Early years educators at Pen Green, like many others, were concerned about the provisional revision of the EYFS. Dame Clare Tickell made some important points, but we were concerned about the way her review was being interpreted.
We still have reservations about the understanding of 'school readiness' and some of the inappropriate expectations in the early learning goals. However, there are key features about our new UK curriculum framework that we want to champion and celebrate, in particular - the foregrounding of the characteristics of learning, the retention of an 'enabling environment' and the strong emphasis on working in partnership with parents.
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