Nursery World - Work matters: Leadership

Encouraging children to access provision that encourages numeracy needs a structured approach by staff. Numeracy must be touched, held, discussed and played with, says manager Kathryn Peckham.

I had a wonderful opportunity recently to spend the day in the reception year of my local school. Under the guise of community relations and observing transitions to new environments, this gave me a fantastic look at how the EYFS is being embodied in an alternative environment to nursery.

Alongside establishing workshop areas, continuous provision, child-initiated enquiry and a free-flow approach were the demands of preparing these children for the routines and structure of a school environment; not only where to put their bag or how to do up their school tie, but an introduction to more formal numeracy and literacy programmes.

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