EYFS covers the education of 3-5 year olds in England. In Wales it’s called Early Years Foundation Phase and covers foundation stage and key stage one of the curriculum (from 3 - 7 years old). Scotland is similar to Wales in the fact they deliver early years and early primary together (this is known as primary one), this is useful in terms of the children's progression through the school as if they are not ready to move on to the primary one phase then they will remain within the early years phase. The main focus of the early years phase is on active learning and cementing knowledge, and is more quality based. Northern Ireland children follow foundation stage, which starts when they are 5 yrs old, from around 7 years they will follow key stage one but similar to Scotland they will not progress until they are ready.
In 2012 educational authorities set one standard curriculum framework for learning, developing, safety and care for all children from birth to end of reception. In Wales, they extend the framework curriculum from 3 to 7 years old, means from birth to key stage 1. In Scotland curriculum focused on the document curriculum for perfection. This document concerns the curriculum for 3 to 18 years old and primary phase are show as one level, which means children will only move forward when they can hit all the targets they have given or children have achieved all the expected levels. It is a strong and stick to the plan curriculum which is good for children to push them for hard work and competition.
TDA 3.2 Schools as organisations By Christopher D Sanders 1.1 Summarise entitlement and provision for early years and education. There are different types of childcare options available for 0-5 year olds, these are: • Sure Start Children’s Centre: Based in the woodhouse close area. They work with and help parents from the birth to early year’s education, short-term care, parenting advice, full day care, health and family support, as well as training and employment advice. • Nursery schools: Provide early learning and childcare for children between three and five years old. They are often based at Sure Start Children’s Centres or linked to a primary school.
The three together, the Order, the Regulations and the Statutory Framework document make up the legal basis of the Early Years Foundation Stage. (www.education.gov.uk 19th October 2012) The EYFS has been implemented in September 2008, however has been reviewed in the last year and has been implemented since 1st September 2012. This framework is mandatory for all early years’ providers: maintained schools, non-maintained schools, independent schools, and all providers on the Early Years Register. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets the standards that all early years’ providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning to ensure children’s ‘school readiness’ and gives children the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life.
To do this we need to make sure each member is valued for their similarities and differences. Each member is treated equally regardless of race, ability, disability, nationality, or income level. We need to work together as a team, learning from and supporting each other in our learning. All members of our team are respected and shown respect. Having a safe and healthy environment will make our team members feel secure and allow leaning to take place.
SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS LEVEL 3 Assignment 1 Question 1a In English schools, as part of the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda and the Childcare Act of 2006, every child aged 3-4 years old has a right to free, part time education. The government provides funds to the local authority to provide education for up to 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. A child may start their EYFS education in the term following their 3rd birthday and will continue until the 31st August following the child's 5th birthday. This ensures that each child gets up to 2 years free education before they start Year 1, Key Stage 1. Children may get their free education from a variety of registered childcare providers such as: *Pre- schools (2-5 years) *Playgroups (2-5years) *Private Nursery schools (3-4 years) *Maintained Nursery schools *Primary school, reception classes, where they operate an early admissions policy for 4 year olds.
Unit 3 – supporting children. E1 identify five pieces of current legislation. The five pieces of legislation I have identified are, children act 2004 , health and safety act 1974, race relations act 1976, education act 1996 and disability discrimination act 1995. E2 describe how each piece of legislation will influence working practices in the setting. The children act 2004 is all about every child matters, so making sure young children are given the best opportunity to grow up, there are 5 sections to every child matters which are, being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieving economic well-being, this would influence the setting as you would have to plan lessons/activities in the setting that are to do with some of these sections, in my current placement which is st edmunds the children have a staying safe and being healthy board where the childrens ideas of what staying safe and being healthy means go up, this includes pictures and collages, for staying healthy the children have made paper plates of what they think healthy food is.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning to ensure children’s ‘school readiness’ and gives children the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life. The EYFS seeks to provide: • quality and consistency in all early years settings, so that every child makes good progress and no child gets left behind; • a secure foundation through learning and development opportunities which are planned around the needs and interests of each individual child and are assessed and reviewed regularly; • partnership working between practitioners and with parents and/or carers; • equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice, ensuring that every child is included and supported. The EYFS specifies requirements for learning and development and for safeguarding children and promoting their welfare. The learning and development requirements cover: • the areas of learning and development which must shape activities and experiences (educational programmes) for children in all early years settings; • the early learning goals that providers must help children work towards (the knowledge, skills and understanding children should have at the end of the
Unit 1- A introduction to working with children D1/D2 A statutory provision setting for children aged 0-5 years is sure start; sure start is a government funded programme that makes sure that every child has the best start for their future. They also offer advice for single mums and teenaged mums that are struggling. Sure start offers alot of support and help for parents, sure start has family support services which includes advice, support and help etc. Sure start has early education which teaches your child to maybe count, learn the alphabet, learn through play etc. Sure start has a variety of activities and services which includes stay and play groups, young parents group e.g.
support children's care, learning and development in the early years Outcome 1 1.1 Outline early years curriculum models supporting children’s care, learning and development. In Wales the Foundation Phase is practised. The Foundation Phase has seven areas of learning: * Personal, Social development, Well-being and Cultural Diversity * Language, Literacy and communication * Mathematics * Welsh * Knowledge and Understanding * Physical Development * Creative Development The Foundation phase promotes equality of opportunity, values and celebrates diversity with positive relationships with parents and carers and respecting their role as a child’s first educator. Opportunity is provided for children to explore their environment, appropriately challenging activities to help them develop their thinking and by using open ended questions, the principle is to provide a holistic approach to developing children’s skills allowing them to build on their previous experiences, knowledge and skills. We provide an experiential approach through activities and play opportunities, children can practice, learn to take and evaluate risk, solve problems, make decisions, work independently and as part of a team.