Our Curriculum Aims consider what we aspire for our children to achieve by the end of our EYFS to prepare them for the next stage of their learning journey.

Although designed specifically to meets the needs of our children and school, our curriculum is in line with the statutory requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework - the standards that schools and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to five.

Our curriculum is taught within overarching themes across the year.  It is designed as such that within each term we will consider similar ideas and themes, allowing the children to build on their learning and experiences with pre and post-learning integrated throughout so that knowledge and skills are frequently revisited, embedded and developed.  The design of our curriculum also allows us to be flexible to meet the needs of our children as we go along. 

These are our themes for the year:

During Autumn Term, our topic is ‘My World’. The children look at their own lives, where they live, who they love and care about, their emotions, events and traditions, their likes and dislikes and the similarities and differences between themselves and others.  

‘The Wider World’ topic of Spring term looks at their local area, people in their community and features of the United Kingdom.

In the third topic -  ‘The Big Wide World’ – we explore countries and cultures from around the world.

Please click to view our Long Term Plan

As well as meeting the requirements of the Early Years Framework, our curriculum is designed to ensure the children are set up for a successful school journey. Our learning provides opportunities for the children to develop a good foundation of learning before they move into the discrete subjects of the National Curriculum at Key Stage 1. 

Phonics and Early Reading

As a school, we follow Essential Letters and Sounds as out Phonics and Early Reading scheme. More can be found out about this by clicking the link below. 

Maths in EYFS

The EYFS maths curriculum prepares children for Key Stage 1 by developing the fundamental skills and understanding they need to begin more formal learning. Through play-based and practical activities, children build early number sense by counting, recognising numbers, and exploring quantities. They also begin to understand basic concepts such as addition and subtraction through real-life contexts, as well as recognising shapes, patterns, and measures. Just as importantly, they develop confidence in using mathematical language and explaining their thinking. These experiences create a strong foundation, ensuring children enter KS1 ready to engage with more structured maths learning and build on their early understanding. 

In Reception, developing a secure understanding of cardinality and composition is central to early mathematical learning. Cardinality enables children to recognise that the final number in a count represents the total quantity, while composition supports their understanding that numbers can be made up of smaller parts (e.g. 5 is composed of 3 and 2). Alongside this, children develop a deep sense of the ‘ness’ of number—for example, the ‘sixness’ of 6—understanding not only its value as a quantity, but also how it can be represented in different ways and where it sits in relation to other numbers on a number line. Through carefully planned, practical and play-based experiences, children explore counting, grouping, comparison and part–whole relationships, building fluency, confidence and a secure, flexible understanding of number that underpins future success in calculation and problem-solving.

Broad and Balanced Curriculum 

At Park View we want our children to have wide ranging experiences and learning opportunities that begin from their first days with us.

Subject leaders and Reception teacher work together to ensure that our children have opportunities to explore knowledge, vocabulary and skills that form a foundation for all the National Curriculum Subjects. 

The image below demonstrates how learning in Reception links to the wider subject areas of the National Curriculum