The debate continues and I now have the comments section restored. Many thanks to Lucy Giffen, who has contributed once again to this important debate. Lucy’s comments (and other comments) can be found by checking the comments section which follows each post. My response is highlighted below: “Thanks for your comments Lucy. Needless to say I don’t [...]
Archive for August, 2009
28 Aug
Comments Section
Readers! I’m finding the settings on WordPress comments section a bit of a challenge this morning. Rather than delete all of them (by mistake) – I think I’ll leave it until I have a quiet moment! Rest assured all your comments are still there – they’re just invisible at the moment. They’ll be restored soon, [...]
27 Aug
Steiner School Wins EYFS Exemption
According to ‘Children and Young People Now’ the first Steiner School has been granted an exemption to the EYFS. For more on this story click here.
26 Aug
Letter to West Cheshire Council re: Early Years Foundation Stage parental Exemption
Letter to West Cheshire Council, Re: EYFS Parental Exemption Thank you for sending a representative to attend the meeting with our family and representatives of our child’s school last Friday. As became clear at the meeting – this was a first time for all of us - no-one present at the meeting had dealt with a parental exemption before. [...]
26 Aug
Early Years Foundation Stage – childminder feedback and English as a second language
Another reader response (I’ve copied this one out of the comments section and highlighted it here in a new post as it covers the hugely important issue of English as a second language). Many thanks for taking the trouble, Jaki. F.L. As a very experienced childminder, I do not agree with Lucy’s comments. In principle, the EYFS is a good thing. However, in [...]
25 Aug
Criticisms of the EYFS – Pros and Cons
I’ve just found a link that will be of interest to blog readers. Morton Michel the Child Care insurance specialists have brought together two speakers ( Ruth Pimentel, who at the time the interview was completed was the National Director of the EYFS and Wendy Scott, Early Years Consultant) to debate the pros and cons, ( including [...]
25 Aug
On Morals and the EYFS
Consider the following by Emmanuel Levinas. On morals Morality means being-for (not merely being – aside – or even being – with) the Other. To take a moral stance means to assume responsibility for the Other; To act on the assumption that the well being of the Other is a precious thing calling for my effort [...]
24 Aug
Early Years Foundation Stage and the OPEN EYE campaign – questions and answers
More links to forge. More questions. More answers. Here are some useful ones about the EYFS and the Open Eye campaign from the Open Eye FAQ’s page. See this link.
24 Aug
How to select the right pre-school for your child
I’m very happy to say – despite the stress of recent events – I’m still feeling very creative. There’s no sign of the dreaded ‘writer’s block’! One of the international websites I write for (called Helium) helps a great deal. Heliumis based in the States and has a huge, global audience. It’s inspiring to communicate across the globe [...]
21 Aug
Early Years Foundation Stage – Exemption Meeting
Back home now after the meeting about the exemption request. Two school staff present and a representative from the local authority. The L.A. rep. was half an hour late, so I found a broadband connection and the five of us (school staff, my child, my other half and myself) took the opportunity to watch the ‘Open Eye’ video – [...]
