INTERPRETING EYFS
Our setting has been implementing the EYFS since April. I have found that following the guidelines to be child-led, through observation and assessment, our planning time has decreased significantly and our sessions have become calmer, more purposeful and more fun!
While we still do observations for profiles throughout a session, we also make some observations of individuals or groups at play which go into a separate and easily accessible file. These observations, or sometimes they may be requests from the children, feed directly into the planning for the next week, or even for immediate implementation if that is possible. So if, for example, we notice during snack that a child would benefit from an opportunity to practise pouring, immediately we can offer that opportunity in dry sand, water, rice or so on where the child can practise safely and confidently.
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