This month we’re looking at a new publication which is hot off the press… New Ofsted guidance for the inspection of safeguarding Ofsted has issued guidance for inspectors to use when inspecting safeguarding under the common inspection framework. The guidance comes in the form of a handbook, which sets out exactly what inspectors must consider. Why read […]
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As the new term is well underway, we’re catching up with the breaking early years news from over the summer… Early Years Foundation Stage Profile This spring, the Department for Education announced a u-turn on their plan to replace the EYFS Profile with the introduction of baseline assessment in schools this academic year. They have now […]
Read moreAs the eyes of the world turn to Rio de Janeiro, the Olympics and Paralympics provide a fantastic opportunity for holiday clubs around the globe to engage in some lively themed activities… Opening ceremony Why not have your own opening ceremony? Children could dress up and role-play a section of this year’s actual ceremony (you could […]
Read moreWelcome to the early years blog. In our recent roundup of the latest early years hot topics, we discussed the controversy over the baseline assessment due to be brought into Reception classrooms from this September. This would coincide with the currently used mandatory Early Years Foundation Stage Profile becoming non-statutory. The intended purpose of the […]
Read moreBaseline assessment Assessment in UK reception classrooms is changing from this September. It will no longer be compulsory for teachers to complete an EYFS Profile for pupils to assess final attainment at the end of the EYFS. Instead, baseline testing will be introduced to assess children’s level of development at the beginning of their formal […]
Read moreWelcome to this month’s early years blog. Mother’s Day is celebrated by children around the world, showing mums everywhere love and appreciation through cards, flowers and gifts. It’s celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent in the UK and Ireland (March 6th this time around), while the date varies in other parts of the world. […]
Read moreSome of our readers will be seeing temperatures starting to plummet as winter sets in properly! It’s easy to forget that young children may not have experienced these conditions before, or that they may not be able to remember much about the last snap of freezing weather. But keep this in mind as the landscape […]
Read moreHello and welcome to the Early Years Blog, As the winter holidays approach schools will be thinking about planning for the New Year. The Early Years Foundation Stage is non-prescriptive in terms of how this planning is carried out, so settings are free to develop their own methods. However, planning must be effective and completed […]
Read moreLast month, we looked at how practitioners can prepare children for the big transition from the early years setting to the school classroom. With that accomplished, settings will now be focussing on how to help their new cohort of children settle into their own busy early years environments. Preparing to receive a new child […]
Read moreCurrently, many early years settings will be helping their oldest children prepare for their upcoming transition to school. While focussed on those all-important preparation activities – such as visits to the new setting, reading books about starting school and playing making friends games – it’s easy to forget about providing equally important opportunities for children […]
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