If one message is made clear in the opening sections to the Government's proposals for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), then it is this: checklists of activities for babies and topic-driven provision for older children will have no place in the proposed framework. In their place must come responsive, flexible provision, built around the needs and interests of the individual child and delivered through a cycle of observation, assessment and planning.
The consultation document on the single framework (see opposite) stresses repeatedly the importance of a 'personalised approach to learning', the need for 'well-planned play based on the interests and developmental needs of each child' and 'the need to plan for the individual child using sensitive observations and assessments'.
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