Early Years (EYFS)

The Early Years at Whiteways 

Our vision is to: –  

• To transform the life-chances of our children by ensuring an increasing number of pupils are secondary ready.
• To ensure safe and secure learning environments by constantly improving our facilities on an annual cycle
• To create inspirational places for our staff to work to effectively recruit and retain high quality staff 
• To be an influential part of our local communities finding ways to contribute to their health and wellbeing 

Children from the ages of 2 up to 11 years of age enjoy attending Whiteways Primary school. Where we provide a high quality and exciting education for all our children. Whiteways Primary is proud to be part of the community and we value our parents/carers and welcome their participation in their children’s learning. Throughout the year, parents are invited to attend school for key events, workshops and discussions about the progress their children are making. We want children to be excited about their learning and to enjoy coming to school. 

We recognise that parents play a key role in making this happen. We strive to ensure school is a place where all parents, children and families feel welcome.  

Pedagogy Statement 

 “Children are powerful learners. Every child can make progress in their learning with the right help. Effective pedagogy is a mix of different approaches. Children learn through play, by adults modelling, by observing each other and through guided learning and direct teaching. Practitioners carefully oragnise enabling environments for high quality play. Sometime they join in to sensitively to support and extend children’s learning. Children in the Early Years also learn through group work, when practitioners guide their learning. Older children need this guided learning. A well-planned learning environment indoors and outside, is an important aspect of pedagogy.” 

 (Principles into Practice, Julien Grenier 2020)