ESSENTIALWRITING for Early Years (EYFS) – coming soon
The recent DfE and Ofsted focus on securing foundational learning and skills has pushed into sharp focus the importance of getting early writing right.
At HFL Education, we are constantly striving to develop products which schools and early years settings need, to address challenges highlighted by early years practitioners and provide resources based on robust research.
ESSENTIALWRITING for Early Years has been developed to build strong foundations for successful young writers. It links the developmental milestones needed to prepare and motivate all children to experience the joy of writing. Our new curriculum for preschool/nursery and reception-aged children offers a balance between child-led EYFS activities and adult inspired activities to ensure children can use their own experiences and interests to build the skills to see themselves as communicators, mark-makers and ultimately writers. The strands of communication & language, physical development and literacy are interwoven throughout the curriculum, with the children’s own compositions nurtured alongside age-appropriate transcriptional skills.
ESSENTIALWRITING for Early Years is built on the idea of all adults and children talking and writing together, with the possibility of taking part in book-making projects with adults writing alongside groups or individual children.
Each booking-making unit contains six steps, resulting in a book that reflects the passions and experiences of its author. The programme aims to build a writing community within the school or setting, valuing early years mark making, emerging writing and the children’s own ideas whilst supporting all practitioners to develop a rigorous approach to closing gaps and providing additional support to children who may need it.
Created by experts within the Early Years and Primary English advisory teams, the unit plans are designed to be used within child-led and adult-inspired sessions, based on the understanding that the writing process involves talking, drawing, writing and sharing. Children are given opportunities to share their books with their chosen readership, and this links to the core principles of authentic purpose and audience that underpin ESSENTIALWRITING in KS1 & 2.
Alongside the Statutory Framework for the EYFS we have referenced learning statements from Development Matters so that we can be sure that the skills children learn and practise in their nursery year build upon what has gone before and prepares them for what follows.
The ESSENTIALWRITING plan for age 3-4 will be available to purchase for nursery classes, PVIs and Childminders for just £49 + VAT per year.
The Reception plans will be FREE to access for existing ESSENTIALWRITING subscribers but will also be available to purchase as a standalone subscription costing £69 +VAT per year.
Find out more by joining our free information webinar on Tuesday 6th May 2025. Sign up to the via the HFL Hub today.
Or sign up to our expression of interest mailing list to be one of the first to hear when this new subscription resource is available to purchase.
