At Wimbledon Day Nursery, we nurture each child and develop them to their maximum potential, allowing them to explore the Early Years curriculum through play and active learning. Our approach encourages curiosity, creativity, and confidence, ensuring that children engage in meaningful experiences that contribute to their holistic development.
“Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident, and self-assured… Babies and children develop in individual ways and at varying rates.”
The Early Years Foundation Stage is a curriculum that starts from birth and serves as a framework for your child’s development, following them into their first year of school. Rather than being a rigid, structured curriculum, the Early Years Foundation Stage provides guidance on developmental milestones and supports staff in tailoring learning experiences to each child’s unique needs.
Through classroom play-based learning activities, children are given opportunities to explore their own ideas and understanding, fostering a love for learning and independence.
Key Areas of Development
The EYFS is broken down into seven areas of development, categorised into two main groups:
Prime Areas
These areas focus on fundamental skills that help children interact with the world and build the foundation for future learning:
Personal, Social, and Emotional Development: Encouraging confidence, resilience, and positive relationships. This is especially crucial in emotional development for 2-3-year-old children.
Communication and Language Development: Enhancing listening, understanding, and speaking skills. Child communication development plays a crucial role in social interactions.
Physical Development: Supporting both fine and gross motor skills through movement, coordination, and health awareness.
Specific Areas
As children gain confidence in the prime areas, they begin to engage in more structured learning across specific subjects:
Literacy: Developing reading and writing skills.
Mathematics: Incorporating early years maths curriculum to introduce numerical concepts and problem-solving.
Understanding the World: Encouraging exploration of cultures, technology, and nature.
Expressive Arts and Design: Enhancing creativity through art, music, and imaginative play.
The Importance of Play in Learning
“Children’s play reflects their wide-ranging and varied interests and preoccupations. In their play, children learn at their highest level. Play with peers is important for children’s development.”
— (EYFS, 2007)
Child’s play is one of the most effective ways for practitioners to promote learning. It is through play that children naturally explore and make sense of the world around them.
At Wimbledon Day Nursery, we believe in incorporating purposeful play opportunities to support both structured and free play activities. Through play, children enhance their language development in early childhood, improve problem-solving skills, and build strong social and emotional connections.
The Role of the Practitioner
The role of the practitioner is to observe each child and support their learning through:
Role modelling behaviour: Demonstrating positive interactions and communication.
Supporting investigation and shared thinking time: Encouraging curiosity and discovery.
Scaffolding new methods of learning: Providing guidance while allowing children to explore independently.
Promoting play opportunities: Creating environments where children engage in purposeful, stimulating activities.
Encouraging imagination: Nurturing creativity and independent thinking.
Keeping developmental records: Tracking progress and ensuring each child receives the right support.
Why Choose Wimbledon Day Nursery?
Choosing the right nursery is crucial for a child’s development, and Wimbledon Day Nursery ensures that children are nurtured, supported, and encouraged to thrive in a safe and engaging environment. Our curriculum in early years education is designed to foster creativity, confidence, and curiosity, setting the foundation for lifelong learning.
By integrating emotional development, language acquisition, and hands-on learning experiences, we provide an enriching educational journey tailored to each child’s unique needs.
Join us at Wimbledon Day Nursery, where play and learning go hand in hand to create a strong foundation for your child’s future!
At Wimbledon Day Nursery, we nurture each child and develop them to their maximum potential, allowing them to explore the Early Years curriculum through play and active learning. Our approach encourages curiosity, creativity, and confidence, ensuring that children engage in meaningful experiences that contribute to their holistic development.
“Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident, and self-assured… Babies and children develop in individual ways and at varying rates.”
— (EYFS, 2007)
What is the Early Years Curriculum?
The Early Years Foundation Stage is a curriculum that starts from birth and serves as a framework for your child’s development, following them into their first year of school. Rather than being a rigid, structured curriculum, the Early Years Foundation Stage provides guidance on developmental milestones and supports staff in tailoring learning experiences to each child’s unique needs.
Through classroom play-based learning activities, children are given opportunities to explore their own ideas and understanding, fostering a love for learning and independence.
Key Areas of Development
The EYFS is broken down into seven areas of development, categorised into two main groups:
Prime Areas
These areas focus on fundamental skills that help children interact with the world and build the foundation for future learning:
Specific Areas
As children gain confidence in the prime areas, they begin to engage in more structured learning across specific subjects:
The Importance of Play in Learning
“Children’s play reflects their wide-ranging and varied interests and preoccupations. In their play, children learn at their highest level. Play with peers is important for children’s development.”
— (EYFS, 2007)
Child’s play is one of the most effective ways for practitioners to promote learning. It is through play that children naturally explore and make sense of the world around them.
At Wimbledon Day Nursery, we believe in incorporating purposeful play opportunities to support both structured and free play activities. Through play, children enhance their language development in early childhood, improve problem-solving skills, and build strong social and emotional connections.
The Role of the Practitioner
The role of the practitioner is to observe each child and support their learning through:
Why Choose Wimbledon Day Nursery?
Choosing the right nursery is crucial for a child’s development, and Wimbledon Day Nursery ensures that children are nurtured, supported, and encouraged to thrive in a safe and engaging environment. Our curriculum in early years education is designed to foster creativity, confidence, and curiosity, setting the foundation for lifelong learning.
By integrating emotional development, language acquisition, and hands-on learning experiences, we provide an enriching educational journey tailored to each child’s unique needs.
Join us at Wimbledon Day Nursery, where play and learning go hand in hand to create a strong foundation for your child’s future!