We recognise the importance of being contributors to our vibrant local community. To support this, we tailor our provision to help children understand who they are, who is around them, and how, together, we build a sense of place. This pillar of our curriculum provides rich opportunities for children as it encompasses everything from discussing our families, to visiting local shops and to learning about our local wildlife. When we explore our community, children learn how to interact safely with the world around them, and how to navigate new environments.

All children strive for independence. We consider our role in supporting and facilitating this drive to be one of our most important duties. When children leave our setting to go to school, we want them to feel confident that they can meet new challenges. We start to build this confidence from very early on. We establish familiar routines to provide children with secure opportunities to take more ownership of themselves. We provide carefully sourced equipment so self-care skills can be introduced from a very young age. We encourage children to develop a sense of self and to articulate their needs and preferences.

We celebrate the diversity found in our staff, our family community and our children. We celebrate diversity to broaden the experiences of our children. We also believe that it is through learning about diversity that a child develops an appreciation for themselves as an individual and what makes them unique.

Books provide the foundations for our curriculum. Through stories, images, songs and rhymes, we use books to launch explorations and investigations across our other curriculum pillars. We also have a list of core books we return to regularly so children can enjoy deepening their understanding of characters and their stories.