Our Curriculum

Meadow Brook Playcare is a Curiosity Approach setting that uses in the moment planning, alongside the Birth to 5 Matters as our supporting document of the EYFS.

Birth to 5 Matters provides comprehensive guidance, drawing on previous guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) which has been updated in order to reflect recent research, to meet the needs of practitioners, to respond to current issues in society, to meet the needs of children today and to lay a strong foundation for their futures.

The Birth 2 Five Matters is broken down into 7 areas.

Prime areas

Personal, Social, Emotional development, Physical development and Communication and Language

Specific areas

Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design

The four principles of the EYFS underpin all the guidance in Birth to 5 Matters, which is designed to show how these principles work together for children in the EYFS

Please follow the link for more information Birth To 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector

The Curiosity Approach

The Curiosity Approach aims to create ‘thinkers & doers’ by putting the child at the centre of their own development and education. Modern toys and technology are removed from the learning environment and replaced with everyday items to encourage children’s natural curiosity and eagerness to explore and create. The Curiosity Approach draws from various other philosophies of early years education, including the Reggio Emilia approach, Te Whãriki, Montessori, Pikler and Steiner.

A Curiosity Approach setting is painted in neutral colours, creating a home from home environment and filled with easily accessible, loose resources.