EYFS Nursery

At the Little Dreamers Nursery we believe that children are born capable and unique with their own interests, passion and dreams. We aim to develop the children’s abilities, well-being, dreams and interests through a nurturing and inspiring educational program.

We are one of the few nurseries offering after school activities in Dubai, such as Drama, Ballet, Yoga, Music, Gymnastic and Zumba classes. Some of these curricular are also included in our Nursery Program.

We have chosen to follow the UK Statutory Framework for the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) which is underpinned by the principles that children are born ready, able and eager to learn; actively reaching out to interact with other people and the world around them.

UK Statutory Frameworks

We are a British Nursery in Dubai and as such we follow the UK Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage which is underpinned by the principles that children are born ready, able and eager to learn; actively reaching out to interact with other people and the world around them. At the Little Dreamers Nursery, we use ‘Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage’ (EYFS) as our core set of learning objectives and teach the skills necessary for children to meet typical age related expectations. The Development Matters document is guidance material that supports us in implementing the statutory requirements of the EYFS.

• Practitioners at the Nursery need to become very familiar with this guidance, in order to confidently plan for the children’s next steps in each area of the curriculum.

Enrichment Activities

We as the best nursery in Jumeirah enrich our curriculum through a variety of different activities. As a British Pre-school our curriculum and enrichment activities are delivered through planned learning opportunities which cover the 7 learning and development areas of the EYFS. Children will be given opportunities to engage in stimulating and challenging activities within projects and during the different extended care programs that are designed to develop and enhance independence, communication, skills, problem-solving and inventive & creative thinking.

The enrichment activities in our nursery curriculum will vary from time to time and can include the following:

• Music and Movement for Expressive Arts and Physical Development.
• Messy Fun to explore creative talents and skills in a free and unstructured environment.
• Investigation Station for exploring and investigating scientific concepts and the world.
• Outdoor Gross Motor Play for Physical Development.
• Indoor Gross Motor Play with movement and building for Physical Development.
• Water and Sand Exploration for Understanding the World.
• Bike and Trike Track for Physical Development.
• Sensory Play to explore the senses and learn new concepts about themselves and the world around them.

Enrichment Activities are planned and delivered by our Class Teachers and we invite them to be creative and imaginative in designing new creative opportunities for the children to explore the curriculum in different ways.

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