Guest Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Have had an NQT lesson observation in Nursery and we are discussing plenaries. Is it actually EY practice to have a plenary and how is it done? I have been advised to do photos of the children learning in the various areas as a slide show on the whiteboard, but as there is only one whiteboard it is really too many children to sit around and have meaningful discussion. we normally operate in 3 smaller groups. Any ideas will be very welcome. Cheers Lou xxxxxxxxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catma Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I would say no it isn't appropriate. It's a primary teaching construct that isn't suitable for 3 or 4 yr olds. Have a discussion in your small groups about things they have noticed today or something they liked about the room that day that they might want to do again tomorrow but I wouldn't be trying to engage a large group in something as abstract as a plenary They'll just stare at you or quite rightly wriggle off the carpet and do something more interesting instead!! Cx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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