Archive for the ‘Open Eye Conference 2010’ Category
10
Dec
Posted by Frances Laing in Criticisms of the EYFS, Government review of the Early Years Foundation Stage legislation, Michael Gove, Open Eye Conference 2010, Summer born children. Tagged: Early Years Foundation Stage, League tables for five year olds, parent's guide to the early years foundation stage. Leave a Comment
Michael Gove’s plan to introduce league tables for five year olds has given rise to a flurry of protest letters in the print edition of the Times Educational Supplement today – among them this one by Margaret Edgington of Open Eye which I’m taking the liberty of re-publishing here: Five years old is no age for [...]
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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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22
Jun
Posted by Frances Laing in Coalition government, Criticisms of the EYFS, Dr. Aric Sigman, Early Years Foundation Stage, EYFS and coalition government, History of opposition to EYFS learning and development targets, Open Eye Conference 2010. Tagged: Criticisms of the EYFS, Dr. Aric Sigman, EYFS media coverage, FAQ's Open Eye, Open Eye. Leave a Comment
The international Open Eye conference I attended two weeks ago received coverage in the national media, including the Telegraph newspaper: They chose the challenging headline “Ban Computers from schools until children reach age 9 says expert”. Dr. Aric Sigman is quoted: “There is evidence to show that introducing information and communications technology (ICT) in the early years [...]
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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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16
Jun
Posted by Frances Laing in Early Years Foundation Stage, Open Eye Conference 2010. Tagged: Early Years Foundation Stage, parent's guide to the early years foundation stage, The importance of play. Leave a Comment
What’s that expression? “If you want to get something done, ask a busy person.” I travelled to London at the weekend to attend the Open Eye conference on early years education, taking my press card with me . Here’s a picture of the Open Eye panel. The clock reads quarter past five and after a day jam-packed with fascinating [...]
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28
May
Posted by Frances Laing in Coalition government, Early Years Foundation Stage, History of opposition to EYFS learning and development targets, Homework at the age of four, Open Eye Conference 2010, parent's guide to early years foundation stage, parliamentary petition on eyfs, School exemptions. Tagged: Criticisms of the EYFS, Early Years Foundation Stage, parent's guide to the early years foundation stage. Leave a Comment
As the coalition government sets about it’s business – coalition agreements on education and schools are analysed in the mainstream press but official statements on the future of the Early Years Foundation Stage compulsory Learning and Development Requirements remain noticeably absent. The e-parliamentary petition system was de-activated by the U.K. administration around six weeks ago (due to the election, they said). [...]
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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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12
Feb
Posted by Frances Laing in Early Years Foundation Stage, Open Eye Conference 2010. Tagged: Early Years Foundation Stage, FAQ's Open Eye, Open Eye Conference 2010. Leave a Comment
Just received notification of this fascinating Open Early Years Conference called: “The Child – the true foundation”. See this link:
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