Class Plan | PDF

Within the Early Years at Starcross Primary School, we are passionate about children being happy, confident, well-rounded individuals with a love for learning. We believe that the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is crucial in securing solid foundations, that children will continue to build upon throughout their lives.

In these first years at school – children’s learning and confidence grows in leaps and bounds. Here at Starcross Primary, we offer high quality adult interactions to develop and support children’s learning, alongside purposeful and exciting daily child-initiated opportunities. We are fortunate to have access to an on-site nature area and outdoor learning space for every EYFS classroom. We provide our children with opportunities to develop their gross motor skills, deepen their imagination and sense of curiosity. We value the necessity of children managing their own risks and developing their own narratives. Our topics are thematic in nature and each exciting week is linked to a key text. We are passionate about developing a love for reading from the very start. We promote this through our key texts, on-site library space and phonetically matched reading books. We also follow Read Write Inc from the Summer term in pre-school.

We recognise that children learn to be confident and independent through the development of secure relationships. We develop caring, respectful, professional relationships with the children and their families. Working in partnership with parents and carers is central to the success of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). We work together with families, consulting them about their children’s early experiences which helps practitioners plan for effective learning, and helps us support our families in continuing their children’s learning development at home. We are committed to giving our children the best possible start to their school life, teaching them skills which ensure their well-being now, and success in the future.

We are also passionate advocates of Reading for Pleasure, and understand the value of fostering a LOVE of reading from the first opportunity. We are brilliantly supported to extend the wonderful work from our onsite Preschool, to foster children’s engagement with stories, poems and non-fiction. Rich texts are linked to our weekly provision, allowing children to make connections with other areas of learning, see themselves represented in the books we read, and empathise with the similarities and differences of others. We also enjoy lots of poems, rhymes and songs on a daily basis.

We use the online home-learning platform, Seesaw, to keep in regular contact with our parents, and to share the learning journey, achievements and successes of our brilliant children! We are so grateful for receiving such amazing support and communication from our families, and completely believe that this interaction is key to success for children within school.

Best wishes to you all and thank you for visiting the Sandpipers Class Page!

Please contact the school if you would like more information or to arrange a visit!