Curriculum by Design in the Early Years - The Specific Areas of Learning

In this episode of The Leadership Lens, Rachael Snowdon-Poole unpacks the EYFS specific areas of learning and how to teach them by design, not by chance. We start with Mathematics (joy, purpose and intentional talk), move through Expressive Arts & Design (techniques, sequencing and the role of adult modelling), explore Understanding the World (past/present, people/culture/communities and the natural world—without tokenism), and land on Literacy (why communication & language, phonics, and gross→fine motor matter for reading and writing). You’ll leave with practical prompts for monitoring, sharper questions for learning walks, and ideas that make knowledge stick.

Next time: Retrieval practice that’s truly meaningful across the primary phase.

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