Children’s Education
The stage of early childhood education is called the FoundationStage, and covers from 0 to 5 years:
Pre-Nursery I / 0-2 years
Pre-Nursery II/ 2-3 years
Nursery / 3-4 years
Reception / 4-5 years
In Foundation Stage learning is divided into 7 areas of development. Three of them are the so-called “Main Learning Areas”, and the other four are identified as “Specific Learning Areas”. The Curriculum for Foundation Stage is as follows:
Key areas of learning
- Communication and language – COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE
- Physical development – PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
- Personal, social and emotional development – PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Specific areas of learning
- Literacy – ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- Mathematics – MATERIALS
- Understanding the world – KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
- Expressive arts and design – ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND CREATIVE DESIGN