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.
As stated in the article from Parents Magazine, “Children who attend high-quality preschool enter kindergarten with better pre-reading skills, richer vocabularies, and stronger basic math skills than those who do not," says NIEER director W. Steven Barnett, PhD.” (Kanter, n.d.) When children attend preschool they learn through activities they are interested in doing, and by exploring new things. Preschool helps children get ready for Kindergarten, socially and academically. In Preschool the children will be introduced to numbers, shapes, colors, math skills, ABC’s and this is on an academic basis. Preschool lets children be social with other kids their ages, teaches them to share, and how to work out situations on their own. Also, preschool helps children transition from being with mom and dad to spending time without them.
There is a famous quote by John F. Kennedy “The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.” As a parent, people around us might view home schooling as better especially those that home schooled as a child growing up. Most parents’ think that having their child interact with other children is important, but that can be accomplished after school as well, by playing or engaging in recreational activities. Public school encourages socialization everyday and developing new friendships, they are also interacting with children
D1 Eyfs Early Years Foundation Stage (birth to five years old) Schools and early years providers have to follow a structure of learning, development and care for children from birth to five years old. This is called the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and it enables your child to learn through a range of activities. The EYFS ensures: children learn through play, providers work closely with parents, you are kept up to date on your child’s progress and the welfare, learning and all-round development of children with different backgrounds and levels of ability, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. National curriculum The National Curriculum sets out the stages and core subjects your child will be taught during their time at school. Children aged five to 16 in 'maintained' or state schools must be taught the National Curriculum.
Good parenting and high quality early learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up. II. 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. III.
These programs also have benefits in health and reduce child maltreatment, behavior, cognition, and emotional. There was a study that was conducted to show the benefits of early intervention programs. The study took place observing two and three year old children, then observing school aged children that participated in early childhood program and then statistics from adult who were active in early childhood programs. People who participated in this study also showed a reduced dependence on social welfare use. Children who participated in this study show that they were better prepared for kindergarten.
Are there benefits to day care? Should children‘s under five be cared at home to learn socialize to build a strong and high IQ person or should all parents stay home to give good nutrition for their children by preparing a weak person? Early childhood care is important specially for children under the age of five by staying in day care for these reasons. Researchers have proved that in class education is very important to children in age one to five as eighty percent of their brain development completes during these years: thoughts, personality and abilities are build up during basic communication skills, especially speech and language. If the brain development in children under five is delayed, it is difficult and costly to make up.
The role of schools is to implement or support the implementation of the national policies that relate to children, young people and families. Each Local Education Authority would take the national policies and apply them appropriately to their constituency. Take Every Child Matters for example, all schools should include the five main aims in their policies and philosophy – be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution to society and achieve economic well being. They would address this with activities such as, encouraging healthy eating, anti-bullying awareness, breakfast and after-school clubs and relevant PSHE lessons. Schools work with health and social workers, educational and clinical psychologists and create
Unit 3 E1, E2, E3 and E4 | How does legislation influence working practices in the setting? | Childcare act 2006 | The Childcare Act 2006 influences working practice within a setting as it provides the learning framework for children aged 0-5 years which is the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The act includes the wellbeing standards which all setting must use. These requirements may include e.g. the types of snacks available for children, encouraging healthy eating or meeting the amount of adults required to look after a set amount of children which is called ratios.
Within this class there is a wide range of professions from high court judges and senior surgeons to nurses. These people tend to live in areas near ‘the best’ schools, expose their children to educational toys (museum, books etc.) and use their money to purchase the best education. The PMC want the “best” education for their children and this starts at an early age. By age five, children of PMC families will have a four month reading advantage due to the fact that from age two, PMC children are sent to early childhood centres or nurseries and gain an early advantage over those who are from working or under class.