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. The EYFS Statutory Framework 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 Early Years Foundation Stage Framework is mandatory for all early years providers (from 1 September 2012): maintained schools, non-maintained schools, independent schools, and all providers on the Early Years Register. The EYFS has three main sections * The learning and development requirements * Assessment * The safeguarding and Welfare requirements The learning and development requirements There are seven areas of learning and development that must shape educational programmes in early years settings.
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. All areas of learning and development are important and inter-connected and are particularly crucial for the child’s learning and age and also their stage of development. When planning the activities for the setting we need to ensure that we follow the curriculum to ensure that all aspects of learning are covered for the children in our care. They are set out to ensure that the seven different areas of learning are included.
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.
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.
Summarise the entitlement and provision for early years education. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the statutory framework that 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 are ready for school and gives children the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life. All schools and Ofsted-registered early years providers must follow the EYFS, including childminders, preschools, nurseries and school reception classes. There are assessments when a child is aged between 2 and 3 years and at the end of the academic year when they turn 5.
“Examples of specific services offered through projects include: Home based ante natal care, Breastfeeding Support Groups Advice, support and information on health related topics Early Language Development Programmes Play development for all ages and stages Age appropriate physical development opportunities High quality crèche sessions Promotion of the creative arts Support for smooth transitions between pre school and school.” (EarlyYearsSureStart) 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. Preschools and playgroups - Usually run by voluntary groups providing part-time play and early learning for
By working together with different sectors, professionals and agencies we can help improve the outcomes for children in their development and learning, which is a requirement of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) One of the four principles of the EYFS is ‘A unique child’’ which states that ‘Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured’. We had a child attend our setting who had Special Educational Needs (SEN), the child was delayed in certain areas of their development such as speech and cognitive development by 12 - 18 months. This sometimes meant that the child, although physically capable, sometimes struggled to participate fully in the activities and quieter times such as story time. As we are an independent setting and not part of a children’s centre, which may have multi agency teams in the same building, we contacted an educational psychologist who was able to come in to the setting and observe the child and give us strategies and information to ensure that we were able to uphold ‘Inclusive practice’ which is a vital part of the EYFS. The child also had mild food/drink intolerances which we were able to understand and accommodate by communication via the parent with the child's medical specialist.
The EYFS framework sets out the legal requirements relating to the early learning goals, the educational programmes, and the assessment arrangement (in section 2) and the legal requirements relating to welfare- safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare, suitable people, suitable premises,, environment and equipment, organization and documentation(section 3). The early learning goals describe what a child should be able to do at the end of academic year, “establish expectation” that most children are expected to reach when a child reaches his/hers five. It provides a basis for planning throughout the EYFS. The educational programmes describe the support and teaching that the child requires to help him/her to achieve those learning goals. Some children will have exceeded these goals, but it depends on their individual needs.
The strands are: • To learn about themselves - Self Concept Development • To learn about their feelings - Emotional Development • To learn about other people - Social Development • To learn to communicate - Language Development • To learn to move and do - Physical Development • To learn to think - Cognitive Development The quality of early experiences is shaped by the individuals with whom infants and toddlers spend their time and by the environments where they spend their time. As early childhood professionals, we know what children need in order to be successful in both school and in life. This document designed for program trainers, directors and parent educators to use as they work with caregivers and parents to insure quality care for infants and toddlers. Infants and toddlers are cared for in a variety of settings. These settings include the child’s own home, child care centers and family child care.
CCLD LEVEL 3 Unit 22 Outcome 3 Number 1 Foundation Phase Framework for Children’s Learning for 3 to 7-year-olds in Wales, Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills. The statutory Areas of Learning in the Foundation Phase are: • Personal and Social Development, Well-Being and Cultural Diversity • Language, Literacy and Communication Skills • Mathematical Development • Welsh Language Development • Knowledge and Understanding of the World • Physical Development • Creative Development. For each Area of Learning the educational programme sets out what children should be taught and the outcomes set out the expected standards of children’s performance. Including all children under the requirements