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The National Curriculum
Foundation Stages 1 and 2:
Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and
demonstrating their understanding through 7 areas of learning and
development:
• Personal, social and emotional development
• Communication and language
• Physical development
• Literacy
• Mathematical development
• Understanding the World
• Expressive arts and design

These 7 areas are used to plan your child’s learning and activities. The
professionals teaching and supporting your child will make sure that the
activities are suited to your child’s unique needs. This is a little bit like the
curriculum in primary and secondary, but it is suitable for very young
children.
Children in the EYFS learn by playing and exploring, being active and
through creative and critical thinking which takes place both indoors
and outside.

KEY STAGE 1
Aims and objectives: the distinctive purpose of Key Stage 1 which covers
students from
Year 1 to Year 2, is to lay the foundation of future learning by:
 Developing the basic skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening,
number and information and communication technology.
 Developing appropriate skills and correct attitudes in
investigations.
 Introducing young children to a broad range of interesting
content spanning the subjects of the curriculum.
 Including using IPC – a thematic/topic based approach to
support contextualized and relevant learning experiences.
 Promoting positive attitudes to learning and helping young
children to work and play together harmoniously.

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