Understanding the World should mean exactly that. But without technology skills being assessed in the revised EYFS, it is a concern that children will not gain the skills or knowledge to use technology effectively, appropriately or safely.
To recover learning in a post Covid-19 world, we need to help our young learners know how their world works and what the people in it can do. The way technology has enabled our environment during lockdowns and isolation shows that devices and the internet can be used creatively to keep us connected and collaborative. These are not pandemic skills. They are life skills.
SKILLS ASSESSMENT
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