The new framework, which takes effect from 1 September 2012, reduces the number of early learning goals from 69 to 17, sharpens the focus on the main areas of learning and simplifies assessment when a child reaches five. It also places a responsibility on practitioners to provide a summary assessment of children as part of the two year-old check.
The overarching principles are defined as unique child, positive relationships, enabling environments and recognition that children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates. While the first draft used the term ‘positive environments’, practitioners will welcome the return to the familiar enabling environments.
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