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Personal, social and emotional development

• to establish constructive relationships with children, parents and practitioners

• to offer activities for children to carry out alone, in small and large groups

• to encourage children, to help them develop a positive sense of themselves and have confidence in their abilities

• to offer children time to focus on activities and develop their own interests

• to plan activities that promote emotional, spiritual, moral and social development.

Communication and language

• ​to use communication, language and literacy in every part of the curriculum

• ​to offer an environment rich in print and opportunities for communication

• to offer opportunities to speak and listen in a range of situations

• to develop the children's confidence and skills in expressing themselves.

Physical development

• ​to provide opportunities for the children to be active and interactive

• to offer activities to develop their co-ordination, control and movement

• to help children understand the importance of physical activity

• to help children make healthy choices in relation to food.

Literacy

• to encourage children to link sounds and letters, in order to begin to learn to read and write

• to give children access to a wide range of reading material to stimulate their interest

​Mathematics

• to give children the opportunity to develop and improve their counting skills

• to promote understanding and using numbers

• to encourage children to work out simple addition and subtraction problems

• to encourage an awareness of shapes, space and measures.

​Understanding the world

• ​to offer children practical activities where they can experience a range of new and exciting opportunities

• to guide children to make sense of their physical world and community

• to encourage exploration, observation and finding out about the people, places, technology and environment surrounding them​.

Expressive arts and design

• ​to provide a stimulating environment in which creativity, originality and expressiveness are valued

• to enable children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials

• to offer children the chance to work alongside artists and creative adults

• to encourage children to share their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a range of activities (eg. art, music, role play).

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​Characteristics of Effective Learning

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​We encourage the children to learn in the best way for them.

The characteristics of effective learning can be summarised as follows:

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