National strategies

Many practitioners found the National Strategies documents useful. More about their impact can be read here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/175408/DFE-00032-2011.pdf

Documents, which you may find particularly useful, include:

• Learning, Playing, Interacting: 

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Learning_Playing_Interacting.pdf

• Inclusion: Excellence and Enjoyment: social and emotional aspects of learning

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151715/http://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFES0110200MIG2122.pdf

And related reports:

• Literature Review on Learning and Development

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DCSF-RR1761.pdf

More in this chapter

• Reflective Activities
• Men in childcare
• Neuroscientific evidence