Early Years

Effective early learning is about opening minds and encouraging confident communication skills through the sharing of ideas. At its best, early learning is about exciting, stimulating fun and opportunities. Our Early Years department welcomes children aged from 2½.

At Rydal Penrhos School, young children will explore, investigate and question so that they learn while their curiosity and imagination is given full reign.

The Foundation Phase

The Foundation Phase has seven areas of learning, where stimluating structured play activities can be woven into the learning experiences. The seven areas of learning and outcomes are:

Language, Literacy and Communication Skills
Mathematical Development
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Physical Development
Creative Development
Personal and Social Development, Wellbeing
Cultural Diversity
Developing linguistic skills in a second language, Welsh
Learning takes place through well-structured play and by adults extending child-initiated activities.