Explain the term school readiness.
The school readiness means that when children are ready to go to primary school and transition from the nursery. Children's readiness for positive transition into primary school needs to be view as an everyone’s responsibility. Parents, nursery teachers, primary schools, and local community programs working together provide the best common for children's success in school. School readiness needs to be clear in general, developmental terms so that the individuality of each child is well kept and respected.

Explain how the early years practitioner supports children to prepare for school.

Many young children who are developing normally nevertheless find this stage of life very difficult. For most of the children, leaving …show more content…
This will engage children’s learning and allow them to develop and get their full potential.

The holistic needs of the child will need to be considered as they prepare for school. Being ready for school is not about being clever enough to start; it is about being ready for the transition or change. It is important that the move to school is a fun and positive experience, and this will only happen if the holistic needs of the child have been met.

When meeting the holistic needs of the child, the practitioner will need to consider:
• All areas of development including physical, intellectual, language, emotional and social.
• All areas of the EYFS including communication and language, physical development, personal, social and emotional development, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts and design.

Holistic needs of children approach that the importance of thinking about and behaving to children as entire individuals, that all their skills are important and support their whole