A copy of these documents can be found on the above website, Documents, latest Documents The updated Local authority interactive tool (LAIT) can be found at The DfE has issued guidance for schools and colleges to help students get involved with the National Citizen Service (NCS). See Ofsted have published a new early years curriculum report called Bold Beginnings. This shows that a third of all 5 year olds are being failed by their reception experience. The picture for disadvantaged children is even worse, with nearly half of them failing to meet expected levels of development at this unique and important stage. The report highlights missed opportunities and the painful consequences of falling behind. Ofsted is recommending that headteachers put reading at the heart of the reception curriculum. Reception teachers should focus on developing children’s spoken language and teaching them to read using systematic synthetic phonics. Schools should also make sure that children sit at tables when they learn to write. Reception should not just be a repeat of what children learned in their nursery or pre-school, or with their childminder. They deserve better than facing years of catching up. In the best schools children: learn to read quickly and easily enjoy listening to stories as the highlight of the day learn poems and rhymes by heart learn about numbers through practical activities and formal, written recording develop their personal, social and emotional skills through play In addition, headteachers commented that: the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) is placing an unnecessary burden on teachers newly qualified teachers are not well prepared to teach reading, writing or numbers in Reception Ofsted is also recommending that the DfE: reviews the Early Years Foundation Stage to make sure that it provides sufficient clarity for the effective teaching of reading, writing and numbers streamlines the EYFSP in order to reduce teachers’ workload raises the profile of early mathematics teaching, and makes a similar investment to that made in teaching phonics
A copy of these documents can be found on the above website, Documents, latest Documents The updated Local authority interactive tool (LAIT) can be found at The DfE has issued guidance for schools and colleges to help students get involved with the National Citizen Service (NCS). See Ofsted have published a new early years curriculum report called Bold Beginnings. This shows that a third of all 5 year olds are being failed by their reception experience. The picture for disadvantaged children is even worse, with nearly half of them failing to meet expected levels of development at this unique and important stage. The report highlights missed opportunities and the painful consequences of falling behind. Ofsted is recommending that headteachers put reading at the heart of the reception curriculum. Reception teachers should focus on developing children’s spoken language and teaching them to read using systematic synthetic phonics. Schools should also make sure that children sit at tables when they learn to write. Reception should not just be a repeat of what children learned in their nursery or pre-school, or with their childminder. They deserve better than facing years of catching up. In the best schools children: learn to read quickly and easily enjoy listening to stories as the highlight of the day learn poems and rhymes by heart learn about numbers through practical activities and formal, written recording develop their personal, social and emotional skills through play In addition, headteachers commented that: the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) is placing an unnecessary burden on teachers newly qualified teachers are not well prepared to teach reading, writing or numbers in Reception Ofsted is also recommending that the DfE: reviews the Early Years Foundation Stage to make sure that it provides sufficient clarity for the effective teaching of reading, writing and numbers streamlines the EYFSP in order to reduce teachers’ workload raises the profile of early mathematics teaching, and makes a similar investment to that made in teaching phonics