NURSERY
FOUNDATION STAGE 1
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For many children, Nursery marks their first step into the world of education—and at Chantry Community Primary School, we ensure that step is filled with joy, discovery, and growth. Our Nursery provides a rich, stimulating environment that is warm, welcoming, and safe, helping every child feel happy, secure and ready to learn.
Children thrive here through play, exploration, experimentation, and social interaction. Guided by qualified teachers and highly skilled support staff, they engage in exciting and challenging activities that spark curiosity and foster a lifelong love of learning.
Nursery Places and Timings
We offer 15-hour funded Nursery places for up to 26 children in each session:
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Morning session: 8:30–11:30am
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Afternoon session: 12:30–3:30pm
Our Curriculum: Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
We follow the 2025 Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework, which sets national standards for learning, development, and care for children from birth to age five.
At Chantry Community Primary School, the Foundation Stage applies to all children aged 3 to 5. The EYFS curriculum is built around seven areas of learning and development, each equally vital in shaping a well-rounded early education.
Prime Areas of Learning
These three areas lay the foundation for children's curiosity, relationships, and overall development:
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Communication and Language
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Physical Development
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development
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Specific Areas of Learning
These four areas build upon and reinforce the prime areas:
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Literacy
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Mathematics
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Understanding the World
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Expressive Arts and Design
Our dedicated Nursery team work collaboratively to observe and assess each child’s progress. We document their achievements—whether through paintings, drawings, writing, or photographs—using Tapestry, our secure online learning journal. Parents can access Tapestry to stay connected with their child’s learning journey and celebrate their milestones.
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RECEPTION
FOUNDATION STAGE 2
At Chantry Community Primary School, we are committed to giving every child the strongest possible start to their educational journey. In Reception, we create a vibrant and stimulating setting where children thrive through exploration, creativity, and meaningful relationships. We take the time to truly understand each child, tailoring our curriculum to reflect their individual needs and current interests. This personalised approach allows us to spark enthusiasm and deepen engagement, making learning both joyful and relevant.
Our continuous provision is thoughtfully enhanced with topic-based learning that evolves with the children’s passions—whether it’s dinosaurs, space, or the natural world—ensuring every day is filled with wonder and excitement.
From their very first day at Chantry, children begin to absorb and live out the values that will guide them throughout their school life and beyond. By the time they leave us at the end of Year 6, they are well-prepared for the next stage of their learning journey—academically, socially, and emotionally.
We follow the 2025 Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Statutory Framework, which sets the national standards for learning, development, and care for children from birth to age five. At Chantry, the Foundation Stage applies to all children aged 3 to 5 and is built around seven key areas of learning:
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Prime Areas of Learning
These three areas lay the foundation for children's curiosity, relationships, and overall development:
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Communication and Language
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Physical Development
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Specific Areas of Learning
These four areas build upon and reinforce the prime areas:
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Literacy
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Mathematics
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Understanding the World
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Expressive Arts and Design
Our dedicated Reception team works collaboratively to observe, assess, and celebrate each child’s progress. We gather evidence of their achievements—whether it’s a painting, a piece of writing, or a joyful moment captured in a photo—and share it with families through Tapestry, our secure online learning journal. This platform allows parents to stay connected to their child’s learning journey and celebrate milestones together.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
YEAR 1
Early reading is taught through the Twinkl Phonics programme. Twinkl Phonics is a fully comprehensive, synthetic phonics teaching programme, designed to be used with children from Nursery to Year 2. Delivered through the stories and adventures of Kit, Sam and the Twinkl Phonics family, the programme builds and develops the skills and understanding children need to become effective, independent readers and writers.
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To encourage children’s reading and writing skills, we also work with the Power of Reading programme, helping to deliver high quality literacy lessons that encourages children to develop skills in reading and writing over all the genres covered in the National Curriculum.
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We teach Maths by following the DFE approved framework through the use of ‘Active Learn – Power Maths”. This is a maths mastery scheme that is aimed at ensuring all children develop a deep understanding of mathematical concepts. In line with recommendations from the NCETM, and with support from the local maths Hub, we follow a Mastery approach to the teaching and learning of maths.
