Professional practice in the early year’s settings Understand the scope and purposes of the early year’s sector Explain how the range of early year’s settings reflects the scope and purpose of the setting The early year’s sector has been at the forefront of the government’s agenda over the past 10-15 years and there have been huge changes in response to social and economic development. In October 2003 the EPPE report was published where the effects of preschool education on 3-4 year olds were studied. A
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difference. The essay also considers the role of the early year’s practitioners in planning and resourcing for teaching in a multilingual setting. In order to evaluate and reflect on my settings approach to multilingualism and the generally ethos of the school‚ I will be referring to the pictures in the essay’s appendix consisting of display pictures‚ a pie chart of languages spoken overall by the children‚ and an activity to support language skills. My current setting is a Reception class within a Primary
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Assessing the Quality of Early Years Learning Environments Abstract This article describes a means of evaluating early years classrooms from the perspective of the child’s experience. Nine key themes‚ such as motivation and independence‚ are identified as representing significant aspects of a high-quality environment for learning. The manner in which these manifest themselves in relation to the three elements of the interactional trianglethe children‚ the adults‚ and their physical environmentis
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Community development is the tool by which “people empower themselves by increasing their ability to control their own lives in order to create a more fulfilling existence through mutual efforts to resolve shared problems” ( Maser‚ 1997 ) In the early years development initiatives were driven by a “top to bottom” approach. Projects were organised and executed by government departments‚ which often produced inappropriate
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How have understandings and ideals of early years education changed and developed in Britain? This essay is going to discuss how over time‚ the understandings and ideals of early years education have changed and developed enormously in Britain. The ideals of education are to emphasize an individual’s mind of knowledge‚ allowing them to adapt and develop what they already know. Early years education is a modern term‚ which is the first part of education‚ providing a variety of opportunities for a
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Unit 5 Assignment E1 It is important that a practitioner works professionally in their job and understands their responsibility and as they are working with a range of people they need to know how to maintain a good and professional relationship and this generally means they need to be able to talk about the appropriate things to that specific person and should understand their boundaries. A practitioner will work with parents/carers‚ children‚ colleagues‚ students and multi-disciplinary teams
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EYMP1 Context and principles for early year’s provision EYMP1.1 Explain the legal status and principles of the relevant early year’s framework and how national and local guidance materials are used in settings In England‚ the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) is the statutory framework that all settings are required to use to set the standards for the learning‚ development and care of children from birth to the age of five. The EYFS curriculum was first introduced in September 2008‚ thus since
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This assignment is based upon my understanding of child development and children’s learning‚ considering the curriculum for the Early Years and the curriculum for the Early Years Foundation Stage/Key Stage One. I propose to outline a rationale for effectively continuing children’s learning‚ from the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage into Year One and include strategies to support transitions‚ effective curriculum delivery and links between the EYFS and the National Curriculum. Throughout the
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As it is acknowledged that early years is the foundation stage for all children as it the first stepping stone that they will encounter in their life. Personally‚ I am interested in studying early years at university reason being is because I am interested the way children develop from birth up to the age of five and I have a strong passion for it. A career within this field consists of skills such as being dedicated‚ caring‚ reliable‚ hardworking and understanding and I believe that I possess these
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Entitlement and provision for early years education As part of the Every Child Matters agenda and the Childcare Act 2006‚ it became an entitlement of all 3- and 4-year-olds in England to receive a free part-time early years education of up to 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. The government funds local authorities to ensure that every child receives up to two years of free education before reaching school age. Parents do not need to contribute to this‚ but will be charged fees for any
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