Foundation Stage 1
Learning Shaped Around Every Milestone.
OUR APPROACH
Our broad and balanced British Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum for children aged 3–3.11 years takes into account the individual needs of every child, allowing them to grow and develop at their own pace.
We encourage children to make decisions, share ideas and use their imaginations, while their interests help shape meaningful learning experiences.
The following principles shape our learning programme:
- A Unique Child: Our staff carefully observe, monitor and understand each child’s learning and development. This enables them to identify individual needs, any additional support or inclusive provision required, and considerations relating to safety, health and wellbeing.
- Positive Relationships: Our staff nurture a strong sense of belonging and respond sensitively to each child’s needs, feelings and interests. We build strong partnerships with parents by taking the time to understand each family, its values, expectations and home life.
- Enabling Environments: Our staff provide children with stimulating, exceptionally well-resourced learning environments filled with rich learning opportunities. We also create opportunities for parents to become actively involved in their child’s development at the nursery.
- Learning and Development: Our staff provide children with challenging, playful and meaningful opportunities that support their ongoing learning and development.
With 10 vibrant branches across the UAE, Jumeirah International Nurseries provides rich learning environments that ignite children’s imaginations and encourage discovery and exploration.
Our Reggio Emilia-inspired spaces, state-of-the-art facilities and interactive Learning Pod concept make our centres truly distinctive.
Children have access to large, bright classrooms and engaging outdoor environments, creating welcoming spaces in which they can explore through sensory and physical play. Our outdoor mud kitchens and garden areas also help children develop a strong connection with nature.
We believe that the early years are fundamental to a child’s development and future learning. At Jumeirah International Nurseries, children learn through play and hands-on experiences that deepen their understanding of the world around them while helping them become creative, confident and independent learners.
We also use Reggio Emilia-inspired resources and open-ended materials that encourage creativity, exploration and problem-solving.
OUR CURRICULUM
Three Prime Areas of Learning
- Communication and Language: Children are given opportunities to experience a language-rich environment that helps them become skilful communicators. They learn to express themselves and to speak and listen in a range of situations. Speaking and listening skills also nurture a love of stories and books while laying the foundations for future reading and writing.
- Physical Development: Physical development is fundamental to everything young children do, and children develop these skills through play. We provide opportunities for children to be active and interactive while developing their coordination, control, movement and manipulation. These experiences may include riding a toy tractor, organising a play farm or rolling out playdough.
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development: This area of learning focuses on emotional wellbeing. Children learn about who they are, how and where they fit in, and how to feel confident and positive about themselves. They also develop respect for others, social competence and a willingness to learn.
As your child grows, the three prime areas support the development of skills across the following four specific areas of learning.
Four Specific Areas of Learning
- Literacy: Children are given access to a wide range of books and reading materials, including short stories and poems, to develop their interest in literacy.
- Mathematics: Children learn about counting, sorting, matching, pairing, identifying patterns, making connections, and exploring number, numerical patterns, shape, space and measure. They also develop appropriate mathematical vocabulary.
- Expressive Arts and Design: Children make connections between different ideas, experiences and people through art, music, dance and movement, role play, drama and imaginative play.
- Understanding the World: Children develop crucial knowledge, skills and understanding that help them make sense of the world around them. This forms the foundation for their later learning in science, design and technology, geography, history and information and communication technology at school.
ENRICHED LEARNING
Rich Experiences to Give Your Child’s Educational Journey a Head-start
Learning takes place in many different settings and at different times. We place great emphasis on experiences and learning opportunities beyond the classroom.
At Jumeirah International Nurseries, every child embarks on an individual learning journey designed to help them fulfil their potential. We take a holistic approach and provide enriching opportunities that extend beyond academics, including classes in Arabic, French and Russian, as well as gymnastics and ballet.
AFTERCARE PROGRAMME: THE JUMEIRAH INTERNATIONAL NURSERIES LEARNING HUB
The Jumeirah International Nurseries Learning Hub is an afternoon enrichment programme offering a variety of fun and educational activities for children each day from 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Key features include:
- A play-based environment with specially designed activities to enhance children’s learning
- A wide range of indoor and outdoor facilities, including climbing frames, sandpits and discovery areas
- Arts and crafts projects that encourage children to explore their creativity
- Problem-solving activities in mathematics and construction areas
- Reading areas for rest and recreation
- Qualified and experienced educators who support children and extend their learning
