We believe at Beechoak Farm that every child deserves the best possible start in life and we are here to support the children in every way we can. We use our Montessori methods alongside The Early Years Foundation Stage.

There are four Themes in The Early Years Foundation Stage:

• Unique child - every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured
• Positive relationships -children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and/or key person
• Enabling Environments - the environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children's development and learning
• Learning and Development - children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and all areas of Learning and Development are equally important and inter-connected

Parent's evenings take place twice a year at which we discuss progress, and look through the Learning Journals. Staff write developmental reports about the children twice a year and use observations and examples of work from the profiles to write their reports accurately.

A newsletter is sent to all parents in the Spring, Summer and Autumn, detailing dates of: parent evenings, sports day, Christmas party, photo shoots and visits from the local fire brigade, police, nurse, guide dogs etc.

"When parents and practitioners work together in early years settings, the results have a positive impact on children's development and learning."
Quoted from the Early Years Foundation Stage (Positive Relationships 2.2 Parents as Partners)

We plan different topics of which we feel the children will enjoy as a staff team, each key person then creates personalised activities to suit their key children. Evidence of the Children's 'work' is kept in their 'Learning Journals', which the children help to create. They are kept in the children's individual drawers, and parents can look at them, at any time.