead the play in any way they wish.  It is based on the idea that we are naturally curious about our world.

Adult-initiated is where the adult will provide a safe and stimulating environment to explore and test their ideas.   

Characteristics of Ducks’ Otters’ and Swans' Learners

These overviews are currently being reviewed and so may not represent the exact concepts being taught currently.

Below is the link to the Burton Learning Zone which has relevant websites/games for your child according to our topics.

During lockdown our Early Years children achieved so much. Take a look below at the learning.