Foundation Stage Units
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Help -maths Subject Leader!
by Guest- 13 replies
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just had a copy of maths subject leader in school. We are a Partnership FU. working together, children accesssing independant activities, 2 focusactivities on CLL and PSRN a day. Which is fine at moment. Or so i thought. she wants Learning Intentions, not 'just providing oppertuntities to>>>' this would not work in free flow where we are trying to work towards individual next steps. and success criteria in plans. A mental maths session and a 'daily time set a side for a short carpet sessionwith a maths focus.' 2 1/2 years to 5 on a carpet at once doing maths! we cover all aspects with our own Key children. Puting them altogether, would be a backwards step! …
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Partnerships
by Guest- 8 replies
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I am working in partnership with a nursery - although we have different lines of accountability we share everything else! We are keen to develop and share all of our working areas and resources - any advice on managing shared activities? We plan jointly but retain control of our own children's focussed activities however there arte times when ability based tasks are more suitable maybe?
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Devons Learning Journey - Ridiculous
by Guest- 12 replies
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We have two rooms next to eah other which are open plan. The staff plan together, assess together and have a learning journey book for each child which every member of staff feeds into. We also produce termly report. We are now being asked to fill in Devons learning Journey. WHY? Anyone else in this situation?
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Foundation Stage Unit?
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hi, have been reading all the posts and they are really useful. now i hope someone canhelp me!! in september we are merging the pre school and reception classes into one foundation unit. the current reception teacher is very 'old school' and currently the children have literacy and numeracy with the year 1's. this is changing to allow the reception chidren more free play............However, the teacher has taken over with her ideas and is telling me how i should run the unit in the same way......which is not how i work!!! has any one any suggestions about how i can keep her happy! also if anyone would be willing to send photos or details of their planning for me to s…
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Foundation Unit Organisation
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Hi there everybody, I'm an NQT in my second term in Nursery, and I have just been told (very exciting) that i will be the only teacher in the foundation unit as from this September along with 2 full time teaching assistants. I am really excited about this new position and added responsibility, but...How will i organise the setting. I will only have 8 children in reception, but up to 30 in nursery, split into 3 hr sessions am & pm. Any advice from you guys would be very much appreciated. Thakyou very much Misspink xx
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Organisation Of Fs Unit
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Hi we're setting up a unit but are wondering how to organise day effectively. We want to ensure that children have access to all 6 areas of learning but also that both the needs of reception and nursery are met. There are 6 adults but 3 rooms and a large outside area. Can anyone give any advice? Thanks
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Hi folks Looking to visit a good Unit in the West Midlands area. Any recommendations? Chris
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Fsu Organisation
by Guest- 7 replies
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Just wondering whether others who are working in FSU's alter their routine in summer term to 'prepare' R children for transition to Y1? Or if not how do your routines work to ensure R are covering all the elements of Lit and num? Have read previous posts - particularly Marion's info about their routine - Marion how do you ensure all the children complete a certain number of focus activities each day - do you call the children to the focus in set groups or are they able to flow to them when they choose? Am i right in understanding that in a morning, for example, all the children would complete the relevant lit or num activity so therefore a different activity woul…
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Offering Flexible Nursery Places
by Guest- 8 replies
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Hi Help! Does anyone who works in a Nursery within a school offer flexible sessions? We only offer 5 and they have to accept all and naturally it's putting some people off sending children to us. Are we allowed to be more flexible and if you are - is it an admin nightmare or do you have successful systems in place? Thanks
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Was wondering how to manage plannning in our foundation unit where I firmly believe in following children's interests (with a balance of adult initiated!) with someone who prefers topics. We're currently following the children's interests following observations when I plan for three weeks followed by three weeks of topic based work when the other teacher plans. the whole thing is becoming a mess. Any advice would be welcome.
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