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The Early Years Foundation Stage in England: Themes, Principles and Commitments

The Early Years Foundation Stage in England: Themes, Principles and Commitments. Creating the EYFS: the consultation process. 2005: ‘Direction of Travel’ document was published and many practitioners and organisations attended meetings and gave their views.

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The Early Years Foundation Stage in England: Themes, Principles and Commitments

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  1. The Early Years Foundation Stage in England: Themes, Principles and Commitments

  2. Creating the EYFS: the consultation process • 2005: ‘Direction of Travel’ document was published and many practitioners and organisations attended meetings and gave their views. • May - July 2006: Formal consultation on a draft document. Questionnaires used and several thousand responses from the full range of providers, practitioners and national organisations. Those responses have been taken into account as fully as possible in the final version.

  3. 20 local authorities shared the document with parents, children and practitioners Telephone survey by a national organisation Throughout the process of putting the final EYFS package together drafts have been trialled with many different groups and early years experts.

  4. A principled approach Theme: A Unique Child Principle: Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured Theme: Positive Relationships Principle: Children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents and/or a key person. Theme: Learning and Development Principle: Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and all areas of learning and development are equally important and interconnected. Theme: Enabling Environments Principle: The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning.

  5. What is in the pack ?

  6. Ages and stages 16 to 20months Birth to 11months 8 to 20months 40 to 60 + months 22 to 36 months 30 to 50 months

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