The children are at the heart of our Early Years curriculum in both our Nursery and Reception provision. Time is taken to understand the interests and needs of all the children and the provision on offer reflects this. Our provision is calm and purposeful, allowing the children to explore, be curious, develop independence and become confident communicators. Our staff join the children in their play and engage them in meaningful interactions to enhance their learning ‘in the moment’. We recognise the importance of observing, waiting and listening to the children to ensure that we understand exactly what they enjoy and the skills they need to develop whilst they are with us. Visit our Reception Page and our Nursery page to see what we our learning looks like.
Our daily timetable features short group sessions interspersed with quality time for the children to explore their environment.
Communication and Language development is key. The children have the opportunity everyday to talk and to develop new language. This is achieved through play and our carefully planned provision as well as through adult led initiatives such as ShREC, Wellcomm, Drawing Club and Read Write Inc.
We value the role that parents, carers and families play in the learning journey of our children. We use Class Dojo as a way of communicating with families, sending photos and observations of special moments and sharing our learning to encourage families to support the child’s learning at home. Families are invited to be part of their child’s learning regularly and we ensure that we are available to meet parents and carers at the beginning and the end of every day.
Our daily timetable features short group sessions interspersed with quality time for the children to explore their environment.
Communication and Language development is key. The children have the opportunity everyday to talk and to develop new language. This is achieved through play and our carefully planned provision as well as through adult led initiatives such as ShREC, Wellcomm, Drawing Club and Read Write Inc.
We value the role that parents, carers and families play in the learning journey of our children. We use Class Dojo as a way of communicating with families, sending photos and observations of special moments and sharing our learning to encourage families to support the child’s learning at home. Families are invited to be part of their child’s learning regularly and we ensure that we are available to meet parents and carers at the beginning and the end of every day.
Curriculum
These are the three prime areas in the Early
Years curriculum:
These are the three prime areas in the Early
Years curriculum:
• Communication and Language
• Physical Development
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
In Nursery these areas are our main priorities as only children who are secure in these areas are
ready to learn.
The remaining four are known as the specific areas as they focus on the following:
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive arts and design.
To find out more please see -
The Importance of Play
Young children learn by doing things for themselves, by exploring and investigating, watching and listening, talking and discussing, creating and communicating – in other words playing.
For many years it has been acknowledged that it is through open ended play experiences that children are able to make sense of the world around them, helping them to grow, develop and learn. We can define ‘play’ as ‘learning’ in the foundation stage. This learning will occur in both planned and spontaneous ways both inside and outside.
Communication and Language Development - The ShREC approach
Research shows us that high quality interactions are fundamental in supporting children to develop their communication and language skills. At Trewirgie we use the ShREC approach and its evidence-informed strategies across our Early Years to develop and support our interactions with all children.
To find our more about the ShREC approach please follow the link to the Education Endowment Foundation - ShREC
ShREC - https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/early-years/the-shrec-approach