their progress - and sets out a vision for improving our methods. One of
the book's editors, Dominic Wyse, explains.
We've been told by the head that the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is no longer a stage in its own right looking holistically at young children ... she says it is merely a precursor to Key Stage 1 (KS1). So formal learning is now coming down from Year 1, through Reception and into the nursery class with the three-year-olds that I teach. We were explicitly asked by our head teacher to make nursery 'more formal' in order to ensure children are not being left behind. 'More formal' means more direct teaching of maths and phonics ...
The effect of us spending more time on teaching maths and phonics means that we spend less time supporting the children in free-flow child-initiated play ...
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