Last year, the Government announced plans to review the early years curriculum, including revising the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) and rewriting the educational programmes for each area of learning.
The controversial proposals, set to come into force in September 2021, include the removal of shape, space and measure and technology from the ELGs and the Areas of Learning and an increased focus on literacy.
They have been dubbed 'a rewrite of the EYFS curriculum by the back door' and ‘not based on evidence’ by Early Education. The Early Years Alliance said the changes to the maths goals ‘remove the real-world contexts that support children to gain a solid understanding of maths’.
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