Our Curriculum
At Bushy Leaze, we believe every child is unique, capable, and full of potential. Our children are at the heart of our curriculum, with child-led play, nurturing relationships, and meaningful experiences helping our children grow in confidence, develop independence, strengthen their communication skills, and become happy, resilient learners with a lifelong love of learning.
Our Golden Threads that run through our curriculum are:
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Communication and language
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Personal, social and emotional skills
These are prioritised across our provision and underpin all learning.
Our Golden Values
We have created three 'Learning Heroes' that are linked to our golden values to help develop the skills we feel are most important for our children at Bushy Leaze. These are embedded throughout the children's time with us.
Our Golden Values in action
Looking After Ourselves
Lenny Lion represents 'Be Ready' and encourages us to be active and 'Keep Busy'. This helps the children to be ready to learn about looking after themselves and make healthy, positive choices.
Caring for our World
Casper Cat represents 'Be Kind' and encourages us to connect and 'Come Together'. This helps the children to be kind and care for themselves, one another, and the natural world.
Being Part of our Community
Pip Penguin represents 'Be Safe' and he likes to take notice and 'Keep Discovering'. This helps the children to become ready and confident learners both at Bushy Leaze and in the wider community.
Emotional Development
At Bushy Leaze, we strongly believe giving children the skills to name, recognise, talk about, and use strategies to managing their feeling is vital. We use simple symbols and Makaton signs to support with this.
We follow the EYFS statutory framework.
