Pre-School aged children learn through discovery and exploration in their daily surroundings. Our well-equipped setting fosters a development appropriate environment where children encounter learning and discovery that promotes the growth of cognitive, motor, social and emotional skills.
Paragon recognises that each child is unique and has the potential to succeed in life. At this stage of learning, a child will be mainly learning through play-based activities developing early literacy and Maths skills, learn about the world around them, acquire social skills, routine plus independency.
CURRICULUM
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is a curriculum for children aged 3 years to 5 years old. This is divided into three core areas and four specific topics of learning. The three prime areas of learning are:
Personal
Social
Emotional Development.
Children in Preschool will be encouraged to develop positive relationships, to play with a variety of friends and to understand the feelings of others. There will be opportunities to build confidence and self-awareness, and also to manage their feelings and behaviour.
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE
Communication is a key area of a child’s learning in Pre-School. They spend lots of time-sharing rhymes, songs, stories and playing games to develop their speaking and listening skills. They are encouraged to learn to listen carefully, to develop concentration, to respond to questions and instructions, share ideas and experiences and take part in conversations.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
A child is given lots of opportunities to move in different ways, for example, running, jumping, balancing and playing with balls. Another important aspect of physical development at this stage is learning to hold and use tools, such as scissors, and also to use pencils and pens to draw lines and shapes. They learn to loo after self and do things far themselves.
MATHEMATICS
In Pre-School, a child is given opportunities to explore numbers and shapes in their play and physical objects plus paper activities. They will begin to represent numbers using their fingers, marks on paper or pictures.
EXPRESSIVE ARTS
In Creative Arts, learners develop their imagination and creativity through use of different materials both in and out the Classroom. Media is also use in Preschool for lessons.