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Now that your child is one year away from attending school more emphasis is placed on learning. Their inquisitive minds will be fed daily with new information about the world we live in. There will also be access to a computer.

Children are readily encouraged to be independent, polite and to be socially interactive with others within the Nursery. All children are given the opportunity to make choices and to play by themselves.

The day is structured similar to a reception class within a school. Planning includes all areas of learning: Personal and Social, Communication Language and Literacy, Mathematics, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Physical and Creative. This enables the child to achieve an appropriate level of the foundation stage.

Wonder Years is registered with the Department of Education and Employment (DfES) to accept grants for Early Years education for children aged three and four. Activities are geared to meet the requirements of Ofsted incorporating the Early Learning Goals.

On the Contact Us page you will see the sub page Links. There you will find the heading What is the Early Years Foundation Stage. This is the framework behind the planning of your child's day and the activities and toys offered. Please feel free to click on this for further background information.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) brings together: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (2000), the Birth to Three Matters (2002) framework and the National Standards for Under 8s Daycare and Childminding (2003), building a coherent and flexible approach to care and learning.