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The rest of the curriculum is expertly designed using Learning Journeys to develop themes of study, linking subject ideas and our school values – respect, equity, collaboration, independence, perseverance, enjoyment, leadership, integrity and care.
YEAR 2
Early reading is taught through the Twinkl Phonics programme. Twinkl Phonics is a fully comprehensive, synthetic phonics teaching programme, designed to be used with children from Nursery to Year 2. Delivered through the stories and adventures of Kit, Sam and the Twinkl Phonics family, the programme builds and develops the skills and understanding children need to become effective, independent readers and writers.
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To encourage children’s reading and writing skills, we also work with the Power of Reading programme, helping to deliver high quality literacy lessons that encourages children to develop skills in reading and writing over all the genres covered in the National Curriculum.
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We teach Maths by following the DFE approved framework through the use of ‘Active Learn – Power Maths”. This is a maths mastery scheme that is aimed at ensuring all children develop a deep understanding of mathematical concepts. In line with recommendations from the NCETM, and with support from the local maths Hub, we follow a Mastery approach to the teaching and learning of maths.
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The rest of the curriculum is expertly designed using Learning Journeys to develop themes of study, linking subject ideas and our school values – respect, equity, collaboration, independence, perseverance, enjoyment, leadership, integrity and care.
YEAR 3
To encourage children’s reading and writing skills, we work with the Power of Reading programme, helping to deliver high quality literacy lessons that encourages children to develop skills in reading and writing over all the genres covered in the National Curriculum.
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We teach Maths by following the DFE approved framework through the use of ‘Active Learn – Power Maths”. This is a maths mastery scheme that is aimed at ensuring all children develop a deep understanding of mathematical concepts. In line with recommendations from the NCETM, and with support from the local maths Hub, we follow a Mastery approach to the teaching and learning of maths.
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The rest of the curriculum is expertly designed using Learning Journeys to develop themes of study, linking subject ideas and is based around our values – respect, equity, collaboration, independence, perseverance and enjoyment.
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YEAR 4
To encourage children’s reading and writing skills, we work with the Power of Reading programme, helping to deliver high quality literacy lessons that encourages children to develop skills in reading and writing over all the genres covered in the National Curriculum.
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We teach Maths by following the DFE approved framework through the use of ‘Active Learn – Power Maths”. This is a maths mastery scheme that is aimed at ensuring all children develop a deep understanding of mathematical concepts. In line with recommendations from the NCETM, and with support from the local maths Hub, we follow a Mastery approach to the teaching and learning of maths.
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The rest of the curriculum is expertly designed using Learning Journeys to develop themes of study, linking subject ideas and is based around our values – respect, equity, collaboration, independence, perseverance and enjoyment.
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YEAR 5
To encourage children’s reading and writing skills, we work with the Power of Reading programme, helping to deliver high quality literacy lessons that encourages children to develop skills in reading and writing over all the genres covered in the National Curriculum.
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We teach Maths by following the DFE approved framework through the use of ‘Active Learn – Power Maths”. This is a maths mastery scheme that is aimed at ensuring all children develop a deep understanding of mathematical concepts. In line with recommendations from the NCETM, and with support from the local maths Hub, we follow a Mastery approach to the teaching and learning of maths.
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The rest of the curriculum is expertly designed using Learning Journeys to develop themes of study, linking subject ideas and is based around our values – respect, equity, collaboration, independence, perseverance and enjoyment.
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YEAR 6
To encourage children’s reading and writing skills, we work with the Power of Reading programme, helping to deliver high quality literacy lessons that encourages children to develop skills in reading and writing over all the genres covered in the National Curriculum.
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We teach Maths by following the DFE approved framework through the use of ‘Active Learn – Power Maths”. This is a maths mastery scheme that is aimed at ensuring all children develop a deep understanding of mathematical concepts. In line with recommendations from the NCETM, and with support from the local maths Hub, we follow a Mastery approach to the teaching and learning of maths.
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The rest of the curriculum is expertly designed using Learning Journeys to develop themes of study, linking subject ideas and is based around our values – respect, equity, collaboration, independence, perseverance and enjoyment.
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