Outdoor areas hinder Foundation Stage
Alison Mercer
Wednesday, July 3, 2002
The use of outdoor areas is the most critical issue in implementing the Foundation Stage, according to a survey of an education union's members working in primary schools. Sixty per cent of participants surveyed by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) in last week's report, Firm Foundations?, identified the use of outdoor areas as a problem. Asked what was the most important difficulty they faced, 30 per cent picked outdoor areas - nearly double the proportion that selected the next most critical issues, planning and implementing the literacy and numeracy strategies.
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