Foundation Phase is the statutory curriculum for all children in wales which covers 7 areas of learning. These are: • Personal and social well-being • Physical development • Creative development • Language, literacy and communication skills • Welsh language development • Mathematical development • Knowledge and
TDA 3.2 Schools and Organisations Criteria 1.1 Summarise entitlement and provision for early years education. There are different types of childcare options available for 0-5 year olds, these include:Sure Start - Giving every child the best possible start in life is an initiative called Sure Start which is government led. They offer a broad range of services focusing on Family Health, Early Years Care and Education and Improved Well Being Programmes to children aged 4 and under. Sure Start makes contact with parents as soon as possible in the child's life and can offer support to families who have developmental concerns or other worries about their child. They can also give them support in making referrals for other services.
Ages of children: From birth to 12 years of age. Qualifications of staff: Childminders need wide knowledge about children's development and how to meet the needs of children of a wide variety of ages, cultures and family backgrounds. It is strongly recommended that Childminders attend a pre registration course. Regulatory body: You must register with the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) if you want to be paid to look after children under 6 for more than 2 hours a day in England. There are two registers you must apply to, the Early Years Register to look after children aged 5 and under the Childcare Register to look after children from 5 to 7 both registers to look after children of all ages The Early Years Register is for children from birth up to the 31 August after their 5th birthday.
Its aim was to improve the quality of care and education for children from birth to the end of their first year in school. It is a statutory curriculum which means that all providers working with babies and children up to the age of 5 years have to follow it. The purpose of making it statutory was to ensure that all children were given the same opportunities for a high-quality education.” (Children & young people’s workforce. Early learning & childcare - Penny Tassomi) There are six areas of learning and development that must shape educational programmes in early years setting. All areas of learning and development are important and inter-connected and are particularly crucial for igniting children’s curiosity and enthusiasm for learning and building their capacity to learn, form relationships and thrive.
What are the documented outcomes for children that form part of the relevant early years framework and how are they assessed and recorded? The aim of the EYFS is to ensure that all children- notwithstanding their background, gain access to quality and consistent early year’s education. To make this possible, a series of documented outcomes is given for each of the seven areas of learning and development of the EYFS. These outcomes are called the Early Learning Goals. These goals are important as they form the building blocks for children’s later education and they make available the basis for planning and learning throughout the EYFS.
The Childcare Act 2006 is the first piece of legislation that is primarily concerned with Early Years and Childcare and introduces the early years foundation stage (EYFS) which supports settings in delivering high quality early education. In any childcare setting responsibility is the welfare and well-being of all the children in their care. All staff are appropriately trained and that procedures are put into practice to make sure that if any child may become at risk that you or your line manager liaises with other childcare agencies, such as health visitors, social services and Ofsted, in her role as Child Protection Liaison Officer (CPLO). Staff, childcare providers and child-minder’s, must be trained to recognize any signs of abuse and any concerns directed to the childcare setting will then be treated with absolute confidentiality. Any concern is discussed with the child if they are of appropriate age and with the parents/carer, the childcare provider would then hope to get their agreement in order to make a referral to social services via carrying out a Common Assessment Framework (CAF), unless it is felt the discussion would place the child at risk of harm.
Unit CU1533 1.1 Explain the legal status and principles of the relevant early years framework/s, and how national and local guidance materials are used in settings The EYFS is a number of curriculums for children aged birth till 5 years old. All Care providers must make sure that eahc child meet the five every child matters outcomes and rules and regulatuons must be set to ensure this. the eyfs is covered by 6 main areas, these are, ⦁ personal, social and emotional development ⦁ Communication, language and literacy ⦁ Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy ⦁ Knowledge and understanding of the world ⦁ Physical development ⦁ Creative development All these areas are important and are included into all the planning. whether child initiated or adult led activities they should all be linked to the EYFS. The EYFS guides the way in which the nursery sector works and the duties and activities we set out.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) covers the children until they reach Key Stage 1, the children are taught through play rather than in a formal educational setting. The EYFS covers all forms of childcare including school based nursery, nursery schools, children’s centres, day nurseries, playgroups and pre-school and child-minders. The Foundation Curriculum is for children aged 3 to 5 and is used in Reception classes and school nurseries, there are seven areas of learning and development that must be included into educational programmes for these setting: * Literacy * Mathematics * Understanding the world * Expressive arts and design * Communication and language * Physical development * Personal, social and emotional development EYFS aims to meet the five outcomes that matters the most to the children from the Every Child Matters paper these are as follows: * Being healthy: enjoying good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle. * Staying safe: being protected from harm and neglect. * Enjoying and achieving: getting the most out of life and developing the skills for adulthood.
Assignment 1 Question 1a Know the structure from early years to post-compulsory education. Summarise entitlement and provision for early year’s education There are many key stages that a child will go through in their school life, from early years to post-compulsory education. Starting with the Early Years Foundation Stage(EYFS) framework. As part of the Every Child Matters agenda and the Childcare Act 2006,all 3 to 4 year olds in England can receive free part-time early years education of up to 15 hours per week, for 38 weeks out of the year. Government funds ensures that every child receives up to 2 years of free education, before reaching school age.
Unit 7 Task 1 Explain the legal status and principles of the relevant early year framework/s and how national and local guidance materials are used in settings Early Years Foundation Stage(EYFS) Framework is mandatory for all early years Ofsted registered settings in Great Britain that are attended by young children, from birth to the end of academic year in which a child has his/her fifth birthday. In September 2008 England has introduced a National curriculum for children from 0-5 who attend, are cared and educated outside their homes. As England is form from four nations, which have different approaches in planning and providing early ears education, and are in different stages of working their frameworks, they worked their own frameworks.