Page 9 - Teaching Assistants Training Programme

1A Key Stages and Assessment: Early Years through Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

Early Years Curriculum To find out:
How does your setting
There are seven areas of learning and development organise the early years
in the curriculum for early years settings. All these areas of curriculum?
learning and development are inter-connected. How are parents involved?
This information will be on the school’s website.
There are the three ‘prime areas’:
Websites for further information:
Communication and Language (CL) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ear
Physical Development (PD) ly-years-foundation-stage-framework--2
Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/

Then there are the ‘specific areas’ through which the prime
areas are strengthened and applied.

The four specific areas are:

Literacy;
Mathematics;
Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design.

© Focus Education (UK) Ltd 9