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Keeping Pace - new curriculum

The foundation stage, to be introduced in September this year, will broaden substantially the age range of children covered by the new early years curriculum. The new early learning goals will apply to children from age three to the end of the reception year, which could mean as old as five years 11 months. This is a time in a child's life, as the new curriculum guidance points out, when 'growth is both rapid and differential', 'a crucial stage of life in terms of physical, intellectual, emotional and social development'. Practitioners must have a sound knowledge of child development if they are to be able to implement the new curriculum effectively.

The foundation stage, to be introduced in September this year, will broaden substantially the age range of children covered by the new early years curriculum. The new early learning goals will apply to children from age three to the end of the reception year, which could mean as old as five years 11 months. This is a time in a child's life, as the new curriculum guidance points out, when 'growth is both rapid and differential', 'a crucial stage of life in terms of physical, intellectual, emotional and social development'. Practitioners must have a sound knowledge of child development if they are to be able to implement the new curriculum effectively.

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