Guest Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Hi, I need help with our medium term plans, we do ours monthly and ussualy have one thing to work on eg sharing and plan different activities to help the child every week. Im not sure if there should be a few different things on the medium term plan, and then for the individual weekly one it should be more in depth? if anyone has any drafts they are willing to share with me, i would be very grateful as i am really stuck on what is expected. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 We don't do medium term plans for the children anymore. Our medium term plan is really our development/quality improvement plan. We do think loosely about any celebrations, festivals, seasons etc that we may want to cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest youngrisers Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 spent tonight sitting in front of screen thinking what do we cover over the summer terms. looked back and saw that most of the time we plan as the children think up new ideas so then put this down thinking farm, growing seeds and crops, stories related to growing things and other adventures concerning animals. seems that children like all things to do with outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 We don't do a medium plan anymore either, only have weekly planning sheet now Actually writing that made me think ..... Is it enough?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredbear Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Have to say, we have been contemplating changing our planning system that we currently use recently. At the moment we plan weekly and very loosely, which should enable the keypersons to tap into each child's interest and learning style. However on paper it is very fuzzy in terms of learning intentions and a pedagogy approach. So we are looking to design our own system that links Continuous provision, DM, Child-led, Adult-led, SL, Characteristics of effective learning into a workable document for us. We also hope to have Tapestry up and running by September 2014. Wish me luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 We mainly only have a weekly system nowadays but do the letters and sounds and those sort of activities as a half termly plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 We mainly only have a weekly system nowadays but do the letters and sounds and those sort of activities as a half termly plan Phew, glad to hear your planning is similar Cait plus haven't you not long had your inspection? How to you go about the Letters & Sounds planning? I don't have planning for this but we do actually do it! I do feel L&S planning would probably actually be worthwhile, do you have a proforma you would be willing to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 No medium plan, haven't for years, waste of paper. Weekly continuous provision, weekly individual plans from key person and long term plan which reads more like a yearly planner of things to do ie supervision, 121, fire drill policy update etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 our medium planning allows us to add focus enhancements on one area/aspect each week on a rolling programme as well as a letters and sounds programme. Sometimes we add things for particular times of the year such as for easter at present we have added religious storybooks to the library, chicks/bunny stuff to craft area, hot cross buns for cookery club and a selection of eggs (marble/wood/ceramic) for counting and sorting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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