Origin And Purpose Of EYFS

EYFS:

purpose - is to ensure that early years settings meet certain standards of education and care.

Statutory - all early years settings and reception classes have to follow it. (0-5 years)

two main sections - learning and development requirements, safeguarding and welfare requirements

Ofsted inspections - looking for how well settings and reception classes are delivering the EYFS

Prime areas: personal, social and emotional development, communication and language development, physical development

Specific areas: literacy, maths, understanding of the world (starting points for teaching history geography and science), expressive arts and design

Assessment in the early years: