The EYFS
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is how the Government and early years professionals describe the time in your child’s life between birth and the age of 5. This is a very important stage as it helps your child get ready for school, as well as preparing them for their future learning and successes. From when your child is born up until the age of 5, their early years experience should be happy, active, exciting, fun and secure and support their development, care and learning needs.
The Early Years Statutory Framework sets out the standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5 and is inspected by Ofsted.
Purpose of the Early Years Foundation Stage
Within the EYFS Framework we provide activities and make assessment judgements based on the seven areas of learning: 3 Prime Areas and 4 Specific Areas.
Prime
Communication and Language
Physical Development
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Specific
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design
These seven areas of learning and development shape educational programmes (activities and experiences) in early years settings. All areas of learning and development are important and inter-connected.