In this conversation with Donna Gaywood - Project Coordinator for Birth to 5 Matters and Sarah Neville, Donna and Sarah offer support to early years providers who are unsure how the non-statutory Birth to 5 Matters guidance will help them with the observation, assessment and planning cycle from September 2021.
Donna and Sarah talk about how to use Birth to 5 Matters to learn more about children’s starting points and how to support children’s initial and ongoing learning.
The Birth to 5 Matters website is at www.birthto5matters.org.uk
You might find a previous conversation with Nancy Stewart useful for more guidance on, among other things, using Birth to 5 Matters to write the Progress Check at 2 - www.childcare.co.uk/childminders/birth-to-5-matters.
Birth to 5 Matters videos are available on a range of subjects and the library is growing. Here Nancy Stewart talks about how to use the characteristics of effective learning in practice - • Birth to 5 Matters - The Characteristics o... and Chris Pascale provides an overview of the changes to the EYFS - • An overview of the changes to the EYFS - P... .
In the video, Sarah refers to the useful Musical Development Matters guidance which is free to download from this link – https://www.early-education.org.uk/mu....