Welcome to Early Years

The Early Years Foundation Stage is the education period for young people from birth to the age of 5 years old. In our Foundation Stage at St Gregory's Catholic Primary we have one reception classes called Minnis Bay.

Our Early Years Team

EYFS Leader:  Miss McDaid 

Class Teaching Assistants: Miss Hunter and Miss Crawford

Continuous Provision in Action in Early Years 

The pictures below show some examples of children directing their own learning through continuous provision.  Our Early Years children are provided with large chunks of child initiated learning throughout the day. This allows them to use what they know in ways that interest them. The role of the adults in this time is to support and question the children; making observations and push the learning on further. Our children have the opportunity to free flow between the classroom and the large outside area. We provide these opportunities whatever the weather as we understand that children benefit from outside learning even in the wind and rain. There is a focus on the Prime Areas of learning as these are the building blocks for all future learning. 

In our Early Years class the room is organised to promote and develop continuous provision.  This continuous provision enables children to return to their explorations and consolidate their learning over the course of a day or a more extended period. It  also allows children to make choices and initiate play without always needing interaction with an adult. Using what they have learnt in a way that is meaningful and personal to them helps this new knowledge to stick.