Even the Times Educational Supplement is using the fatuous nickname in its coverage of what is the central framework for its readers teaching three- to five-year-olds - the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Most national newspapers seem unaware that the Foundation Stage has been in existence for quite some time, and that the early learning goals are not a brand-new surprise sprung on an unsuspecting sector. Birth to Three Matters doesn't seem to have been on the radar either!
There are serious matters to be debated as the EYFS begins, and Nursery World will continue to discuss them in a balanced way, while providing plenty of expert advice on best practice for the EYFS. But this trivialisation and misunderstanding does no-one good.
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