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03/11/23

A fun filled lunchtime today with clubs being run by and pic.twitter.com/4xHKWQp1yS

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28/09/23

Fantastic opportunities to join our growing team. Get in touch to come and meet the team and find out more.https://t.co/myaUPUPA6J

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28/09/23

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery, the best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. Book your place at our info event here https://t.co/TyHhkcfia1 and with and pic.twitter.com/TfxYjRjnoY

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26/09/23

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery, the best teachers are those who show you where to look but don’t tell you what to see. Book your place at our info event here https://t.co/TyHhkcfia1 and with and pic.twitter.com/TfxYjRjnoY

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12/07/23

We have loved the many opportunities this week to look forward to next term. Meeting new Nursery and Reception children and families, and meeting our new teachers on our moving up session this afternoon.

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30/06/23

Our first fantastic cluster inset! We had all teachers and leaders from Forge Wood, Lime Tree, Greenway, Merstham, Salfords and Southgate. Such a great day! pic.twitter.com/tRFxYxxAng

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23/06/23

Fantastic opportunities to join our growing team Check out our vacancies https://t.co/myaUPUPA6J

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26/05/23

What an amazing turnout to the colour sun, organised by the Friends of Kilnwood Vale. The children (and staff) had so much fun! Thanks to the FoKV for organising and to everyone who contributed towards the fundraising. pic.twitter.com/KhHjdKYK2N

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15/05/23

In Nursery, children have been learning all about King Charles and the Coronation. They had their own Coronation tea party, where they created crowns to wear.To support their topic “puddles and rainbows” children created a colourful rainbow in a science experiment. pic.twitter.com/5uKIgUtEj7

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12/05/23

Would you like to train to teach in a local school? GLF Schools Teacher Training has placements available in both Primary and Secondary schools across the trust starting in September 2023. Register for an information event to find out more. https://t.co/6C47lGj18m pic.twitter.com/PKli8250vz

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12/05/23

Are you a West Sussex school looking for an Appropriate Body and provider for your September starters. Visit our website for more information about the support we provide https://t.co/PjU5m2ogpL pic.twitter.com/lcNX40uP4n

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10/05/23

Would you like to train to teach in a local school? GLF Schools Teacher Training has placements available in both Primary and Secondary schools across the trust starting in September 2023. Register for an information event to find out more. https://t.co/6C47lGj18m pic.twitter.com/PKli8250vz

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10/05/23

Are you a West Sussex school looking for an Appropriate Body and provider for your September starters. Visit our website for more information about the support we provide https://t.co/PjU5m2ogpL pic.twitter.com/lcNX40uP4n

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06/05/23

Hot chocolate on a Friday for a selection of children who have demonstrated our 'Excellent' learning behaviours this week! Here are a few photos! pic.twitter.com/14dpu7P4bt

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21/04/23

To celebrate Autism Acceptance Week 2023, the children spent time in their classes talking about their individual differences. The focus of conversation was about being special, unique and having different strengths. pic.twitter.com/F1TNDxv1KU

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21/04/23

Hot chocolate with Ms Burke and to celebrate 6 children from Y1-3 who have been following our Excellent Learning Behaviours this week. Keep it up! 🌟 pic.twitter.com/wrIzO5quU8

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18/04/23

What a delightful start to the Summer Term at Kilnwood! We've been focusing on our Excellent Learning Behaviours as you can see in this photo. Bring on tomorrow ☺️ pic.twitter.com/YVsJs6wdAh

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18/04/23

What a delightful start to the Summer Term at Kilnwood! We've been focusing on our Excellent Learning Behaviours as you can see in this photo. Bring on tomorrow ☺️ pic.twitter.com/K04Cc8GRJL

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17/04/23

Congratulations to everyone who got their Reception offers today, we look forward to seeing our new cohort in September! pic.twitter.com/V64KzgYuaZ

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28/03/23

Today's Year 1 performance based on The Great Fire of London was excellent. It was wonderful to hear so many confident voices and see such lovely smiles. pic.twitter.com/nN89CSuSh8

Early Years Foundation Stage

The EYFS curriculum comprises seven areas of learning and development. All areas of learning and development are important and inter-connected. Three areas are particularly crucial for igniting children’s curiosity and enthusiasm for learning, and for building their capacity to learn, form relationships and thrive. These three prime areas are:

Communication and Language  - giving children opportunities to experience a rich language environment; to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations.

Physical Development - providing opportunities for young children to be active and interactive; and to develop their coordination, control, and movement. Children must also be helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food.

Personal, social and emotional development - helping children to develop a positive sense of themselves, and others; to form positive relationships and develop respect for others; to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; to understand appropriate behaviour in groups; and to have confidence in their own abilities

We also support children in four specific areas, through which the three prime areas are strengthened and applied. The specific areas are:

Literacy - encouraging children to link sounds and letters and to begin to read and write

Mathematics - opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes, spaces, and measures

Understanding the World - guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment

Expressive Arts and Design - enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role-play, and design and technology

Our staff will ensure there is a balance between activities led by children, and activities led or guided by adults. Learning takes place indoors and outdoors, through play, exploration and creative thinking. As children grow older, and as their development allows, there will be a gradual shift towards more activities led by adults. This will help children prepare for more formal learning in Key Stage 1.

In planning and guiding the children’s activities, our staff will reflect on the different ways that children learn. These characteristics of effective teaching and learning are:

Playing and exploring - children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’;

Active learning - children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements;

Creating and thinking critically - children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things.

The curriculum we will provide, meets the requirements set out in the revised EYFS syllabus and focuses on developing the children’s skills in line with the Early Learning Goals. Our school will fully support the principle that young children learn through play and by engaging in well-planned, structured activities.

Teaching in the Reception class builds on the prior experiences of the children in nursery. During the EYFS, the adults within the setting continually make observations of the children’s progress in order to inform future planning and “next steps” for each child. This is recorded on Tapestry and shared with parents.

Enrichment programme

“Enrichment makes something more meaningful, substantial, or rewarding. Enrichment improves something.” Vocabulary.com.  At Kilnwood Vale, our curriculum will be enriched  and inspiring from the outset. The children will be exposed to a creative but challenging curriculum. Our foundation subjects will be planned using the Cornerstones Curriculum as a starting point but then adapted to meet the needs of our children at Kilnwood Vale.