Early Years Foundation Stage

Pictures of our EYFS

Vision

At St John Fisher, we want all of our children to be happy, safe and engaged in their learning.

Our aim is for the children we teach to become independent learners who are confident in themselves and secure in their environment. We enable children to achieve their full potential by providing stimulating resources, developing strong, trusted, positive relationships, and teaching a fun and engaging curriculum.

Staff

Our staff who work in the EYFS are an extremely caring, committed and experienced team. They are passionate about giving all children the best possible start to their school journey.

Name	Role	Experience	Favourite children’s book	Favourite Lesson to teach
Miss L Hickey	Class Teacher	10+ years’ experience in Early Years	Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb	RE
Mrs A Ford	Teaching Assistant	4 years in primary education	The Owl and the Pussycat	PE
Mrs S Holder	Higher level teaching assistant	10 years in primary education	The Gruffalo	Art

We ensure children at St John Fisher make good progress from their individual starting points by:

encouraging them to play and explore their environment fully;
motivating children to be active learners;
inspiring them to think creatively and make links between their learning.

These are known as the characteristics of effective learning and we believe that when children can do these things successfully, they can be successful learners.

Environment

We are lucky to have a very large Reception Classroom as well as an outdoor area that we use daily. Each area is set up so the children can access resources linked to each area of learning:

Role –play area	Communication and Language		This is a very broad overview and all areas of our classroom interlink and promote all areas of learning. We develop elements of Personal, Social and Emotional Development through all areas of learning.
Small world area	Expressive Arts and Design
Creative area	Expressive Arts and Design	Physical Development
Reading area	Literacy	Communication and Language
Writing area	Literacy	Physical Development
Maths area	Mathematics
Investigation Area	Understanding the World
Outdoor Area	Physical Development

Catholic Life

From their first moment in Reception children will be taught that “together with Christ, we love, learn and pray as one family”. This is our school mission statement and we teach children to follow in the footsteps of Christ, loving others as Jesus taught us to.