Fw: Foundations Years Update and leaflet on EYFS

May 30, 2012

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Maggie

- Foundations Years Update

Sent: May 30, 2012 12:37 PM

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ISSUE NO. 9 - MAY 2012 Department for Education publishes response to Early

Education and Childcare consultation Welcome to the latest edition of the

foundation years newsletter. As we look forward to the jubilee weekend, this

month's edition of the newsletter is proving to be a true diamond edition

featuring a number of important messages from the Department of Education. Our

top feature is breaking news on the 2 year old free entitlement. Today’s the

Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg announced the next steps in the roll out of

the entitlement including news of the 10 early implementer local authorities,

funding sources and criteria – see news from the DfE below. Since the

publication of the revised EYFS framework at the end of March the strategic

partnership has been active in supporting you with queries, accessing resources

and feeding your messages back to the DfE. Overall the response to the revised

framework has been positive but we recognize there are still a number of queries

causing concern. Therefore we plan to collate an up to date frequently asked

question and answer paper which will be posted on the website on Friday

15thJune. To support practitioners working with our youngest foundation years

children we have placed in the library the “Birth to 3 Matters” material. This

material does not replace any aspect of the EYFS framework but is there as a

resource to support practitioners with their practice. There has been a

significant positive response to this resource material being available

electronically and we are anxious to learn of any further resources we could

upload onto the website to support quality practice. Due to the pace of

developments within our sector the next newsletter is due for publication in mid

June - In the meantime we hope your jubilee celebrations whatever they may be

provide happy memories for your children and that long weekend is an opportunity

to relax in a way which is best for you. Al

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