Foundation Stage

The Foundation Stage is the National Curriculum designed for children aged 3 to 5.  It was introduced in 2000 and updated with the introduction of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework in September 2007.

The Foundation Stage curriculum has six equally important areas of learning, with each area containing a number of Early Learning Goals, which set out what most children are expected to achieve by the end of the Foundation Stage.  The six learning areas are:

• Personal, social and emotional development
• Communication, language and literacy
• Mathematical development
• Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Physical development
• Creative development

Please click on the links above to view further information and resources for that learning area.

Further details of provision in the Foundation Stage Unit are contained in the "Welcome to FSU" booklet, available from the school office.