Educational programmes  involve activities and experiences for children, as follows:

• Communication and language development involves giving children 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 involves providing opportunities for young children to be active and interactive; and to develop their co-ordination, control, and movement. Children are also supported to understand the importance of physical activity and to make healthy choices in relation to food.

• Personal, social and emotional development involves helping children 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.

• Literacy involves supporting children to understand the key concepts of print. Having conversations about texts, learning new vocabulary and begin to explore phonics and early writing and mark making. 

• Mathematics involves providing children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, subitising, comparing and using numbers, exploring shape, positional language and pattern. 

• Understanding the world involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, the past and the environment

• Expressive arts and design involves enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a  variety of activities including art, music, movement, dance, role-play and design.