The recent schemes of the Department of Education and Employment attach great importance to ensuring that all places offered for four year olds are of good quality and give good value for money. They have listed the definition of a set of learning goals by the time children enter compulsory schooling at the age of five, to ensure that nursery education is of good quality and provides a sound baseline for the National Curriculum. These guidelines pay particular attention to the development of early literacy and numeracy. The School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (SCAA) advice is broken down into six areas: 1. Personal, Social and Emotional 2. Language, Literacy and Communication 3. Mathematics 4. Creative Development 5. Physical Development 6. Knowledge and Understanding of the World The learning goals provide a foundation for childrens's later achievement, but realises that rates of progress will vary, and all children should be able to make the maximum amount of progress appropriate to them.

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