Since 2004 all children in the UK aged three and four years old have been entitled to free places at nursery or another preschool setting (including child-minders). From 1st September 2010 the Government extended these hours from 12.5 to 15 hours for up to 38 weeks of the year. The free entitlement provides universal access to early childhood education and care‚ ensuring that all children have the opportunity to benefit from early years education. The extended hours also supports parents who wish
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DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND THEIR LINKS TO THE EYFS The development of the early years’ curricula has been significantly influenced by the following approaches: Reggio Emilia High/Scope Montessori Steiner THE REGGIO EMILIA INFLUENCE ON THE EYFS The Reggio Emilia approach to early years’ foundation stage education is based on over forty years of experience in the Reggio Emilia Preschool Centres in Italy. The approach places emphasis on children’s symbolic languages in the context of a project-oriented
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Diabetes- current epidemiology and measuring variables at a local level Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM) is not classed as single disorder as it represents a series of conditions associated with high blood sugar which are cased in turn by defects in insulin secretion or the effectiveness of insulin or both. It is usually diagnosed by evidence of hyperglycaemia in a fasting state (>7.1 mmol/l plasma glucose) or threw an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)( >11.1mmol/l plasma glucose)
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Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of……… Personal factors There are many factors that influence a child/young person development such as health issues‚ sensory impairment‚ disability‚ learning difficulties. Even before birth a child needs to reach many milestones and however small or large they can cause a delay in a childs development and in many cases are completely out of the childs or parents control. Faulty genetics for example is a factor that
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the special provision requires by children and young people with whom they work. (The information gathered here is from http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm84/8438/8438.pdf) There are different types of provision for children such as Special educational provision‚ health provision and social care provision and they apply to different ages differently. Special educational provision for a child aged two or more or a young person is training provision and education provision as well as
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entitlement and provision for early year’s education There are many different types of early year’s provision which has been funded by the government for early years education. All three and four year olds are entitled to 15 hours of free early year’s education entitlement per week across the 38 weeks of the annual year. Theirs are five different settings where Parents can choose to give their child for their Free EY Entitlement they are: •Pre-school playgroup-. It is an early childhood program
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BEING IN THE EARLY YEARS 3.1 Explain how to promote children’s health and wellbeing in an early years work setting To promote positive health and wellbeing within an early years work setting‚ there are 6 holistic aspects of health which enable a child to feel happy‚ be fit and able to adapt and to develop to their full potential. Physical Health – this is how the body functions physically‚ and is the easiest “aspect of health” to measure. Emotional Health – this is how we express our
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Range: 6-8 years Contents Page Introduction on early years education Page 3 Types of learning Page 6 Techniques of learning Page 7 Assessments Every child matters Page 9 Birth to three Page 10 Foundation Stage Page 12 National Curriculum Page 14 Topic 1 Page 18 Evaluation Page 24 Topic 2 Page 27 Evaluation Page 33 Theorists and theories Page 36 Bibliography Page 40 Appendix Page 41 Early Years Education
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Unit 15 Professional practice in early years setting 1.1 There are many different types of childcare provision‚ these include: Mother and toddler groups- a place were the toddler can socialise with other children their age‚ whilst the mother or father can stay and learn more ways to look after and help with the childs development. Pre-school- a private nursery‚ one that is paid for by the parent‚ they do not do compulsory hours and the child doesn’t have a primary school place already.
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scope and purposes of the early years sector Explain how the range of early years setting reflects the scope and purpose of the sector. The early year’s sector in the U.K. is complex‚ unlike many European countries it was not developed by government policy with particular aims but came about in response to family’s requirements which were based on changing economical and social factors. In the second half of the twentieth century public expenditure on early year’s provision focused on families with
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