Here at Stoke Canon C of E Primary School, we learn across all seven areas of learning each day, often all at the same time. Below is a short explanation of this in practice.

Communication and Language:

Focusses on developing children's listening, attention, understanding, and speaking skills through back-and-forth interactions with adults and peers. All individual children's levels of communication are well-supported. We know how important it is to be able to communicate with each other, sharing ideas and knowledge. Children get daily opportunities to share stories and rhymes. Language is all around us and is a fundamental part of our daily activities and role play, developing speaking and listening. 

Physical Development:

Encourages both gross motor skills (large movements like running, jumping, and climbing) and fine motor skills (precise movements like holding a pencil or using scissors), alongside healthy habits. We have PE sessions run by premier sports. The skills developed during these activities support the development of pencil grip and control in preparation to begin writing and drawing. Children are also supported to become independent in their self-care and have an understanding of taking care of their personal belongings.

Personal Social and Emotional Development:

Helps children understand their emotions, build self-confidence, manage behaviour, and form positive, warm relationships with others. Our setting is a very relaxed, happy and safe place for children to grow and learn. We share celebrations together and support each other to explore and develop. Children share ideas about what they would like to learn, and we provide resources and activities to scaffold this. Children are well nurtured to become confident, to make friends, communicate their wants and needs and play freely. All children are included, valued and well-supported.

Literacy:

Links sounds and letters (phonics) to help children develop early reading comprehension and writing skills. We provide a selection of books to suit age, interests and topics we are learning. Stories are shared each session and children also visit the school library each week, choosing books to take home. During phonics, we teach letters and sounds each session, developing the fundamental skills required for future reading, writing and learning. We have prints displayed throughout the setting on posters, signs, labels, instructions and displays for children to explore.

Maths:

Introduces children to counting, understanding numbers, calculating simple problems, and exploring shapes, space, and measure. Maths resources are available throughout the continuous provision. There are lots of opportunities to learn numbers, shape, size, counting and talk about maths. Children enjoy singing and counting songs, counting up and down, using fingers to represent numbers. Children will notice and comment on numbers, shapes and patterns when exploring and investigating during activities and play. We follow the White Rose Maths scheme to guide their learning in small steps towards the ELG's.

Understanding the World:

Guides children to make sense of the physical world and their community by exploring past and present events, different cultures, and the natural environment. Opportunities are provided for children to talk freely about their homes, families and traditions. Our continuous provision provides home corners to support this. Outside, children have the opportunity to explore growth and change, bugs and insects. A good selection of construction is available inside and out for building, balancing and creating enclosures. Children will get to operate age-appropriate IT resources. 

Expressive Art and Design:

Encourages creativity through art, music, role-play, movement, and using a variety of materials and imagination. Through activities and resources, we provide many ways for children to express their creative skills and use their imagination. We enjoy circle games, exploring instruments and the different sounds they make, singing and dancing. Through open-ended resources, children display their imagination to build, balance and create with an adult nearby for support if needed.