Comments on: Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) 2012

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:55:26 +0000

Hi Julia,
Would you mind sending me your tracker info as it would be really helpful to see what other people are doing.
Many thanks
Jo

By: sam

sam — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:36:32 +0000

that is true working with children is fun but now the paper work has taken over especially when you are working alone. is true that there should be some documentation about the child/ children you look after. now if you are taking children out either play group or children,s center you have to write about where you are going, what is there and all these are time consuming. you are taking the out to explore and places new places. if any one who care for children have that love for children i don,t if the person will just be caring for these children with out proper care or attention. and i think people can use their common sense or experience to that instated of writing document and you are not practicing what they put on paper. all i know is that the child is unique and is the duty of any one who is working with that child to help them learn care for them and for them to achieved, develop all the learning areas. we should working in the interest of the children

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:09:50 +0000

The medium term plan could involve the season of the year, any annual festivals, and any comments or feedback from the parents from the latest MUS, for example if they said they want the child to do more craft.

By: 4Children Early Years Team

4Children Early Years Team — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:42:40 +0000

Hi Hina – I think the EYFS framework is what you’re after, it’s near the top of this page for download, or you can download the parents version (also on this page) for a more digestable read.

By: Hina

Hina — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:39:37 +0000

Please could i have information of curriculam guidelines that my Childminder should be following for my son. He is currently one years of age.
Thanks

By: Alison Hodgson

Alison Hodgson — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:51:27 +0000

I have been a pre-school leader for 17 years and must say that there is far too much paper work under the new EYFS – it certainly hasn’t been reduced. Some of the headings under the assessments of the children, we can,t even understand what they mean. Some of the headings are rediculous for example how can a child between 30 and 50 months be ‘aware of rhyme and alliteration’! They sing nursery rhymes and listen to stories which include alliteration, but the rest goes over their heads! This is just one example. _ Children should just be playing and not having to be taken away from this play just so that we as practitioners can hi-lite a box with written evidence nest to it. Most of the maths assessments have to be done on a one-to-one basis as it is! What happened to such simple headings as count up to five objects, count to ten or knows shapes circle, square, etc. – too much high faluting language is used in the assessments! Everything is going the wrong way and leaving a lot of early years practitioners being disillusioned with the profession having to spend more time on filling in paper work and cohort sheets instead of sitting down with the children, doing a variety of fun activities with them. I am a ‘hands on leader having keyworker children myself and am very disillusioned. Does anyone else feel like me? Why can’t they have practitioners working in the front line designing these profiles with easily understood development matters to assess that parents understand too!

By: anne

anne — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:58:13 +0000

hi helen
i total agree with you, were has all the fun gone with looking after children, is it not about playing and learning, yes there are needs and goals to be meet but i went into child care 25years ago to let children experiance some things they might not at home and enjoyed having fun with them but feel it is all about paper work now

By: lizzie

lizzie — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:48:31 +0000

Hi im new all this, well I know about the old EYFS but the new one is giving me a hard time. wondering if anyone could help me out. as nursery has just been set up and there is nothing in place, no learning journey or anything Ive been given the job of setting it up so each child has a learning journery. Really not sure what to use or how to build one. whould really like some help please. at 2 we now need to do the check and in the last year when a child is turning 5 we do the check to send to school but what about the other times? any help would be great Im feeling really stressed about this task
thanks L

By: 4Children Early Years Team

4Children Early Years Team — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:09:08 +0000

Hi Aimee – you can order the new EYFS from the 4Children website here: http://www.4children.org.uk/Resources/Detail/Full-Resource-Pack-Statutory-Framework-for-the-EYFS-2012 or via Early Education, the Pres-School Learning Alliance, or the National Day Nurseries Association via their websites.

By: Aimee Redland

Aimee Redland — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:40:02 +0000

I was wondering if i could order the new EYFS handbook and area of development sent to me.
If you do not send them out was wondering if you could advice me who does send them out or where i can get one from
Many than
Aimee Redland