Early years foundation stage

Welcome to Early Years at Bluebell Meadow Primary School.

Children in EYFS should mostly develop the three prime areas first, they are:

• Communication and language
• Physical development
• Personal, social and emotional development

These prime areas are essential for children’s healthy development and future learning. The three prime areas are essential building blocks before progressing onto the specific areas.

As children grow, the prime areas will help them to develop skills in four specific areas. These are:

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive arts and design.

These seven areas are used to plan our activities. We ensure that the activities taking place in the EYFS unit are suited to each child’s unique needs, it is designed to be really flexible so that the EYFS staff members can follow the children’s needs and interests.

Children in our EYFS typically learn by playing and exploring, being active, and through creative and critical thinking which takes place both indoors and outside. Here at Bluebell Meadow, we strongly believe that outdoor learning is key to a child’s development. The children have lots of quality outdoor experiences each day.        

Please see our long-term plans for this academic year: