‘Give them something to do not something to learn, and if the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking, learning naturally results!’
Our Curriculum
Our Curriculum and the way in which we bring it. to life, aims to nurture curious, confident and enthusiastic learners, providing children with strong foundations for their future learning and development.
We recognise the Prime Areas of the EYFS – Communication and Language, Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Physical Development – as fundamental foundations for learning. We prioritise these essential skills while providing a broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum across all seven areas of learning.
Simply put, our curriculum is designed to give children the knowledge, skills, vocabulary and experiences they need to understand themselves, connect with others and explore the world around them. We want children to leave BMC confident, independent, curious and ready to embrace whatever comes next.
Our Curriculum Bookshelves - Books and stories sit at the heart of our curriculum and help us bring learning to life.
Our Curriculum Bookshelves are filled with exciting, high-quality texts linked to our half-term curriculum themes. Through carefully chosen stories, rhymes, songs, non-fiction texts and familiar favourites, children encounter rich vocabulary, new ideas, different experiences and opportunities to develop learning across all seven areas of the EYFS.
Our bookshelves evolve with our children and our curriculum, allowing practitioners to introduce texts that reflect children's experiences, broaden their understanding and inspire new possibilities for play and learning.
Autumn
All about me…….
Who is in my family ?
I can!
My home.
Look at me
Our Curriculum Bookshelves
Take a look at some of the stories we have been sharing…
Assessment & Monitoring
Ongoing assessment
We continuously monitor your Childs progress throughout the year. Through observation and working with your child we get to know them inside out and develop a full picture of everything they are able to achieve. Staff use birth to 5 to inform their assessments, and draw on a large wealth of knowledge about the EYFS curriculum.
Three times a year we will write to you regarding your child’s progress while keeping you update on FAMLY throughout the term. If you ever want to chat to a member of the team about your child’s development please do not hesitate to get in touch.
2 year progress check
What is it? . .
Every child participates in a statutory 2 year progress check between the ages of 2 - 3 years old. This check is to celebrate every child's individual development between the team at Pre-School, you as parents and any additional professionals, if required.
The written report will highlight what Pre-School is currently doing to support your child and it will give you ideas of how you can help your child's development at home.
If we have thoughts regarding a particular area of learning for your child, this will be discussed with you and ideas will be shared of how we will support your child and their next steps.
What happens?
This check looks at the prime areas of learning for your child; communication and language development/ personal, social and emotional development/physical development
After the 2 year check has been completed you will receive a copy via email and be invited in to discuss your child’s learning.
Sometimes support or referral from additional agencies may be part of your child’s next steps. If so, we will support and work closely with you throughout that time.