What does the EYFS say about planning?
Planning in the early years is about meeting young children’s needs so that they can play and learn happily in ways which will help them develop skills and knowledge across the Prime and Specific areas of learning in the EYFS. However all planning should be flexible and used as a guide rather than followed slavishly.
What does the EYFS say about individual needs?
The EYFS states that ‘practitioners must consider the individual needs, interests and stage of each child in their care, and must use this information to plan a challenging and enjoyable experience for each child’.
Why was the EYFS revised 2012?
The new EYFS, which will take effect from 1 September 2012, focuses on getting children ready for education and increasing the attainment of all children, particularly those from deprived backgrounds. It also provides earlier intervention for children who need extra help with a progress check at age 2.
How do we plan in early years?
Planning involves the consideration of how the provision develops and delivers their educational programme (Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum) by identifying a child’s starting points and ensuring they make progress through effective planning to meets the child’s developmental needs.
What is short term planning in early years?
Short term planning or weekly planning brings together a collection of children’s individual observations, group observations,children’s interest and parents contributions.
Why is planning important in early years?
The importance of planning in early years is that plans are the key to making learning effective, exciting, and progressive. Its purpose is to ensure that all children enjoy a balanced curriculum. Every plan is, therefore, a working document that will repay your efforts and time in preparing a path for progression.
Why is it important to plan for individual needs?
Planning needs to be done for the provision as a whole and for individual children, meeting their unique needs and interests. Planning is vital to ensure that children’s learning is effective and that they are making the required progress towards the early learning goals.
Why was the EYFS developed?
A framework for all children By bringing together welfare and learning and development requirements, the EYFS was designed to raise standards and improve access to positive experiences for all children.
How has the EYFS evolved?
The new EYFS has restructured the learning and development requirements so there are now three prime areas of learning and four specific areas of learning, rather than the current six areas of learning. Prime areas of learning: Personal, social and emotional development Communication and language Physical development.
Why is the EYFS so important within an early years setting?
The EYFS looks to ensure that all early years children are provided with the highest quality early learning experience. It is extremely important as it is likely to have a major impact on the rest of their lives. The EYFS is there to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe.
How does the EYFS plan for key children?
Within the weekly planning some settings have a system whereby the key person will plan for their key children and this is either planning on its own or it is linked into the weekly proforma. The EYFS talks about long term and medium term planning and again this is implemented into settings in different ways.
How to implement children’s individual planning in schools?
When introducing children’s individual planning it may also be wise to be aware of continuous provision planning. This can be as simple as creating a sheet with the areas of the room and writing a list of the resources readily available in each area.
When do early years practitioners need to review the EYFS?
The EYFS requires early years practitioners to review children’s progress and share a summary with parents at two points: • in the prime areas between the ages of 24 and 36 months • and at the end of the EYFS in the EYFS Profile.
What is the primary purpose of the EYFS profile?
‘The EYFS Profile is not intended to be used for on-going assessment or for entry level assessment for Early Years settings or Reception classes’. The primary purpose of the EYFS Profile is to provide a reliable, valid and accurate assessment of individual children at the end of the EYFS.