Guest Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Hi, Have been a member a couple of years but not posted before. So hi everyone! We have a one day ofsted monitoring visit coming up in the next 3 weeks. I've been told that the main focus for our f.s unit is to encourage writing, particularly boys and mainly outside. Im after any tips or ideas you may have. We have a trolley with pens, pencils, stencils etc and when doing police for example we have pads and pens but im after general ideas which they will notice!! thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Ive always found clip boards appeal to the boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Pavement chalk, painting brushes and water, clip boards as above, our boys can see the main road, so they do a lot of traffic surveys! I also tape long pieces of lining paper to the fence and they love to graffiti on that. They might like to be garage mechanics if you have any ride on toys or bikes, doing an m.o.t sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmaadams Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Our boys enjoy making number plates for ride on cars, road signs and chalking roads on the playground. Large chalk boards and clip boards are also popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittycat1279 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 I would agree with the above - clipboards, chalks, paint brushes and water, large sheets of paper, making maps - treasure map, maps of dinosaur land etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 thanks everyone. we have clipboards, chalks etc out but to be honest the clipboards are very tatty. I will buy some more tomorrow. i think thats half the problem. Our resources just look so old and tatty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyfs1966 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 thanks everyone. we have clipboards, chalks etc out but to be honest the clipboards are very tatty. I will buy some more tomorrow. i think thats half the problem. Our resources just look so old and tatty! Just one more item for your shopping list....a large roll of lining paper/plain wallpaper.......this always works for us....some how the boys seem attracted to the size of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jenpercy Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Just one more item for your shopping list....a large roll of lining paper/plain wallpaper.......this always works for us....some how the boys seem attracted to the size of it. I struggle to see why outside should be cluttered up with reading writing etc. Surely we need to be encouraging the less active children into activity, not providing them with static things to do!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I struggle to see why outside should be cluttered up with reading writing etc. Surely we need to be encouraging the less active children into activity, not providing them with static things to do!!!! Surely you can have the best of both worlds? Some children need to be encouraged to be more active but others may be naturally active and need to be encouraged to access areas of the curriculum that they may not otherwise. Many children, boys in particular, will access the 'writing' resources when it is presented on a larger scale or a more dynamic way. This is easier to do in a larger outdoor space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I have to say that I do kind of agree with Jen. I was filling in a survey the other day about my children's play outdoors, and I had to admit that they have never done mark making outside at home during their free choice play, until they started at preschool. Why would they, when there are trees to climb, slides to go on, mud to dig in and so on? At our preschool the children particularly love doing chalks on the ground, they made a lovely doormat the other day! They also chalk on the walls given half a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 At our preschool the children particularly love doing chalks on the ground, they made a lovely doormat the other day! They also chalk on the walls given half a chance Great example of outdoor mark making!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Are we the only group who shys away from chalks on the floor outside? it takes us ages to scrub it all off the patio at the end of the session! Oh how we dream of our own building! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 (edited) Thumper - we have two scrubbing brushes, a bucket of warm water and the children 'fight' over who is going to clean off the chalking at the end of their time outside! Just another way to get them to use their muscles and shoulders Edited February 23, 2010 by Panders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 We have recently bought some great outdoor panels. These are available from www.essentialsforeducation.co.uk . We even asked them to make them to our sizes as the walls outside are a strange size. Delivered within 2 weeks. We bought outdoor painting panel, outdoor chalk board and outdoor dry wipe boards. We have found a good selection of boards is working well, giving the children a choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Thumper - we have two scrubbing brushes, a bucket of warm water and the children 'fight' over who is going to clean off the chalking at the end of their time outside! Just another way to get them to use their muscles and shoulders Good idea Panders, will go and get them tomorrow! I take it there is no trace of chalk afterwards?, we'd be kicked out of the hall if there was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Well whilst we don't tend to go over it again afterwards ourselves, there is a cloudy residue, but at least if your little darlings do most of the work it will take less time for the adults later, we have never put anything in the water either - do you put something like washing up liquid in when your adults are cleaning? Our landlords are very forgiving and don't lay down the law to us. We are very lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Hi and welcome to rosehill. Thank you for making your first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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