Our curriculum
The aim of our curriculum is to equip children with the
skills and knowledge they need to explore and understand the world around them.
At Bizzie Bees we believe that children grow and develop
when they have access to a well thought out learning environment and engaged
adults.
The teaching and learning of new skills and knowledge are
delivered through both adult and child led opportunities both in and outdoors.
We focus on the importance of knowledge and skills that will
support children in every way possible so that they can make the most of
opportunities and fulfil their potential along with promoting their
independence.
There are seven areas of learning and development within the
Early Years curriculum.
Prime areas of learning
• Personal, social and emotional development
• Communication and language development
• Physical development
Specific areas of learning
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive Arts and design
In planning for children, we consider the different ways in
which children learn using the three characteristics of effective
• Playing and exploring
• Active Learning
• Creating and thinking critically
Our intent is for children to leave us confident
ready for school with the skills that will support their future learning. We will support the development of every
child’s communication skill’s helping them to build their self-confidence, we
will provide a safe and secure environment that will enable and encourage all
children to explore and learn using the curiosity approach. For more
information on the curiosity approach please visit their website www.thecuriosityapproach.com.
Using the curiosity approach, we will provide a natural homely environment that
will empower children to grow and develop thought awe and wonder.
Implementation - How we will support children
We work alongside the children's interests developing
their own natural curiosity to explore and learn within their environment. We
will take the time to listen to the children's voice to value their ideas and
opinions. We will build strong relationships with our families from the first point of contact through inductions, parent consolations and our parent app. We support our staff through supervisions and training to enable them to meet
the needs of all our children, they will be positive role models. Staff assess the children’s development using their starting point to enable all
children to move forward in their individual way.
We use EYPP to support
our families by purchasing specific equipment to suit their child’s needs or
specialised training for a staff member. We also provide health snacks and
meals to support children’s development, we help children to be aware
of healthy choices and what makes us healthy.
We record the child’s voice and development
alongside using a Floorbook system, each keyworker will have a
Floorbook which they will complete with the children recording their learning
together.
Below are some of the key features of our learning
environment:
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Being specific with our praise, noting how well
children solve problems, have ideas and negotiate.
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Work with parents to ensure they are able to
support their child’s learning at home.
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Share and discuss experiences
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Role model positive language and positive
behaviour
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Provide supervised opportunities for turn
taking.
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Provide real life experiences
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Providing a well-resourced enabling environment.
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Well planned learning environments in and
outdoors that promote the focus on learning.
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Know and understand the areas of learning and
development
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By building a good relationship up with both key
children and their immediate family
· Know how each child plays and learns.
Impact
Assessment links our children’s learning and to our curriculum.
During a child’s time with us we complete the following.
• A baseline assessment of the child’s development shortly
after they start with us. This is completed in partnership with parents using
our “All about me”.
• Termly summative assessment of where the child’s
development is in relation to typical milestones and the characteristics of
effective learning
•
Leavers Summary to pass to support their future
learning
• Two Year Statutory assessment
Impact
We will check that our curriculum is meeting the needs of
our children by:
•
Children leaving us as happy, curious, confident
and healthy ready for school.
•
Gathering feedback from the children, parents
and other professionals.
• Review the
progress children are making and how they are accessing the learning
environment
• As teams and Individually
with the manager of the setting discuss the curriculum.
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Supervision of staff to assess their knowledge
and confidence in delivering our curriculum
If you would like more information regarding our nursery, please feel free to contact the nursery manager or head over to our Facebook and Instagram pages.