Three cheers for the Cambridge Primary Review, the three-year independent project into primary education that has just submitted a major report (see News, page 3). Its overwhelming conclusion is that the primary curriculum should build on the Early Years Foundation Stage rather than be shaped by downward pressure from secondary level.
How wonderful this could be! The effects could be particularly significant at reception class level, where the clash of EYFS and Key Stage 1 makes life really difficult for teachers and teaching assistants. The EYFS makes a key-person system mandatory - yet there may only be one or two adults for up to 30 children in a reception class. How do you adhere to the principles of A Unique Child in such circumstances? How do you set up an Enabling Environment, preferably with free-flow access to outdoors, in the accommodation that many schools have to exist in?
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