Practice and Provision: General issues
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Hi! I'd like to hear all your thoughts on this. I am familiar with the research about gun play and tend to allow the children to engage in gun play as long as they are not scaring anyone. However, last week I had an incident where a girl said to another "I'm going to get my mummy to shoot you in the head." Of course we dealt with it at the time and informed the parents. I had an email from her mum who explained that she doesn't play with guns at home etc. I have a boy in my class who loves Star wars and army play and nearly always has something in his hand for a gun. I try to develop his ideas through this interest without encouraging violence! But I do find it very …
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Forum member WChurchill (she of the wonderful New Zealand blog) has been reflecting on her own professional development and has been considering what she thinks early years priorities should be. We will be posting her thoughts here over the next few days - you will see that there are clear questions for consideration: please go ahead and put your own thoughts and experiences on the thread! I'm excited to see what we all think! An early years practitioner in the Millennium: Challenges of technology, austerity, accountability, and globalisation. One practitioner’s perspective. "I spent over twenty rewarding and stimulating years as a classroom teacher in the North of …
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Hi I used to make playdough in the microwave but have lost the recipe. I wanted to try doing it that way again. Does anyone have the recipe please? Thanks in advance V
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This is an interesting article form the Guardian today. Obviously we think Tapestry is the best way to get parents involved with their child's education journey. I know lots of you use Twitter and Facebook to stay in touch with your families - does anyone use anything else? Family ties: how to get parents involved in children's learning
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Hi, So, the wrap-around care in my setting do Fluffy Duck type activities regularly and although some of the staff work with me and know my feelings they do it anyway. So, usually I can just let it go (along with the colouring sheets). However, today I found them making Bats for HALLOWEEN!! It's still 3 weeks away! Arrgggg. When I say 'make', they are completely cut out with only sticking required. What makes it worse is that the children were excited to show me which then makes me feel bad as I start to wonder whether I'm getting it wrong! Of course, the children are excited when they make something of their own in my session and have got infinitely more out of it, but …
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This wonderful article taken from the TES perfectly describes how teachers support and develop child-led play. It very usefully describes the observation from the point of view of a senior teacher (could be a nursery manager or leader). It would be an excellent article to share at a staff meeting to help practitioners understand 'what is teaching?'. Seven steps to successful child-initiated learning in early years Tim Barber 5th February 2017 at 17:31 Child-initiated learning Child-initiated learning can be tricky to get right, says this early years specialist, so he offers some tips to making it a success: Peering out of the office window on a cold and drizzl…
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The partnership have produced a comprehensive exemplification document to help practitioners identify learning in different aspects of the EYFS. It is free to access. They hope that the "materials will be useful for training and development purposes, both to develop the quality of assessment, and to improve the accuracy and robustness of assessment across the early years. If early years settings, childminders and schools come together for training and for moderation, that will improve transition arrangements and will help to ensure that children can build on their learning and deepen their interests. Higher-quality assessment information will also engage parents more, an…
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Hi This may seem a rather odd question but here goes! I would be really interested for your responses to the question: What are the outcomes for EYFS? Many thanks in advance.
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I used to have Nursery World quite a few years ago but for some reason stopped having it. I have just received a letter asking whether i would like to take up an offer of Nursery World, eye and Practical Preschool (3 for the price of 2) £73 per year. What publications do you have and why? We are a term time Pre-school.
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This was an interesting article in The Guardian - does anyone have any experience of this? Is this Hackney nursery the future for London’s childcare industry?
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