At The Willows Day Nursery, our curriculum follows the guidance from The Development Matters.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is a comprehensive framework which sets the standards for learning, development, and care of children from birth to 5 years. The EYFS is a statutory requirement for all OFSTED registered childcare settings.

The EYFS consists of 7 areas of learning and development goals:

• Communication and language
• Physical development
• Personal, social and emotional development
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive arts and design

Within each area, there are a number of aims which we endeavour that most children will have achieved by the end of the foundation stage (first year of school).

Here at The Willows Day Nursery, we use an online journal recording all your child’s learning called Tapestry. Tapestry enables us to capture special moments throughout your child’s day, and we will upload photos, videos, and text. It also makes sharing your special moments with us much easier as you are also able to upload photos, videos, and text. Staff use this to monitor children’s development and create next steps from what they have observed.