Nursery World - EYFS: Early years settings get to grips with changes to practice and planning

Thinking up imaginative ways to use their indoor space to develop children's physical development and renewed thinking about child-initiated learning are just some of the ways nurseries have been preparing for the new EYFS.

At the Thomas Coram Centre in Camden, one of the early years settings involved in piloting the revised framework, staff and parents were able to give their input to fine-tune the Development Matters guidance.

Bernadette Duffy, head of the centre, said Thomas Coram had 'a bit of a head start' because she was a member of the advisory group for the revised EYFS.

'Staff here were already thinking about it. They really enjoyed using the old EYFS and wanted to see how things had developed, and were excited about how we could use the latest research to promote children's development.'

Some staff were involved in discussion groups with parents, and also separately, in meetings with officials from the Department for Education.

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