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Foundation phase: Wales unveils curriculum
By Simon Vevers,
Nursery World,
17 October 2007
The Welsh Foundation Phase (FP) was unveiled by Minister for Education Jane Hutt last week to a mixed reception, with some practitioners welcoming its child-centred, play-based approach, while one leading early years consultant warned that it remains 'overloaded' and too 'outcome-dominated'.
The Foundation Phase will be introduced for all children aged three to five in schools and funded settings in the non-maintained sector between September 2008 and July 2009. It will be extended to six- and seven-year-olds by July 2010 and July 2011 respectively. The FP contains seven areas of learning, with an emphasis on building on children's previous experience,...
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