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EYFS: Nursery group reassesses approach to learning and development in run-up to EYFS

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Karen Walker, head of children's services at the London Early Years Foundation, spoke to Nursery World about how the group's nurseries are preparing for the new framework.

How are you getting ready for the EYFS?

We wanted to look at how we plan, observe and assess, to see if we needed to make any changes. Now that there are Prime and Specific areas, we wanted to see how everything would link, and make sure we consider all the key areas.

We wanted to look at the environment for two-year-olds and more on supporting families. We felt that previously there was not enough emphasis on the nought to threes, but in the revised EYFS we like the idea of the three Prime areas.

How are you going to support the prime area of physical development?

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