Implementing the EYFS 2012

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Implementing the EYFS 2012

Implementing the EYFS 2012

A hands-on approach to implement changes for 2012

No-nonsense tactics to embed:

7 new areas of learning

reduction of Early Learning Goals

3 new characteristics of teaching and learning

25 new activities to support and extend learning

Explore the principles and commitments underpinning the new EYFS

Gain a deeper understanding of the Prime and Specific areas of learning

Understand the role of the adult indoors and outdoors

Recognise the impact of the learning environment for children

Study the 3 characteristics of teaching and learning:

playing and exploring
active learning
creating and thinking

Comprehensive approach to transform your setting

Embed communication and language across all areas

Support transition to year 1

Understand staffing issues such as staff:child ratios and staff qualifications

Balance adult-led and child-initiated activities

Audit your provision

Activities for active learning

An overview of different types of activities covering:

indoors & outdoors
noisy & quiet areas
small & large groups

New ways to develop:

social skills
confidence
communication

A treasure trove of sensory materials and natural resources

Use everyday life and natural resources to fuel curiosity and enrich learning

New activities to involve children with materials, ideas, people and events

Use existing resources to:

build
measure
compare
count
imagine

Use natural resources such as flowers, leaves and bark to:

create pictures
create patterns
tell a story

Use material to:

crawl under
make a magic cloak
make a den

INSET

Implementing the EYFS 2012, along with all our courses, can be arranged for in-school training (INSET).

For each course we recommend trainer(s), but when arranging your INSET day, you can choose. For more information, contact our INSET department.

Linda Tallent Linda is an independent educational consultant, providing advice, support and training both locally and nationally to teachers, senior managers and local authority officers. She is a C4EO accredited Early Years Sector Specialist and was previously a local authority school improvement officer. Linda is the author of three books which provide strategies and practical suggestions for practitioners: Boys: Getting it Right from the Start (with Gary Wilson), A Square peg in a Round Hole: inclusion for every child (with Jean Thompson). A Step-by-step Guide to the EYFS: How to Make Sense of the EYFS. She is a Consultant to OUP for the Project X Phonics series and the Getting the Best from the Boys School Improvement Kit.