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DfE publishes Development Matters curriculum guidance, as early adopter schools start updated EYFS

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Thursday, September 3, 2020

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The Department for Education has published revised curriculum guidance ahead of the implementation of the updated EYFS.

Early years sector coalition launches survey to develop alternative EYFS guidance

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

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Early years practitioners are being urged to have their say on the development of alternative guidance to support the revised EYFS statutory framework, following criticism of the document published by the Department for Education in September.

Proposed EYFS changes ‘not supported by evidence’

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Monday, September 16, 2019

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New research reveals there is little support among the sector or evidence for making extensive changes to the current Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.

Consultation on revised EYFS launches

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

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The Department for Education has today launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Digital Technology: Take control

Features

Monday, April 30, 2018

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Technology – especially the kind that involves screens – always divides opinion when it comes to children. Meredith Jones Russell talks to two digital tech experts to find out how they think the subject should be represented within the revised EYFS

Curriculum: Broad minded

Features

Monday, April 30, 2018

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It is time to reflect on a broad and balanced early years curriculum, and a revised EYFS should support us to think about what our children need, argues Dr Julian Grenier

Thousands call for halt to early learning goals review

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

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A petition calling for the review of the early learning goals to be put on hold has received over 5,000 signatures.

Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert

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Friday, November 9, 2018

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Children are being steered towards pleasing teachers over developing a genuine love of learning under proposed reforms to the Early Learning Goals, early years experts said yesterday.

Teachers unsure if new Early Learning Goals will prepare children for KS1

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Friday, October 25, 2019

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Schools that piloted the revised EYFS Profile thought the new Early Learning Goals (ELG) were clearer, but were unsure as to whether they would better prepare children for the next stage of their education.

EYFS consultation proposals don't go far enough

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Friday, November 1, 2019

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The Government consultation on the EYFS incorporates changes to both the educational programmes and the Early Learning Goals (ELGs), but these fall well short of early years experts' expectations for the framework.

EYFS consultation: Question of responsibility

Opinion

Monday, January 6, 2020

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Making ‘positive attachments’ to adults and ‘forming friendships with peers’ should not be part of the Early Learning Goals for children, says early years expert Anne O'Connor

Editor’s view - Goal difference

Opinion

Monday, July 9, 2018

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The secretive nature of the revision of the Early Learning Goals, not to mention the end result, will not win hearts and minds

New baseline check for Reception and revised early learning goals

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

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Education secretary Justine Greening has confirmed that there will be a new baseline measure brought into Reception from 2020, and early learning goals will be made 'clearer'.

Practitioners want play and characteristics of effective learning in alternative EYFS guidance

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

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Play and the Characteristics of Effective Learning (CoEL) should be given more emphasis in alternative guidance being developed to support the revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), a survey has found.

Birth to 5 Matters EYFS guidance to launch this month

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021

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‘Birth to 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector’ is on track to be launched later this month after the final sector consultation on the non-statutory Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guidance resulted in a ‘resounding endorsement’ of the document.

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

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The dispute between a group of early years experts and teachers and the Department for Education over the Government’s planned reforms to the Early Years Foundation Stage has ramped up this week.

Birth to 5 Matters experts hit back at criticism of guidance's stance on anti-racism by Conservative MPs

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

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The group that developed Birth to 5 Matters has responded to criticisms by Tory MPs about the use of the term ‘white privilege’, in its recently published guidance, when addressing issues of equality in early years settings.

DfE confirms revised EYFS and Reception Baseline statutory from September

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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The Department for Education has today (31 March) confirmed that the landmark reforms to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) will be rolled out nationally and that the Reception Baseline will become statutory for schools from September.

Early Learning Goals group ‘unrepresentative’

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Monday, June 11, 2018

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The Department for Education has come under fire after a Freedom of Information request revealed little early years sector representation among those involved in reviewing the EYFS early learning goals.

Call for major overhaul of ELGs with early years experts

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Thursday, July 5, 2018

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Early Education says that the Government’s revision of the Early Learning Goals has far wider implications and is in effect a re-write of the whole EYFS 'by the back door'.

Practitioners must speak out about the failings of proposed ELGs

Opinion

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years consultant Helen Moylett is urging early years staff to make clear in the revised EYFS consultation the 'failings' of the proposed ELG for communication and language.

EYFS reforms: New and improved?

Opinion

Monday, January 20, 2020

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Let’s not have change in the EYFS for change’s sake, says Beatrice Merrick

Early years coalition criticises lack of consultation over revised Development Matters and plans own guidance

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

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A coalition of early years organisations has slammed the Department for Education for failing to consult widely with the sector on drawing up curriculum guidance for the revised EYFS, and said it plans to consult and develop alternative guidance for children from birth to five.

EYFS revisions ‘muddled’ and ‘inappropriate’

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Monday, November 11, 2019

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Early years experts have criticised the latest EYFS revisions, saying the proposed educational programmes and Goals are ‘muddled’ and developmentally inappropriate for young children.

Teachers to use EYFS Profile in next academic year

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Friday, August 12, 2016

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The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) will remain statutory for 2016-17, the Standards & Testing Agency has confirmed.

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DfE publishes Development Matters curriculum guidance, as early adopter schools start updated EYFS

Early years sector coalition launches survey to develop alternative EYFS guidance

Proposed EYFS changes ‘not supported by evidence’

Consultation on revised EYFS launches

Digital Technology: Take control

Curriculum: Broad minded

Thousands call for halt to early learning goals review

Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert

Teachers unsure if new Early Learning Goals will prepare children for KS1

EYFS consultation proposals don't go far enough

EYFS consultation: Question of responsibility

Editor’s view - Goal difference

New baseline check for Reception and revised early learning goals

Practitioners want play and characteristics of effective learning in alternative EYFS guidance

Birth to 5 Matters EYFS guidance to launch this month

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

Birth to 5 Matters experts hit back at criticism of guidance's stance on anti-racism by Conservative MPs

DfE confirms revised EYFS and Reception Baseline statutory from September

Early Learning Goals group ‘unrepresentative’

Call for major overhaul of ELGs with early years experts

Practitioners must speak out about the failings of proposed ELGs

EYFS reforms: New and improved?

Early years coalition criticises lack of consultation over revised Development Matters and plans own guidance

EYFS revisions ‘muddled’ and ‘inappropriate’

Teachers to use EYFS Profile in next academic year

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