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Welcome to Early Years

At Hastings School, we believe that the children in our care are entitled to provision which supports and extends knowledge, understanding, skills and confidence. We encourage positive attitudes and disposition to learn and aim to give protection from early failure. Above all, we believe that high quality care and education by teachers will lead to effective learning and development for young children. Every child deserves the best possible start and the support that enables them to fulfil their potential.

Albert Einstein

Play is the highest form of research

A Unique Child	Positive Relationships
Every child is unique, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.	Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships.
Learning and Development	Enabling Environments
Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates. Emphasis is based on children learning through play with a good balance of child-initiated and focus activities.	Children learn and develop well in enabling environments, in which their experiences respond to their individual needs and there is a strong partnership between practitioners and parents.

The Curriculum programme is divided into seven areas of learning equally important and inter-connected. We believe that three of these areas are crucial for igniting the children’s curiosity and enthusiasm for learning, and for building their capacity to learn, form relationships and thrive. These are the prime areas of learning.

Communication and Language

Children will be given opportunities to experience a rich language environment, to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves and to speak and listen in a range of situations.

Physical Development

Children will be encouraged to be active and interactive and to develop their co-ordination, control, and movement. Children will be helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Children will be encouraged to develop a positive sense of themselves, and others, to form positive relationships and develop respect for others, to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings, to understand appropriate behaviour in groups and to have confidence in their own abilities. We support the children in four specific areas of learning, through which the three prime areas are strengthened and applied. These are the specific area of learning.

Literacy

Children will be encouraged to link sounds and letters and to begin to read and write. Children will be given access to a wide range of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their interest.

Mathematics

Children will be given opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems and to describe shapes, spaces, and measures.

Understanding the World

Children will be guided and encouraged to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment.

Expressive Arts and Design

Children will be given lots of opportunities to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role-play, and design and technology.

Locations

Chamartín

Our Early Years building, located in Paseo de la Habana, 204 provides education for Pre-Nursery, Nursery and Reception children.

The building covers a gross floor area of 630 sq.m. There are two classes per year group, a kitchen, a dining room, a sand-pit, a play area, a big main playground and two smaller ones.

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Conde Orgaz

Located in Ronda Sobradiel, 31, from September 2016 this new building will coexist together with Paseo de la Habana as a specialist Early Years centre and a Key Stage 1 (Year 1 and Year 2) site. There will be one class of nursery, reception, Year 1 and Year 2 and each class will have 24 pupils. There will be:

Four spacious teaching areas each with direct access to an outside learning space plus playground space of 750m2.
Dining room (50 places)
A multi-purpose room (35m2)

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Extracurricular Activities

At Hastings School we offer a range of optional after school extra-curricular activities and clubs, run by teachers and other professionals from Monday to Friday. The extra- curricular programme forms an integral part of the curriculum enrichment we offer to our students. The activities offered vary from term to term.

The purpose of the extra-curricular programme provides experiences that enables our students to progress toward established educational objectives. Extra-curricular activities give the students tremendous opportunities to develop their character.

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