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About the Themes and Principles
Classification of the four principles and sixteen commitments of the EYFS. Each of the four themes - A Unique Child. Positive Relationships, Enabling Environments, Learning and Development - has a principle attached to it, and each principle has four commitments which explain how the principles can be put into practice.3.1 Observation, Assessment and Planning
'Observation, Assessment and Planning' is one of the commitments to the EYFS principle of 'Enabling Environments'. The explanation of the commitment includes planning starting with the child through observation and using observation to form evaluations and assessments. The summative assessment is the EYFS profile made for each child at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage.Planning
Assessment
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3.2 Supporting Every Child
'Supporting every child' is one of the commitments to the EYFS principle of 'Enabling Environments’. The explanation of the commitment includes children’s need for sensitive knowledgeable adults, understanding their personal learning journeys and working together with other professionals and parents making children's needs central to the learning process.The learning journey
Working together
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3.3 The Learning Environment
'The Learning environment' is one of the commitments to the EYFS principle of 'Enabling Environments'. The explanation of the commitment includes the indoor and outdoor learning environments and the emotional learning environment.The outdoor environment
The indoor environment
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3.4 The Wider Context
The wider context is one of the commitments to the EYFS principle of Enabling Environments. The commitment includes transitions and continuity, community contacts, and multi-agency working (e.g. home visitors, outreach workers, health or social care professionals, ethnic minority achievement service staff, librarians and local artists).Multi-agency working
The community
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