Foundation Stage Curriculum
All settings and schools that receive grant funding for the education of children aged 3 to 5 are required to plan activities & experiences that help children make progress in their development & learning. The curriculum for the foundation stage should underpin all future learning by supporting, fostering, promoting & developing children's:
- personal, social & emotional well-being;
- positive attitudes & dispositions towards their learning;
- social skills;
- attention skills & persistence;
- language & communication;
- reading & writing;
- mathematics;
- knowledge & understanding of the work;
- physical development;
- creative development.
For more information visit the Qualifications & Curriculum Authority website
Foundation Stage Profile
The Foundation Stage Profile assessment document was launched in Darlington in 2003.
The purpose of this document is to record each individual child's progress throughout the Foundation Stage whether they are in the private, voluntary, independent or maintained sector.
Based upon the QCA Profile which was previously introduced into all Reception classes in England, the Darlington Foundation Stage Profile was developed by a working party made up of representatives of all sectors of Early Years provision. The Profile is based on the Stepping Stones and Early Learning Goals that form the basis of the Foundation Stage Curriculum.
All Early Years practitioners, parents and the children themselves contribute to the building of the Profile. The document acts as a vehicle for passing information on individual children's achievements from one setting to the other.
Observations of children accessing a wide range of experiences are the key to the assessment judgments recorded in the Profile.