In the EYFS, we follow the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage, which sets out the standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5.
In the EYFS, there are seven areas of learning and development:
Prime Areas
- Communication and Language
- Physical Development
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Specific Areas
- Literacy
- Mathematics
- Understanding the World
- Expressive Arts and Design
In designing our curriculum, we take guidance from Development Matters. Below you will find our EYFS curriculum overview.
Below is our Literacy and Mathematics overview.
Below is our skills progression overview.
Below is our 'Ready to Write' progression document.
Phonics is taught discretely, every day in Reception. We follow Red Rose Letters and Sounds with fidelity, starting with Phase 2 at the beginning of Reception. Below is some information to support early blending to read and segmenting to spell in Phases 2 and 3. For more information about Phonics at Hillside, please see the Phonics section of the website.
Below is an overview of the grapheme phoneme correspondences taught from Phase 2 - 5, across Reception and Key Stage 1.