Thursday, 15 September 2011

Early Years Foundation Stage Session 1 (14-09-11)

Investigate arguments for and against uniform a little more.

'What makes a good primary school teacher', Gipps, Hargreaves et al. (shelf at home)

'Beginning Teaching, Beginning Learning' (372.1102 MOY @ Nightingale Centre Library)
[chapter on observation]

Request copy of EYFS from DFE. Previously EYFS had been 0-3 year olds, then 3-5 but is now 0-5. Within the EYFS there is a statutory framework of 4 underlying principles:

- Unique Child
- Positive Relationships
- Enabling Environments
- Learning and Development

In turn within these four principles there are 6 Areas of Learning:

PSRN (Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy)
CLL (Communication, Language and Literacy)
KUW (Knowledge and Understanding of the World)
PD (Physical Development)
PSED (Personal, Social, Emotional Development)
CD (Creative Development)

Vogutsky and the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)

Task


Approx 500 words. Track 1 pupil in 1 session (with class teacher's agreement). Tie in with 4 under principles. Draw a plan of the Foundation Stage and track the kid on the map. Add in timings. Check Adult-led and Child-led activities. Nature of learning and Areas of Learning and how they're being accounted for. What kinds of play? What opportunities?

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