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Tapestry covers the Early Years Foundation Stage, KS1 and KS2 groups and is designed to simplify and improve recording within these curricula. Information can be filtered and displayed in different ways, …

Dec 13, 2023 · Emma Davis reflects on why offering 'challenge' to children in the early years is so important, and what educators need to consider to support this. The Early Years, as the foundation …

Jun 11, 2024 · Risk-taking is a recurrent theme in early years education. And one that reliably provokes heated debate. What occurs to you when you think of a young child taking a risk? Maybe you …

Jul 26, 2021 · The new EYFS became statutory in September 2021 and here at Tapestry, we support the way the EYFS is changing, moving away from data-centred assessment and towards a child …

Apr 6, 2016 · I have asked on here before about how long we should keep documents such as Child registration forms, funding forms, daily attendance registers, accident and incident books, medication …

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Mar 26, 2017 · This is the first year my school has been using Tapestry and it uses the terminology of 'ELG Emerging, developing and secure', previous years, and the rest of my school use the …

Jun 23, 2011 · A topic about Snow and Ice provides a great starting point for observing similarities and differences and talking about changes in the world around us. It is also a good way to introduce other …

Jan 20, 2020 · Worse still is the Department for Education’s (DfE) proposed changes to the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) which continue to be debated and …