
Early Years Foundation Stage
Mrs Khan
Reception Teacher
EYFS Leader
BA EDU Hons QTSMrs Guest
Nursery Teacher
Degree and PGCEMiss Harding
Teaching Assistant Level 3Mrs Harker
Teaching Assistant
Degree and PGCEMrs Hall
Teaching Assistant Level 2 undertaking level 3Miss Parker
Student Teacher
Early Years/Foundation Stage Statement
We welcome you to our Early Years/ Foundation Stage. Here at Durham Lane Primary School, we pride ourselves in providing a secure foundation for future learning and development for our children. Children have the opportunity to learn through play; learning is fun, engaging and challenging. Adults provide high quality interactions to develop and deepen learning opportunities and are role-models for the children and their learning. We deliver our curriculum through a balance of adult-led and child-initiated activities.
Vision Statement
Across the Early Years at Durham Lane, we ensure that our children:
- Feel valued as individuals;
- Are happy, healthy, enthusiastic and confident with high self-esteem and self-worth;
- Feel safe and secure and have a sense of belonging;
- Are independent, curious, creative and resilient learners;
- Are courageous and take risks, challenging themselves and each other;
- Establish effective and supportive relationships and are able to work collaboratively;
- Know they have a voice, feel heard and that they can make a difference;
- Are able to identify and communicate their own needs and feelings;
- Are empowered to meet their own needs;
- Respect themselves, each other, their communities and their environment;
- Are life-long learners with a love of learning;
- Have high aspirations, build on their previous best and excel in whatever they choose to do.
We demonstrate this through:
- A seamless education support and care provision which puts the children and families first;
- A stimulating, safe, secure and welcoming environment, inside and outdoors;
- Appropriate, responsive, differentiated, open ended and challenging learning opportunities;
- Respectful, trusting and effective relationships which display emotional warmth;
- Supportive induction procedures and routines;
- Effective systems of communication which are open and transparent;
- A highly-skilled, motivated and committed staff;
- Maintaining professional integrity, high standards and being effective role-models;
- An ethos where we listen, reflect and continuously improve on our previous best;
- Working within all agreed policies, procedures and working practices;,
- Supporting innovation by being flexible and playful;
- Promoting healthy lifestyles;
- Ensuring all staff have access to high quality, ongoing professional development opportunities;
- Making the best of all the resources we have available to us;
- Respecting and responding to the voice of stakeholders and partners;
- Sharing and learning from best practice locally, nationally and with our partnership schools.
Our Early Years Foundation Stage Outdoor Provision
Our Early Years Foundation Stage Photo Gallery