EYFS
Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage
Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the support that enables them to fulfil their potential. Children develop quickly in the early years and a child’s experiences between birth and age five have a major impact on their future life chances. A secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right. 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 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.
There are seven areas of learning and development that must shape educational programmes in early years settings. All areas of learning and development are important and inter-connected.
Three areas are particularly important for building a foundation for igniting children’s curiosity and enthusiasm for learning, forming relationships and thriving.
These are the prime areas:
• communication and language
• physical development
• personal, social and emotional development
Providers must also support children in four specific areas, through which the three prime areas are strengthened and applied.
The specific areas are:
• literacy
• mathematics
• understanding the world
• expressive arts and design
- EY-Intent-Implementation-Impact
- Caterpillars-3yr Nursery long term plan
- Butterflies-Reception long term plan
- Communication and language progression of skills and knowledge
- Physical progression of skills and knowledge
- Personal, social and emotional progression of skills and knowledge
- Literacy progression of skills and knowledge
- Mathematics progression of skills and knowledge
- Understanding the world progression of skills and knowledge
- Expressive arts and design progression of skills and knowledge