The early years curriculum is top of everyone’s minds in England, with Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework putting the focus on the intent, implementation and impact of settings’ practice, and the revision of the EYFS still very much in progress.
So it is really interesting to see the planned new curriculum for Wales, due to arrive in 2022 (see News, pages 8-9).
This will mean the end of the Foundation Phase for three- to seven-year-olds, as the new curriculum covers three to 16. However, much good ‘early years’ practice features in the draft, which means that the change in content will probably affect older children and their teachers much more.
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