In 2010, Professor Fisher wrote Moving On to Key Stage 1 (Open University Press) about the transition of children from the EYFS into KS1. It examined what is known about how children learn when five, six and seven years of age, and what this means for the ways in which they should be taught in KS1.
But political times have changed, she argues. In 2010, schools were being encouraged to ‘build on’ good quality EYFS practice to ensure that children’s experiences as they made the transition to KS1 were smooth and seamless. Now, teachers are being urged to ‘get children ready’ for school and teachers report a KS1 curriculum influencing children in the EYFS rather than the other way round.
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