Curriculm

Our curriculum is built on five key principles outlining what we aim for our children to know, understand and be able to do. They are: 

1. Being good listeners and communicators. (Reading, music, dance, singing, storytelling, expressive arts, and role-playing are all part of how we help our children develop communication skills). 

2. Problem solvers.

(We help them to understand their feelings and emotions and the feelings and emotions of others and support them in learning how to build and maintain positive relationships and persist in the face of challenge. Our teachers receive formal ELSA training and supervision from an educational psychologist, and they are equipped with knowledge of how best to support the emotional development of children). 

3. Being respectful of others, the environment, and the world around them. (We teach the importance and value of being respectful to each other in daily situations like being polite and waiting for your turn, respecting the opinions of others. Children are given daily tasks, for example to tidy up, brush the sand after play, help at mealtimes, water the plants, which helps them become mindful of their environment and resources). 

4. Staying healthy. (We promote healthy eating, good hygiene, staying active, and spending lots of time outdoors). 

5. Being prepared for the transition to school. (Children learn to do things independently, communicate effectively, take turns, focus, write their names, deal with numbers, and more. Preschool Owls follow a detailed maths and phonics curriculum, so they are well prepared to start the reception class on a high note). 

1. Being good listeners and communicators. (Reading, music, dance, singing, storytelling, expressive arts, and role-playing are all part of how we help our children develop communication skills). 

2. Problem solvers.

(We help them to understand their feelings and emotions and the feelings and emotions of others and support them in learning how to build and maintain positive relationships and persist in the face of challenge. Our teachers receive formal ELSA training and supervision from an educational psychologist, and they are equipped with knowledge of how best to support the emotional development of children). 

3. Being respectful of others, the environment, and the world around them. (We teach the importance and value of being respectful to each other in daily situations like being polite and waiting for your turn, respecting the opinions of others. Children are given daily tasks, for example to tidy up, brush the sand after play, help at mealtimes, water the plants, which helps them become mindful of their environment and resources). 

4. Staying healthy. (We promote healthy eating, good hygiene, staying active, and spending lots of time outdoors). 

5. Being prepared for the transition to school. (Children learn to do things independently, communicate effectively, take turns, focus, write their names, deal with numbers, and more. Preschool Owls follow a detailed maths and phonics curriculum, so they are well prepared to start the reception class on a high note). 

We use the Birth to Five Matters document to guide children's development across seven areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which include communication and language, physical development, personal, social and emotional development, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, and expressive arts and design.