Early Years Foundation Stage
Mrs Khan
Reception Teacher
EYFS Leader
BA EDU Hons QTS
Mrs Guest
Nursery Teacher
Degree and PGCE
Miss Harding
Teaching Assistant Level 3
Mrs Harker
Teaching Assistant
Degree and PGCE
Mrs Hall
Teaching Assistant Level 2 undertaking level 3
Miss 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
