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Early Years Foundation Stage

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Whatever your role in an Early Years setting, the Learning, Playing and Interacting: Good practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage toolkit will support your work with advice on pedagogy, practice and interwoven assessment. These approaches are also supported by numerous other helpful resources in this section.

Start discovering how to use adult- and child-initiated experiences to provide evidence for the EYFS Profile by browsing the sections below or using the Quick search.

Sections in Early Years

  • EYFS framework
  • EYFS requirements
  • EYFS areas of Learning and Development
  • EYFS profile
  • EYFS resources
  • Supporting programmes and resources
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EYFS framework

  • Framework principles in EYFS framework
  • A Unique Child in EYFS framework
  • Positive Relationships in EYFS framework
  • Enabling Environments in EYFS framework
  • Learning and Development in EYFS framework

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EYFS areas of Learning and Development

  • All areas of focus in EYFS areas of Learning and Development
  • All areas of learning in EYFS areas of Learning and Development
  • All stages in EYFS areas of Learning and Development

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EYFS resources

  • Principle into practice cards in EYFS resources
  • EYFS poster in EYFS resources
  • A Unique Child in EYFS resources
  • Enabling Environments in EYFS resources
  • Learning and Development in EYFS resources
  • Positive Relationships in EYFS resources

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Supporting programmes and resources

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  • Parents as partners in Supporting programmes and resources
  • Inclusion, equality and diversity in Supporting programmes and resources
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  • publication image Inclusion Development Programme: Supporting children with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties – Guidance for practitioners in the Early Years Foundation Stage

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