It is our intention to provide, a broadly enriched, rounded and stimulating learning environment where children can work with adults and peers in a climate of mutual respect to develop;

Confidence in their ability to learn.

The social skills necessary to learn.

The emotional capabilities to enable them to understand their feelings and to solve problems.

A unique child.

We aim to provide children, with a well-structured, safe, active learning environment both indoors and outdoors. This will enable them to develop the skills, attitudes and understanding that will form the basis of lifelong learning and encourage them to become useful, active members of a diverse and constantly changing society.

At Little Explorers we meet the welfare requirements laid down in the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage. We actively safeguard and promote the welfare of all of our children.

We recognise that children will learn most effectively when they are healthy, safe and secure, when their individual needs are met and when they have positive relationships with the adults who care for them.

We aim to provide a setting that encompasses a safe and stimulating environment where children are able to enjoy learning and grow in confidence that helps them to achieve their fullest potential.

We meet the legal requirements for

Safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare.

Providing suitable adults with appropriate qualifications, training, skills and knowledge.

Maintaining records, policies and procedures for the safe and efficient management of the setting and to meet the needs of the children.

Teaching and organisation to ensure that every child receives an enjoyable and challenging learning and developmental experience tailored to meet their individual needs.

Children will cover a variety of topics and children are given the opportunity to influence and plan the direction of their own learning by identifying, what they already know, understand and would like to know about each new topic. Each topic is then flexibly delivered through a staged approach incorporating an initial engagement to ‘hook’ the children’s imagination in their new theme of learning. This learning then develops through a series of activities that builds skills, knowledge and understanding within that topic of learning. At the end of each topic children are given the opportunity to evaluate their learning and celebrate their achievements and this celebration is often shared with parents and carers and other family members.

We use eyLog to share these special moments with you so you feel part of your child’s day. Please note: as part of our mission to ensure every child receives the highest quality of care, teaching and learning opportunities you may not receive an eyLog photo daily as our main focus is being with the children; however we will always share with you at handovers an in depth insight into your child’s day.

The Early Learning Goals reflects the three prime areas and four specific areas of learning.

These experiences our children meet through a range of both adult initiated and adult directed activities, child initiated and a problem solving approach to learning, enabling them to develop a number of competences across all areas of learning.

Little Explorers provides a safe, stimulating learning environment in order to enhance teaching and learning in engaging, problem solving, investigative and explorative ways.

Children have daily opportunities to access the outdoor environment which also enables them to increase their levels of physical activity. Children’s learning is enabled within the outdoor learning environment which is seen as an extension of our setting within which children are encouraged to use and apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills through outdoor learning opportunities that also engages all children in a positive way with their local, natural environment.

With the successful implementation of both an enriched, rounded and balanced curriculum and a well-structured, safe, active and challenging learning environment, both indoors and outdoors children will be able to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding that enables them to be successful learners.

Children will be actively engaged in learning and their enjoyment of this learning will be apparent to all.

All children will have experienced a curriculum that provides, exciting and enriching learning experiences and opportunities for children to learn through hands on experiences.

Children will more fully appreciate and understand the world around them, experiencing and learning about different cultures, music, dance, art and history. Children will actively ask questions about the world around them and their learning experiences and they will never fear making a mistake but instead see this as an opportunity to learn.

Children will be able to make links with their learning develop their skills as they are able to use and apply skills learnt within their learning across the curriculum.

Children will also be skillful at solving problems and they will have effectively developed their personal levels of resilience and independent learning skills.

Children will be successful learners and fully prepared for the next stage of their education as they transition from Early Years to Reception.

We will also aim to help children to make sense of the world around them, to develop tolerance, compassion and an understanding of their rights and the rights of others in an ever evolving world.

Children will have developed essential knowledge and skills required for everyday life and lifelong learning.