Reception

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) at Lavendon School

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) at Lavendon School provides children with the very best possible start to their education. We ensure that every child establishes strong foundations on which they can build their future learning journey, enabling them to flourish throughout their school years and beyond. The EYFS prepares children for learning in Key Stage 1 and the wider National Curriculum.

Our Foundation Stage curriculum builds upon the experiences children bring with them from pre-school, nursery, or home settings. In Literacy, skills are taught daily with a strong emphasis on phonics. Using the Read Write Inc. phonics scheme, children learn to hear, say, write, and read sounds in words, developing their reading and writing skills in fun and practical ways. Maths is also taught daily through engaging, hands-on activities. We value all areas of the EYFS curriculum and celebrate children’s achievements across the breadth of their learning.

Through comprehensive assessment and planning, children access daily learning challenges across the seven EYFS areas of learning. These challenges often develop multiple skills at once—for example, role play may support social interaction and storytelling, while construction activities can build positional language, counting, spatial awareness, and fine motor control.

Each week is carefully planned to provide personalised learning experiences that reflect children’s skills, interests, and developmental needs. Some challenges are adult-led, while others are independent activities chosen by the child. We ensure that children have opportunities to learn both indoors and outdoors, whatever the weather, fostering curiosity, resilience, and a love of learning from the very beginning of their journey at Lavendon School.