The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is the time in your child’s life between birth and age five.  Their early years’ experience should be happy, active, exciting, fun and secure; and support their development, care and learning needs.

Nurseries, pre-schools, Reception classes and child-minders must follow a legal document called the EYFS framework.  This promotes teaching and learning to ensure children are ready for Key Stage 1 and gives children the broad range of knowledge and skills that provide the right foundation for good future progress through school and life.

The framework sets out 7 areas of learning and development (3 prime and 4 specific).

The prime areas are:

• Communication and Language
• Personal, Social and Emotional development
• Physical Development

The specific areas are:

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Arts and Design