The Early Years Curriculum

Lorna Wigley
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Nursery Management: Embedding the revised EYFS - What matters

Management
Creating the museum enabled the children to use a variety of tools and skills
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EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… fairies

Let’s Explore
Practitioners should note the places where talk happens between children
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EYFS Activities - An A to Z of learning: T is for talk

Activities
One concern raised is that the framework’s approach to reading is too simplistic and phonics-based
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Best Practice - War of words

Practice
Carol Payne: 'Support for speaking and understanding language must play a central role in any new early years initiative'
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'Funding for children's speech and language has been sorely lacking'

Policy & Politics
Children starting school this year have to take tests in English and Maths before the October half-term PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Teachers brand new tests for four- and five-year-olds 'a waste of time'

Provision
A render of the 'pre-walker and toddler zone' at the Young V&A, the new name for the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, which is to reopen after a redesign and refurbishment in 2023 PHOTO V&A
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Young V&A will ‘celebrate play’

Families
Small-world play offers the opportunity to reflect both familiar environments and those beyond personal experience
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Revised EYFS - In focus… A sense of place

Practice
Early mark making is the beginning of children’s journey to becoming confident writers when they are older
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EYFS Best Practice - All about… mark making

Practice
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Essential Resources: Self-care - I’m ready!

Practice
Ted wore a beekeeping suit and brought a jar of honey into the nursery
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EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… bees

Activities
The setting’s books are accessible to the children at all times
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EYFS Activities - An A to Z of learning: S is for stories

Activities
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EYFS Activities - Supporting SEND… Language and communication

Practice
Learning about the world at Ark Start Oval in East Croydon, south London
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EYFS Best Practice In School - Core values

Early Years Curriculum
Foxes Nursery at Woodlands Primary. Many children have missed out on time in nursery due to the pandemic leading to head teachers questioning 'the efficacy and validity' of data from the Reception baseline
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Analysis: Schools question need for the new Reception Baseline

Reception Baseline
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Find expert guidance on the revised EYFS

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