Over the next year, early years practitioners will be concerned to learn more about the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which becomes statutory from September 2008. However, the good news is that since the EYFS builds on and has been developed from the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (2000), Birth to Three Matters (2002) and the National Standards for Under Eights Day Care and Childminding (2003), then much of what it contains will already be familiar to most members of the early years workforce.
So, what are the main messages for implementing the EYFS? What are the principles of effective practice in the early years? And what responsibilities and expectations will practitioners have under the new framework?
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