In this task the introduction of a new planning format into a nursery setting will be discussed. The impact on teachers, staff, pupils and parents will be critically analysed and suggestions for improvements made.
The private day nursery is situated on the outskirts of a Staffordshire market town, surrounded by countryside. This 77 place day nursery caters for 117 children of 0 to 8 years of age, including those with special educational needs, disabilities and those who have English as an additional language. There are 25 nursery practitioners within the setting with qualifications ranging from level two to level five and with one Qualified Teacher Status. Thirteen members of staff are part time, doing various hours throughout the week. The Nursery was re-registered in 2003 and is managed by a partnership (Ofsted, 2014).
The Rationale for the new planning within the private day nursery is that it enables staff to carry out observations throughout four months rather than the previous three. This allocates more time for children to focus on an area of learning. Jarvis et al (2008) positions that the EYFS Medium term plans (Appendix 1) are based on a topic.
Planning should be flexible and used as a guide (Early Years Matters, 2016). The EYFS 2012 was a flexible guide due to it being non-statutory, however, the EYFS 2014 is now a statutory framework for practitioners to follow and providing planned opportunities for children’s needs and interests (DfE, 2014). With the
Every Child Matters Framework which is currently in the process to be changed is part of the Children Act 2004; it is a piece of legislation which has and influences planning and provisions of learning opportunities. The Every Child Matters ensures that settings provide quality of children’s and young people’s play and learning.This supports children from birth to 19 years. When practitioners plan, they should relate their work to the five outcomes for children; be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve though learning, make a positive contribution to society and achieve economic
Understanding the EYFS is essential as my observations and reports about children have to be accurate and objective to avoid bias and show a full ‘map’ of child’s development in all the different areas. I have to make sure that my observations are always a true record of what is taking place (e.g. tempting to add something what may make more
Theories of development and frameworks to support development are incredibly important to us working with children and young people. They help us to understand children, how they react to things/situations, their behaviour and the ways they learn. Different theories and ways of working with children have come together to provide frameworks for children’s care, such as Early year’s foundation stage (EYFS) which is used within all child care settings. This encourages us to work together, help and check the development of babies, children and young people, to keep them healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning to
The purpose of assessment and planning with children and young people in residential childcare is to identify their needs and abilities and then how staff can work with that child or young person and then also develop any of their needs. Planning takes into account the real needs of an individual young person, their age, likes and dislikes, goals, levels of ability etc. This is done to ensure that individual goals and targets are appropriate and fair. Young people will be most interested in activities and experiences that are designed to be relevant to them; therefore, they are able to learn more effectively.
Setting a plan covering the five areas of development (SPICE) as the setting allows us and responding to children’s requests according to their ages, ensuring we are supporting and covering their needs as well as offering equal opportunities, taking into account:
EYMP1: context and principles for early years provision: i got a pass This bookelt will include criteria 1.1 1.2 1.3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
The EYFS is a central part of the ten year childcare strategy Choice for parents, the best start for children and the landmark Childcare Act 2006.
The legal status and principles of the Early Years Foundation stage is used with children aged from birth to five years. The Government have outlined three primary and four specific areas and seventeen early learning goals that they think are important to a child’s development and planning is used to meet a child’s individual needs.
An effective planning will help children to participate in a safe and supportive environment.To provide good opportunities for children it is important to maintain a balance between
Every child who on the term commencing after their 3rd Birthday is entitled to a free part time place in early years education. This was formed as part of the Every Child Matters agenda. From 0-5 years the framework of learning, development & care forms the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which follows the following principles:
‘Early years practitioners have a key role to play in working with parents to support their young children. This should include identifying learning needs and responding quickly to any difficulties. Wherever appropriate, practitioners should work together with professionals from other
Information should be shared on a day to day basis between the practioner and the parent/ career abpout everything that happens in the nursery.
As I was reading the journal one thing which really drew my attention was that it talked about the staff training being inconsistent. In some places staff seemed confident and in some places they were not. My self being an early year’s practitioner and working in a private sector I can relate to the problems as staff are expected to go on training in their own time. Working within the Borough of Hounslow I have experienced first-hand cuts that have definitely been made in regards to training.
Because of research Physical development is part of the three prime areas of learning in the EYFS, joining Communication and Language and Personal, Social and Emotional Development, these three areas are particularly important for the learning development of the under threes, this will Secure the foundations for future success in all aspects of their life and learning. Early year’s providers and practitioners are required to enable their environments to ensure that they are giving the children quality experiences and resources to allow them to naturally learn and develop the physical skills necessary to support them throughout their lives. At our nursery we follow the EYFS guidelines which give us the approximate age and what the child should be able to do or aiming towards and what us, as practitioners should be supporting the child to achieve or help them to move on to the next stage. Providing Physical play experiences for the children such as books to explore, messy play, painting, climbing equipment and balls and other equipment to throw, kick and catch will give the children opportunities for moving and handling.
Planning in the early years is about meeting young children’s needs so that they can play and learn happily in ways which will help them develop skills and knowledge. Planning is different from school to school and from setting to setting because each one is different from the next for all sorts of reasons. However, some settings and schools will plan certain things in a similar way – these might be events that are planned every year such as a visit to a farm were the children will be able to see and feed the lambs and perhaps help the farmer to feed the goats. Or it may be that the setting or school has links with an orchestra that visits them regularly to work with a nursery or reception class, helping them to find out about several instruments