There are now 7 areas of the EYFS
3 being PRIME AREAS and 4 being SPECIFIC.
Prime areas are the ones that children are expected to learn first. If they are not taught correctly this could affect the specific areas. The prime areas are all related and connected, and influance the way the specific happen.
They are as follows:
PRIME
* PSED (Personal, Social and Emotional Development)
* CL (Communication and Language) - (Used to be CLL - Communication, Language and Literacy, but they have since split this one into 2 seperate ones, Language being given its own area)
* Physical Development
SPECIFIC
* Mathematics (Previously known as Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy)
* UTW (Also known as Knowledge and understanding of the world)
* EAD (Expressive Arts & Design) (Used to be known as Creative Development)
* Literacy (Was part of CLL, before it was deemed literacy needed its own area)
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