Encouraged to learn

Children are encouraged to learn with enjoyment and challenge through the provision of well-planned play experiences. When your child starts at High Hopes Day Nursery School, a Base Line assessment will be carried out within the first 6 weeks of their attendance. This provides your child’s key person with a starting point on which to base your child’s future learning.

At High Hopes Day Nursery School each child will have an individual online learning journey. The staff team will record and monitor your child’s development and progress in each of the areas. You will be able to access this through an online learning journal. We hope that during your time with us you will also contribute to your child’s learning journey. You will also be provided with a formal written report annually on your child’s progress.

A copy of the EYFS can be downloaded from www.gov.uk

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)

At High Hopes Day Nursery School, we follow

the

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), a

government

framework for learning,

development and care of

children from birth to

five.

Its purpose is to provide

all children with the

best possible learning opportunities

and

experiences to help each child reach their full

potential. This will ensure your child is ready for

school

when they leave High Hopes Day Nursery

School. The EYFS is grouped into three prime

areas and

four specific areas of learning, as follows:

Specific & Prime Areas

  • Literacy

  • Mathematics

  • Understanding of the world

  • Expressive art & design

  • Communication & Language

  • Physical development

  • Personal, social & emotional

  • The nursery offers a large outdoor play area which has an all-weather play surface, so children can play outside throughout the year.

  • Children are provided with high quality learning opportunities to enable them to grow and develop their abilities and interests.

  • Healthy meals and snacks are prepared onsite by the nursery's cook and the varied menu can be altered for all dietary requirements.

  • Children are provided with high quality learning opportunities to enable them to grow and develop their abilities and interests.

  • Continuity of care is ensured at the nursery thanks to its fully-qualified and well trained staff members.