Welcome to the Foundation Stage (Year R)

At Birchington CE Primary School, our children in Reception year follow the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage).

Children follow the EYFS framework from birth to 5 years old and all professionals (nurseries, child-minders, teachers etc) use this framework to plan for children’s next steps and support their holistic development.

The EYFS is a very important stage for children as it helps prepare them for more formal teaching and lifelong learning. Children’s early years’ experience should be a happy, active, exciting, fun and safe time which enables every individual child to achieve their full potential.

Here at Birchington, we aim to ensure that all children learn by ‘doing’ and leave their Reception year with a love of learning and feeling safe and excited by the opportunities that learning offers.

The EYFS ensures that children learn new skills, acquire new knowledge and demonstrate their understanding through 7 areas of learning and develop