Our Curriculum — AWE

Attentiveness, Wonder, Exploration

We provide a broad and balanced early years education, thoughtfully designed to meet the individual needs of every child. Our approach is holistic, drawing from a range of respected early years philosophies, including nature-based learning, play-based pedagogy, and child-led exploration.

At Little Grubs, our curriculum has a simple but ambitious purpose: to nurture every child's innate sense of wonder and give them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to explore the world around them with curiosity and joy.

We call our curriculum AWE — Attentiveness, Wonder, Exploration.

It is built around the EYFS framework and shaped by research-informed early years philosophies, but it goes further.

Our eight unique curricular goals — Belong, Care, Tell, Climb, Construct, Create, Cook, and Grow — reflect what we believe truly matters for children at this stage of their lives.

Each goal builds progressively, ensuring children develop knowledge and skills in a meaningful, connected way rooted in nature, relationships, and real-life experience.

By the time a child leaves Little Grubs, our intention is that they are confident, independent, curious, and kind, with a lifelong love of learning and a deep connection to the natural world.