Early Years children are taught within school by Mrs Unsworth & Mrs Harkin, with forest school sessions provided by Jackie Entwistle from Swallows & Amazons.

At Cawthorne’s Endowed School, we pride ourselves on our small family atmosphere where the children feel safe and free to develop into their own unique character. We offer Early Years Foundation Stage provision for pupils the term after their third birthday. Our Nursery sessions are held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9am-3.30pm term time only. In Reception and Nursery, all learning is tailored to each individual child, following the Development Matters Framework.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) gives the tools to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning and gives children the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life.

Throughout your child’s Nursery and Reception years, we provide a wealth of child initiated and directed learning opportunities that will support your child’s progress towards the Early Learning Goals as well as well engaging continuous provision activities. We aim to listen to each child read daily, using books closely matched to your child’s phonics phase. For Nursery children, picture books are available for them to borrow to enjoy at home as well as lots of opportunities for stories throughout the school day. All EYFS children will access daily phonics using Red Rose Phonics, Mathematics is also taught daily to Reception children using White Rose Maths. Our EYFS children enjoy our beautiful surroundings, regularly exploring the estate where we are based as well through structured forest school sessions each week, giving them the skills to respect the area where we live, observe seasonal changes and to safely use the outdoors to enrich their learning.

For details of Nursery Charges Click Here: Childcare Offer Charges