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Personal, Social & Emotional Development:

·         Establishing constructive relationships with children, parents and practitioners.

·         Finding opportunities to give positive encouragement to children.

·         Planning activities for children to work alone and in small and large groups.

·         Ensuring that children have time to focus on activities and develop their own interests.

·         Planning activities that promote emotional, spiritual, moral and social development alongside intellectual development.

Communication, Language & Literacy:

·         Opportunities to speak and listen and represent ideas in their activities.

·         Using communication, language and literacy in every part of the curriculum.

·         Being immersed in an environment rich in print and possibilities for communication.

Mathematical Development:

·         Children initiating activities within a carefully planned environment, that promotes mathematical learning and can be extended.

·         Children enjoying mathematical learning because it is purposeful.

·         Learning which is consolidated and extended through games and gives children opportunities to practise their mathematical skills and knowledge.

·         Children being confident and enthusiastic to join in with or talk about mathematical activities.

·         Encouraging use of numbers as labels, for counting and for use in calculations in practical contexts.

·         Becoming aware of shapes, space and measuring.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World:

·         Practical activities.

·         Interaction with each other and with adults.

·         Gathering information.

·         Developing the crucial knowledge, skill and understanding to help them make sense of the world.

Physical Development:

·         Giving children plenty of time to explore, experiment and refine movements and actions.

·         A safe, well planned and resourced learning environment.

·         Supporting other areas of learning through physical play.

·         Children learning and using all their senses.

·         Building of children’s developing skills to promote confidence and independence.

Creative Development:

·         Children having time to explore and experiment with ideas, materials and activities.

·         Children feeling secure to try new experiences and ways of doing things.

·         Children learning through all their senses.

·         Children having the opportunity to work alongside artists and creative adults.

·         Providing a stimulating environment in which creativity, originality and expressiveness are valued.