Nursery World - Sustainability missing from EYFS reforms

A petition has been launched calling for sustainability to be included in the Government’s plans to revise the EYFS.

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The Green Early Years Choices Champions Organisation (GECCO) has launched the petition on the change.org website.

The DfE consultation on changes to the EYFS framework, which closes today (31 January), makes no reference at all to sustainability.

The petition states, ‘The Department for Education’s consultation on changes to Early Years Foundation Stage Reform does not include any reference whatsoever to sustainability.

‘We believe that protecting our planet and ensuring it is fit for future generations is important and that children should learn about this from an early age. We owe it to our children to teach them about the world they inhabit and that our planet is precious and must be preserved.’

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