Reception: Observation, Assessment and Planning
A place for discussing how best to observe, assess and plan to meet the needs of your children in the unique learning space that is the reception class
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Emerging secure developing? 1 2 3 4
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Is anyone using emerging developing and secure to show progress across the developmental bands. I was under the impression that we only used similar statements ie expected, emerging at the end of Reception against the ELG. I am feeling very confused!?!!! Many thanks
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Hi all, first post here. Sorry if this is a repeat question, I have searched the forums and am still a little confused. I am getting in my own head about this and confusing myself more! I am an NQT working in a split Reception and Year 1 class. Having recently been to the EYFS conference and coming away thinking that I had it all under control and knew what I was doing. I have gone back to my data for this term and am suddenly met with a sinking feeling that I have been too harsh on my assessments and have not properly understood the terminology! This is the first year my school has been using Tapestry and it uses the terminology of 'ELG Emerging, developing a…
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Hi, I am wondering how different settings have to 'justify' their EYFSP judgements in regard to reading and writing. Do most settings use the Govt Exemplars and then trust teacher judgement or, do settings also take into consideration the reading level the child is at (ie what level of reader they are on) and which Phase within Letters and Sounds they are working within? If so, what is the recommended 'minimum' Letters and Sounds Phase a child 'should' be at by the end of Reception? And what reading level 'should' they be on by the end of Reception if they are to be Expected or Exceeding on the EYFSP? Thanks in advance!
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New to all of this..! 1 2
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Hi everyone, Firstly, thanks for taking the time to read my post! Secondly, I am after some help! I have been out of the EY's for a couple of years but now I'm back and things seem to have changed! The setting where I work seems stuck in a time warp regarding planning and resources. We take it in turns to plan activities, bot related to what the children's interests are, but what is on our medium term planning ( this is a book, colour and shape a week). We carry out activities around the colour, shape and book and call children over to carry out these activities in their learning journey books. We have very old and worn out resources, which make planning e…
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Planning in Reception
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Hi all I just wondered if anyone plans maths/English on a weekly basis? Or do you plan daily? Thank you!! Flower
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We are looking to buy in an electronic assessment tracking system just for Year R. We need to do away with all paper observations and add photos directly to the assessment system. What would you recommend? Thank you for any suggestions.
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Hey everybody, Me and my colleague are entering our second year of teaching and we have been given the opportunity to change our planning structure. Currently, we teach a 10/15 minute input on a topic and then send the children off to 4 different activities. For example: Activity 1- Red Group Activity 2- Blue Group Activity 3- Yellow Group Activity 4- Green Group The next day we will teach another input linked to the topic and then send them to a different activity. This means that by the end of the week, each group will have completed every activity. I think they call it 'round robins'. Once they have finished the activity, they are allowed to choose from the…
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Hello I wonder if anyone is able to help me. We are looking to adopt a new school maths scheme. At the moment our current scheme is poor for Reception. Please could anyone suggest a scheme with a strong Reception section. What schemes do people use currently? Thank you so much.
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Hi everyone! Our school will be doing a Roald Dahl special day in February and I would greatly appreciate which of his short stories would you recommend for a class with 2 to 3 / 4 year olds and another with 4 to 5 year olds. I would prefer the least scary ones. Thanks in advance!?
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Hi. I feel that this is a question I should know the answer to but I don't so I really hope you can help. I've always been led to believe that you only assess against the early learning goals at the end of year R. Since September, we have been using Tapestry. When you are selecting the statements which your observation links to, you have the option of 30-50 mths, 40-60mths, ELG and ELG+. Does this mean that ELG supersedes 40-60 mths? In other words, if you feel a child is working beyond 40-60 mths, do you then look at ELG and assess against this, even if it's mid way through the year? I hope I've explained this clearly and I hope you can help. TIA Kerry
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