Opinion

‘Playing today to prepare for tomorrow’

Beatrice Merrick explains the thinking behind the recent Birth to 5 Matters Spring Festival which focused on key areas of practice including diversity and inclusion, sustainability, children’s rights and STEAM learning skills.
'Sustainability must be central to all our activity going forward'.
'Sustainability must be central to all our activity going forward'.

One year on since The Early Years Coalition launched the Birth to 5 Matters guidance, we have celebrated with ten days of free online professional development sessions. 

Our recent interim evaluation showed that practitioners are finding the guidance helpful to support implementation of the revised EYFS. They reported that the guidance had a positive impact on staff professional development, increasing staff confidence in their professional judgement, and impacting positively on assessment, curriculum and learning and outcomes.

It is also having some impact on diversity and inclusion and closing the ‘attainment gap’, although there is clearly more needed here and in relation to working with children with SEND.

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