EYFS

Consultation on EYFS Reforms and the implications for arts and culture

Consultation on EYFS Reforms and the implications for arts and culture

The proposed reforms to the EYFS seem to be more prescriptive than before and, in Expressive Arts and Design, limited to developing arts skills as opposed to children’s broader cultural and creative development. Ruth Churchill Dower discusses how the EYFS has been designed and how the reforms could go further to help promote creative, emotional and social attunement, celebrate multiple cultural identities, and better reflect the contemporary and diverse home learning contexts children are growing up in.

Can Dance Help Children to Become School Ready?

Can Dance Help Children to Become School Ready?

Last month I was the invited guest speaker on the Earlyarts webinar. This piece is a response to the online discussion I had around the considered topic 'Can Dance Help Children to Become School Ready?' This blog is intended to extend some of those important discussions further.