So how do practitioners use the Early Years Foundation Stage in daily practice to observe, plan for and assess the children’s development? Understanding a child’s individual needs is achieved by using the observation, assessment and planning cycle from the EYFS Early Years Settings use this cycle to ensure the individual needs of children are met. … [Read more...] about How to monitor children’s development
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Demand for a skillful workforce in Early Years Settings
The demand for a skilful workforce was a recommendation made to improve the EYFS, this would help Early Years settings reach their fullest potential with regards to qualifications and training. Tickell stated in the report that she "recommends that the government retains a focus on the need to upskill the workforce, to commit to promoting a … [Read more...] about Demand for a skillful workforce in Early Years Settings
Supporting children with EAL
Some helpful information in supporting children with EAL in early years settings. In recent years the quantity of children in early years setting with English as an additional language has risen to "more than a million pupils in English schools who speak languages in addition to English" (NALDIC, 2013), yet the support for these children has not … [Read more...] about Supporting children with EAL
All nursery staff to be trained in Paediatric First Aid
A campaign by parents to make sure all nursery staff are qualified in pediatric first aid is being debated by MPs in parliament The e-petition was started by Dan and Joanna Thompson because their daughter died in nursery after choking. More than 100,000 people signed. Millie’s Trust was set up in memory of the little girl, and her parents aim … [Read more...] about All nursery staff to be trained in Paediatric First Aid
Practitioners role in assessing children’s development
Assessing children’s development is an important part in the practitioner’s professional role. There are several ways of assessing children's development in the setting; Tracking sheets and progress summaries are similar tools and both reflect the Development Matters. These types of assessments are broken down into the 7 areas of development, then … [Read more...] about Practitioners role in assessing children’s development
The Impact of having an EYITT
Why is having EYITT in my setting beneficial? A case study by Melissa Byrne from Twinkle Tots Nursery I have ran the Pre School within my day nursery setting for the past four years and felt that the EYITT course was best suited to me for a number of reasons such as location, funding and most importantly the fact it was based around Early … [Read more...] about The Impact of having an EYITT