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A Unique Child

Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.

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Child Development

  • Child Development

  • A Skilful Communicator

  • A Competent Learner

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Inclusive Practice

  • Equality and diversity

  • Children’s entitlements

  • Early support

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Keeping Safe

  • Being safe and protected

  • Discovering boundaries

  • Making Choices

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Health and Well-being

  • Growing and developing

  • Physical well-being

  • Emotional well-being

Positive Relationships

Children learn to be strong and independent from a base of lowing and secure relationships with parents and/or a key person.

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Respecting Each Other

  • Understanding feelings

  • Friendships

  • Professional relationships

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Parents as Partners

  • Respecting diversity

  • Communication

  • Learning together

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Supporting Learning

  • Positive interactions

  • Listening to children

  • Effective teaching

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Key Person

  • Secure attachments

  • Shared care

  • Independence

Enabling Relationships

The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning.

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Observation, Assessment and Planning

  • Starting with the child

  • Planning

  • Assessment

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Supporting Every Child

  • Children’s needs

  • The learning journey

  • Working together

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The Learning Environment

  • The emotional environment

  • The outdoor environment

  • The indoor environment

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The Wider Context

  • Transitions and continuity

  • Multi-agency working

  • The community

Learning & Development

Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and all areas of Learning and Development are equally important and inter-connected.

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Play and Exploration

  • Learning through experience

  • Adult involvement

  • Contexts for learning

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Active Learning

  • Mental and physical involvement

  • Decision making

  • Personalised Learning

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Creativity and Critical Thinking

  • Making connections

  • Transforming understanding

  • Sustained shared thinking

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Areas of Learning and Development

  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development

  • Communication, Language and Literacy

  • Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy

  • Knowledge and Understanding of the World

  • Physical Development

  • Creative Development

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