How Do Bruce Influence The Cfe

Introduction
The Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) is an educational guidance framework and a programme of study built up of outcomes and experiences. Implemented in 2010 it supports from 3yrs- 18yrs. The CfE provides teachers and practitioners with a guide to base their activities on while making sure to hit all these outcomes and experiences to allow the child to have a high-quality learning journey, this ensures progression, development fulfilment and support. Prepares children with the knowledge of how to cope in the world as they grow, get jobs and live their life. The purpose of the CfE in accordance with Education Scotland is to create successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors. How do we
The Foundation Stage, Early Years: Learning Through Play indicates that “Well-planned and well-resourced play activities which allow for progression in a child’s thinking and understanding can provide the context in which these principles become the reality for all our children.” Additionally, Bruce talks about the importance of play in a young child’s development and how they learn best within principle no.4 “Children learn best when they are given appropriate responsibility, allowed to make errors, decisions and choices, and respected as autonomous learners.” Consequently, children need to do these things to learn for example free play allows this. Bruce also made 12 features of play which these elevate her thoughts of how play impacts children, “play transforms children because it helps them to function beyond the here and now. They can become involved in more abstract thinking about the past, using the past, and into imagining the future, or alternative ways of doing things. It helps them to problem solve, and to experiment. It helps them to work out what they think and feel.” – Tina Bruce. (Shana Durand, 2016.) Observations are used to help guide the children learning in addition shape themes and activities for the children. Finally, Tina Bruce coherently agrees in principle no.6 that children learn at a certain age and stage, “There are times when children are especially able to learn particular things”. Tina Bruce also highlighted that the wellbeing of the child remains paramount and it is our job to ensure they are healthy and safe at all times, in principle no. 2 she states “Children are whole people who have feelings, ideas and relationships with others, and who need to