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Baby, Toddler &
Montessori Pre-School Nursery
From 6 Months to 5 Years old
Ravenscourt Park, London W12
8am - 6pm Monday to Friday
closed on Bank Holidays |
6
Months - 2
Yrs
277 Goldhawk Road
London W12 8EU
t. 0208 741 3399
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2
Yrs - 5
Yrs
287 Goldhawk Road
London W12 8EU
t. 0208 846 8519
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The Early Years
Foundation Stage
(Required by OFSTED)
:
In September 2008
the Government indoctrinated a new curriculum which is
mandatory for all Ofsted registered settings. The Early
Years Foundation Stage replaces the former Birth to
Three Matters, The Curriculum Guidance for the
Foundation Stage and The National Standards for Under
8’s Day-care and Childminding.
The EYFS principles are placed into four main themes:
• A unique child
• Enabling environments
• Positive relationships • Learning and development
These specific
areas will ensure that every child will be able to meet
the aims of improving their learning outcomes and making
sure that it’s every child’s right “to grow up safe,
healthy, enjoying and achieving, making a positive
contribution and with economic well being”.
At Ladybird
Montessori we will use this curriculum alongside the
Montessori theory to enable your child to reach their
full potential and feel safe and welcome in their
environment.
Our Curriculum
Within our nursery
the children are supported in developing at their own
pace. Our key worker system enables a planned curriculum
tailored to the needs of individual children. By means
of developmentally appropriate activities and a high
level of adult input, we offer a curriculum which leads
to the nationally approved learning outcomes and
prepares children to progress with confidence to the
national curriculum at five years.
Communication, Language and Literacy
In both small and
large groups, children are encouraged to extend their
vocabulary and fluency by talking and listening and by
hearing and responding to stories, songs and rhymes.
Children are helped to understand that written symbols
carry meaning, to be aware of the purposes of writing
and when they are ready to use drawn and written symbols
for themselves. A well stocked book corner gives every
child the opportunity and encouragement to become
familiar with books, to handle them with care and be
aware of their uses, both for reference and as a source
of stories and pictures.
Personal, Social and Emotional
development
With a nurturing
environment, children are individually supported in
developing confidence, autonomy and self-respect. They
are encouraged to work and concentrate independently and
also take part in the life of the group, sharing and
co-operating with other children and adults. Through
activities, conversation and practical example, they
learn acceptable ways to express their own feelings and
to have respect for the feelings of others. All children
are given the opportunity, as appropriate, to take
responsibility for themselves and also for the group,
its members and its properties.
Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy
By means of
adult-supported practical experience, children become
familiar with sorting, matching, ordering, sequencing
and counting activities which form the basis of early
mathematics. As they use their developing mathematical
understanding to solve practical problems, children are
assisted to learn and use the vocabulary of mathematics,
identifying objects by shape, position, size, volume and
number. Songs, games and picture books help children to
become aware of number sequences and when ready to use,
simple mathematical operations such as adding.
Knowledge and
understanding of the world
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safe and stimulating environment allows children to
explore and experiment with a range of manufactured
materials. They learn to observe the features of objects
and substances, recognising differences in patterns and
similarities and share and record their findings.
Children are assisted in exploring and understanding
their environment, both within the group and within the
wider community. A range of safe and well maintained
equipment enables children to extend their technological
understanding, using simple tools and techniques as
appropriate to achieve their intentions and to solve
problems.
Physical Development
A range of
equipment and opportunities, both indoors and outdoors,
allows children to develop confidence and enjoyment in
the use and development of their own bodily skills. A
very high level of adult supervision enables children
safely to create and meet physical challenges,
developing increasing skills and control in movement,
climbing and balancing. At the same time the children
are supported in the development of fine motor skills
required to use tools, including pens and pencils and to
handle small objects with increasing control and
precision.
Creative Development
Children are encouraged to use a wide range of resources
in order to express their own ideas and feelings and to
construct their individual response to experience in two
and three dimensions. Art equipment, including paint,
glue, crayons and pencils as well as natural and
discarded resources, provides for open-ended exploration
of colour, shape and texture and the development of
skills in drawing, painting and collage. Children join
in with and respond to music and stories and there are
many opportunities for imaginative role play, both
individually and as part of a group.
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