In stark contrast to an increasingly pressurised, results-driven climate, some schools are bravely saying goodbye to a formal approach to teaching and removing the desks from their Key Stage 1 (KS1) classrooms. They are extending the principles of the EYFS into Years 1 and 2 and harnessing children’s individual interests to solve problems and learn through their play.
The role of play in early learning is constantly under scrutiny, most recently in a Teaching Schools Council report, Effective Primary Teaching Practice. Rather than extending play-based provision into KS1, it noted, ‘Schools that most effectively supported transition bring Year 1 approaches into Reception.’
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