Archive for the ‘Documenting our request for a parental exemption to the learning and development requirements of the EYFS’ Category
31
Mar
Posted by Frances Laing in Cheshire West Against the Cuts, Coalition Against the Cuts, Coalition government, Criticisms of the EYFS, Documenting our request for a parental exemption to the learning and development requirements of the EYFS, EYFS, EYFS media coverage, History of opposition to EYFS learning and development targets, League tables for five year olds, Summer born children. Tagged: Criticisms of the EYFS, Documenting our application for a parental exemption, Early Years Foundation Stage, Early Years Foundation Stage Review, League tables for five year olds, stop school league tables for five year olds. Leave a Comment
It’s fairly standard these days for a government review to be ‘leaked’ in a targeted way to the press – before it is published. That’s how certain media machines work. Your average PR agency with any clout – knows that public opinion can be influenced by providing journalists with crease-free copy before the event. That [...]
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30
Mar
Posted by Frances Laing in Cheshire West Against the Cuts, Coalition government, Criticisms of the EYFS, Documenting our request for a parental exemption to the learning and development requirements of the EYFS, Early Day Motion Reading Tests for six year olds, Early Day Motion Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds, EYFS, History of opposition to EYFS learning and development targets, League tables for five year olds, parent's guide to early years foundation stage, Phonics testing for five and six year olds, stop league tables for five year olds international petition, Summer born children. Tagged: Criticisms of the EYFS, Early Day Motion Stop School League Tables for Five Year Olds, League tables for five year olds, parent's guide to the early years foundation stage, Phonics test for six year olds, West Cheshire Council. Leave a Comment
The results of the Early Years Foundation Stage Review have been announced today. Rest assured readers, I do intend to share my thoughts with you all on this front – as soon as I can. However, in the meantime – I’m sharing this photograph – sized up so that you can see the detail of [...]
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4
Aug
Posted by Frances Laing in Criticisms of the EYFS, Documenting our request for a parental exemption to the learning and development requirements of the EYFS, Early Years Foundation Stage, EYFS and coalition government, Government review of the Early Years Foundation Stage legislation, Reading in primary schools, Reading scores in primary schools, Writing test results. Tagged: Criticisms of the EYFS, Early Years Foundation Stage, parent's guide to the early years foundation stage, Writing test results. Leave a Comment
I’m currently putting together a chapter for a book about the English Early Years Education system (and it’s shortcomings). The title I am writing to is: “A Parent’s Challenge to New Labour’s Early Years Foundation Stage”. International researchers and academics such as Dr. Sebastian Suggate will also be making contributions to this forthcoming book. You [...]
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9
Jul
Posted by Frances Laing in Coalition government, Criticisms of the EYFS, Documenting our request for a parental exemption to the learning and development requirements of the EYFS, Government review of the Early Years Foundation Stage legislation, Open Eye Conference 2010, parliamentary petition parentsguide 2009, Summer born children, The importance of play. Tagged: Criticisms of the EYFS, Documenting our application for a parental exemption, Early Years Foundation Stage, EYFS exemptions, parent's guide to the early years foundation stage. Leave a Comment
The long-awaited review of the Early Years Foundation Stage legislation has now been announced. The review has already been the focus of considerable media attention this week and I intend to continue analysing what the government is saying and reactions to this announcement over the next few weeks. The language originally used by organisations which [...]
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17
Jun
Posted by Frances Laing in Documenting our request for a parental exemption to the learning and development requirements of the EYFS, Early Years Foundation Stage, Early Years Foundation Stage materials, EYFS and coalition government, Open Eye Conference 2010, The Unique Child Network. Tagged: Criticisms of the EYFS, Early Years Foundation Stage, FAQ's Open Eye, parent's guide to the early years foundation stage. Leave a Comment
News from the Open Eye conference: A new networking site is under construction by one of Open Eye’s members which aims to bring together people worldwide who are concerned about the increasing rigidity of educational systems and wish to ensure that future models: – recognise and fully support the unique potential and wellbeing of each [...]
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13
May
Posted by Frances Laing in Authors against Sats, Criticisms of the EYFS, Documenting our request for a parental exemption to the learning and development requirements of the EYFS, Early Years Foundation Stage, Early Years Foundation Stage Industries, EYFS exemptions, EYFS media coverage, General Election, Open Eye Conference 2010. Tagged: Criticisms of the EYFS, Early Years Foundation Stage, EYFS exemptions, parliamentary petition on eyfs, Sats Boycott. 3 Comments
Why should those who oppose SATS testing consider signing the EYFS parliamentary petition I initiated? I’ve been asked to put together some background on this, so here are some FAQs and hopefully useful links: (regular blog readers - I risk repeating myself here, I know). Q. Why sign? A. The wording of the petition has been carefully formulated. It represents a [...]
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30
Nov
Posted by Frances Laing in Documenting our request for a parental exemption to the learning and development requirements of the EYFS. Tagged: Documenting our application for a parental exemption, EYFS Parental exemptions. Leave a Comment
Just caught up with a link to this interview I gave to James Tweed Childcare journalist about our experiences as the first parents in the U.K. to apply for a parental exemption. Follow this link: For our statement on the refusal, click here.
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2
Oct
Posted by Frances Laing in Documenting our request for a parental exemption to the learning and development requirements of the EYFS, Early Years Foundation Stage, EYFS exemptions, EYFS media coverage, Parental exemptions. Tagged: Documenting our application for a parental exemption, EYFS Parental exemptions, statement on exemption refusal. Leave a Comment
Quite a number of readers have asked to see the public statement we made when our exemption request was rejected. The statement was published in the Quaker international journal “The Friend” last week. Here it is: “The first parental exemption request to the compulsory Learning and Development Requirements of the English Early Years Foundation Stage [...]
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18
Sep
Posted by Frances Laing in Documenting our request for a parental exemption to the learning and development requirements of the EYFS, Early Years Foundation Stage, EYFS exemptions, Parental exemptions. Tagged: Documenting our application for a parental exemption, EYFS exemptions, EYFS Parental exemptions, West Cheshire Council. 1 Comment
We received the following letter today from our child’s school: Copy Follows: EYFS Early Learning Goals exemption request for xxx “We acknowledge the parental right to request an exemption from the Early Learning Goals assessment processes. This request has been carefully considered by the staff and by the Curriculum and the Staffing Committees of the [...]
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