The Foundation Phase will provide young children with a curriculum which is more appropriate to their stage of development. It offers an approach that caters for their individual needs. Such an approach will, I am sure, lead to a reduction in disaffection and will encourage more students to stay on at school and become lifelong learners.
That approach shapes the philosophy and content of the Foundation Phase curriculum - a curriculum that, through its seven areas of learning, is sufficiently flexible to allow staff at a local level to prepare experiences which cater for the needs of their children; a curriculum that builds on what children can do and what they bring to the learning environment; a curriculum that provides a broad and balanced basis for children's learning and development.
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