Early years and the EYFS framework explained
Use these questions to evaluate how your setting implements the principle of the unique child, and to identify practical next steps: How do you ensure every child's developmental pathway is fully understood and supported? How are you using what you notice in everyday observations to actively shape teaching and learning?
The EEF's guide to the Early Years Pupil Premium recommends that settings should 'tailor personalised support'. What does this mean, and how can settings use this approach to help every child flourish?
While every setting is unique , many effective environments include open-ended areas such as : Sand and Water Play: Supporting sensory exploration, language, fine motor skills and early scientific thinking
How can early years settings put individual children at the heart of their practice? Two expert practitioners describe how getting to know the unique child and responding to insight on whole-class needs means they can meet children's needs from the start.
The unique child
The unique child Resources to support you to meet the individual needs of children. 'Every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured'. The following resources will support you to put the 'unique child' principle into practice.
The EYFS seeks to provide: Quality and consistency in all early years settings , so that every child makes good progress, and no child gets left behind. A secure foundation through planning for the learning and development of each individual child and assessing and reviewing what they have learned regularly.
PDF Birth to 5 Matters
Identifying what each unique child "knows and can do" is the foundation of inclusive early years practice. pportunities for learning and belonging that their early years setting affords. Practitioners learn how to offer appropriate support throug
Early Years Foundation Stage A Unique Child Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be resilient capable confident and self-assured. Enabling Environment Our Environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children's development and learning.
Does your setting represent every family and every child
Leon Wenham reflects on how settings and educators can make sure every child sees themselves represented, by normalising diversity. He includes some questions to ask yourself, and some links to valuable resources.
The four principles of the EYFS underpin all the guidance in Birth to 5 Matters, which is designed to show how these principles work together for children in the EYFS. All children develop in different ways and development is not a linear or automatic process. It depends on each unique child having opportunities to interact in positive relationships and enabling environments that encourage ...
