Hands-on activities and age-appropriate lessons engage the children fully in the academic aspects of the Foundation Stage. By the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage, children should be:

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• Follow instructions that involve several ideas or actions.

• Use past, present, and future forms accurately when talking about events that have happened or will happen.

• Use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately.

• Recognise and name 2D and 3D shapes.

• Read, write, and count numbers from 1 to 20, place them in order, and say which number is one more or one less than a given number.

• Compare size (bigger/smaller), quantity (more/less), and capacity (empty/full).

• Identify similarities and differences between places, objects, materials, and living things.

• Use and explore a variety of materials, tools, and techniques safely, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form, and function.

• Represent their own ideas, thoughts, and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role-play, and stories.