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The EYFS areas of learning and development were split into ‘Prime’ and ‘Specific’ categories in 2012, after the Tickell Review recommended the division to ‘highlight the centrality of personal, social and emotional development, communication and language and physical development’.
The division, in effect, separated the foundations for learning from ‘pure curriculum’ (i.e. discrete and specific knowledge and skills outlined in the Specific areas).
Tickell drew on the Early Years Learning and Development Literature Review and concluded in her report that, ‘Essentially, children are primed to encounter their environment through relating to and communicating with others, and engaging physically in their experiences.’
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