Ofsted Outstanding Early Years Provider 2012 - 2013
Ofsted Outstanding Early Years Provider 2012 - 2013

EYFS

The revised early years foundation stage came into effect in January 2024. A central idea of Montessori education is that children have within them the power they need to develop themselves. Following from this is the understanding that it is through the child's interaction with his environment that this self-construction takes place. It is the child that needs to be active in his dynamic experience with the world around him.


The task we set ourselves as Montessori teachers is to provide children with an environment carefully prepared to meet their particular developmental needs and, through careful observation, to connect them with that environment, so that they can build themselves through their own activity.

child in classroom

The parallels between the Montessori approach and some of the main themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) are clear. The EYFS theme of 'A Unique Child' is based on the principle that 'Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured'.


Similarly, the EYFS makes the provision of 'Enabling Environments' one of four priorities. The emphasis placed on 'active learning' and 'learning through experience' within the theme of 'Learning and Development' is again very much in line with Montessori practice.

Early Years Foundation Stage Framework

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework is a government document that all schools and Ofsted-registered Nurseries in England must follow. It sets standards for the learning, development and care of your child from birth to 5 years old. The standards ensure your child will learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe.

What Will Your Child Be Learning?

The EYFS framework outlines seven areas of learning and development. There are three prime areas of learning, which are particularly important for your child’s development and future learning:

Communication & Language

Personal, social & Emotional Development

Physical Development

There are four specific areas of learning, through which the prime areas are strengthened and applied:

Literacy

Mathematics

Understanding The World

Expressive Art & Design

How Will My Child Be Learning?

The EYFS framework identifies the essential role of play in your child’s development. It is through both child-led play and play guided by the staff that your child will develop confidence and relationships with others. Through play, the staff at Moseley Montessori Nursery will help your child to extend their vocabulary and develop their communication skills.


The EYFS framework identifies three characteristics of effective teaching and learning:

Playing & Exploring

Active Learning

Creating & Thinking Critically

How Will I Know How My Child Is Doing?

Each child in the EYFS has a key person who will work in partnership with you, sharing information about your child. Our nursery will use observations to share your child’s key achievements.


The staff use their professional knowledge to understand your child’s level of development. If they have any concerns about your child's progress, they will discuss these with you.

Three formal assessments take place during the EYFS:

  • Two-Year Progress Check (this will happen between the ages of 24 to 36 months)
  • Reception Baseline Assessment (at the start of the reception year)
  • Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (at the end of the EYFS)

What we do here:

At some point after your child turns 2, we will give you a written summary of how your child is progressing against the 3 prime areas of learning:


  • communication and language.
  • physical development; and
  • personal, social and emotional development.

This is called the progress check at age 2.


This check will highlight areas where your child is progressing well and anywhere they might need some extra help or support – and how mums and dads and other family members or carers can work with the key person to help. You might find it useful to share the information from the check with other professionals such as health visitors (who can use it as part of the health and development review)

How could you help with learning and development at home?

  • Read stories daily to your child and use them as an opportunity to talk about the characters and events in the story. You could also discuss some of the details children have spotted in the pictures, such as the character’s facial expressions.
  • Have lots of conversations with your child throughout the day. Try and increase their vocabulary by using a wide range of vocabulary.
  • Practise counting with your child and looking at small groups of items. Explore what happens to numbers when you put these small groups of items together or split a larger group into two smaller groups.
  • Support your child’s early reading by practising phonic skills, such as recognising letter sounds and blending them together to read words. Also, support your child with their writing by checking they are forming their letters in the correct way and holding a pencil properly.
  • Encourage your child to make healthy food and drink choices, especially related to sugar content and how this can affect teeth. Also, support your child to properly brush their teeth at least twice a day at home.
  • Plan activities that allow your child to be active and develop their strength through large body movements as well as smaller, more precise movements.

The Early Years Foundation Stage Principles

Early Years Foundation Principles

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