At Clever Cloggs, your child's day is not driven by worksheets or rigid routines — it is shaped by relationships, exploration, and meaningful experiences.
What will your child be doing all day?
At Clever Cloggs, your child's day is not driven by worksheets or rigid routines — it is shaped by relationships, exploration, and meaningful experiences.
Your child will be following the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) — but more importantly, they will be feeling safe, valued, and understood. Because this is where learning truly begins.
At the heart of the EYFS is a simple but powerful understanding:
"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."
— EYFS 1.6Rooted in the work of John Bowlby, we recognise that play becomes meaningful when a child feels:
At Clever Cloggs, our curriculum is built around the understanding that:
"Each child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured."
— EYFS 1.3We provide:
Because learning is not something we do to children — it is something we build with them.
Our teaching approach is guided by the principle that:
"Practitioners must consider the individual needs, interests, and stage of development of each child… Teaching should not be taken to imply a 'top down' or formal way of working."
— EYFS 1.15In practice, this means our practitioners:
And importantly:
"Assessment should not entail prolonged breaks from interaction with children, nor require excessive paperwork."
— EYFS 2.1So our focus remains where it should be — with your child.
When children feel emotionally secure, everything changes. This is reflected in the EYFS:
"Children develop and learn at different rates… Secure relationships with adults support children to learn how to understand their own feelings and those of others."
— EYFS 1.1 & 1.7At Clever Cloggs, this leads to children who:
We support all areas of the EYFS, always through the lens of emotional security and attachment.
The foundation of everything.
Built on strong foundations.
take risks in their learning.
become confident learners.
thrive.
This reflects the work of John Bowlby, where emotional security is the foundation for exploration and learning.
The EYFS recognises the importance of early experiences:
"The early years are crucial in shaping children's future life chances."
— EYFS FrameworkAt Clever Cloggs, we take this responsibility seriously. Because what we provide is not just childcare — it is the foundation of your child's future.
The best way to understand our approach is to experience it. See how we support, nurture, and inspire every child, every day.
Further reading: www.foundationyears.org.uk
