Early Years Foundation Stage Planning
"Good planning is the key to making children's learning effective, exciting, varied and progressive. It enables practitioners to build up knowledge about how individual children learn and make progress."
Practice Guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage, DCSF
EYFS - Effective Practice: Observation, Assessment and Planning, DCSF
The Ealing Early Years team have put together planning guidance notes and templates to help settings understand the planning requirements of the EYFS. We've also published a series of information sheets called the 'Good Practice Guidelines' designed as quick reference guides and tips for areas of learning and development in the EYFS.
Ealing Planning Guidance Notes
Long-term planning
A long-term plan is a way of ensuring that all six areas of learning are given equal emphasis and that all aspects of learning within the six areas are covered regularly and frequently. The plan should be used as a guide and not stuck to rigidly.
Medium-term planning
A medium-term plan can be used when necessary to bridge the gap between short and long-term planning.
FS1 and FS2 Medium-term planning formats:
Short-term planning
A short-term plan "is usually drawn up on a day-to-day or weekly basis. It includes, for example, sequences of experiences and activities designed to promote new learning or to consolidate or apply things just learned."
EYFS All About Me - Example 1 or Example 2
Summary of Individual Needs and Interests - Example 1, Example 2 or Example 3
EYFS Short Term Planning Format - Adult led and Adult Initiated
FS1 Short Term Planning Format
FS2 Short Term Planning Format
EYFS Adult-Led / Focussed Planning Format
EYFS Adult-Initiated (Continous Provision) Planning Format