Welcome to our Early Years Provision at Sigglesthorne Church of England Primary Academy

About us

We are extremely proud of the provision we have in place in our EYFS unit which enables all of our children to thrive and make excellent progress in a safe and stimulating environment. We have a busy unit with a mix of pupils between the ages of 3 to 5 years old. Our staff team works hard to plan a broad and balanced curriculum following the Early Years Framework, that fosters children’s curiosity and interests alongside enabling all pupils to learn and apply new skills.

Our Learning Practice and Provision

Our EYFS practice is rooted in the needs of each individual child; we assess and plan accordingly with a holistic approach. Alongside children’s interests, key themes on a two year cycle are thoughtfully planned to ensure our children have stimulating experiences within which to practise and embed key skills at the start of their journey through school. 

Our practice covers the new EYFS framework requirements and our curriculum is based on the new non-statutory guidance: ‘Development matters’

Our ultimate goal is for all our children to grow up happy, healthy, curious and ready for the next stage of their education.

Our provision both outdoors and indoors is a place where children can explore, create, think, learn and develop with the support and interactions from sensitive, knowledgeable adults.

Our Curriculum – What your child will learn

Our curriculum across each year follows three key themes. Our expectations are high. Our intent is to enable all of our pupils to ask, explore & learn by being exposed to high-quality teaching, stimulating provision and enriching experiences. We encourage a ‘spirit of curiosity’ that motivates our children to persist, explore, build resilience and learn in a creative way.

Forest School

Every week we learn together outdoors in our Forest School. Forest School is a child-centred inspirational learning process that offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions in the outdoors. It is a long-term program that supports play, exploration and supported risk taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner inspired, hands-on experiences in a natural setting.

Forest School inspires a deep connection to the world and an understanding of how a learner fits within it. Our approach to risk means that learners constantly expand on their abilities by solving real-world issues, building self-belief and resilience. Forest School therefore, helps pupils  to become healthy, resilient, creative and independent learners.

Parental Engagement

At Sigglesthorne we recognise the importance of parents involvement in their child’s development and encourage parents to take an active role in their child’s learning. 

Using our online learning platform Tapestry we publish a weekly learning memo filled with all the weeks activities and learning. Enabling you do see what the children have been up to in school. 

Each Friday you are invited to our celebration worship where we celebrate the children’s achievements from that week. 

We also use a digital communication app called Parent Hub to send you direct messages and we use our website which keeps you updated with all the latest news and events. We are always available to discuss any questions at a convenient time for both yourself and the school.

Pre-school information

If your child is in pre-school the session times are as follows:

Morning session: 8:45am-12:00pm
Lunchtime session: 12:00pm-12:30pm
Afternoon session: 12:30pm-3:30pm

Each child is eligible for 15 hours of free sessions in pre-school per week, with some children eligible for 30 hours. If you feel you may be entitled to 30 hours please visit https://www.gov.uk/apply-30-hours-free-childcare. If you apply and are assessed as eligible for the 30 hours free childcare, please inform the school of the 30 hour code you will be issued with. This is funded from the term after the child’s 3rd birthday. Sessions are flexible throughout the week and can be changed subject to availability each term.

If available, extra sessions can be purchased.

What next?

If you are considering a place and would like to come and visit us, please get in contact to arrange a time. We are always happy to talk about what we have to offer here at Sigglesthorne Church of England Primary Academy.

If you are considering a pre-school place for your child, we have stay and play sessions every term for all prospective pre-school children and their parents to come and get a feel for the setting and to meet the staff and try out some of the exciting equipment and resources.

If you would like to register your child in pre-school you will need to fill out an enrolment form and return to the school office. We will get in contact with you the term prior to your child starting pre-school. 

Thank you for considering our Early Years Foundation Stage and we hope to see you soon!