barnnursery Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hi all, I am returning to FS after maternity leave and time in KS1 and i have to say i am a little worried!! I loved FS previously and was happy to have a mix of child led/adult supported activities with carpet sessions etc. We have spent time (2 form entry) re-arranging the environment so provision is better and children can access things but i am not happy with the nuts and bolts and wonder if anyone (who is more up to date than me) can help? A few questions: 1. When the children first come how do you organise it (so it's not a free for all!) We have 60 children in the department and want to make sure everyone is engaged but also safe as the building is on 2 levels and so approaching freeflow with caution! I was thinking of carpet session then allowing children to choose which area they wanted to work in and using photos to regulate how many children are outside/inside etc. Is this too prescriptive? 2. How does everyone manage On entry/Baseline assessment? Do you highlight DM (i know we arent supposed to!) ???? Again, stressing as have 60 children 2 teachers and 2 TA's and it seems like a mountain of work. Sorry to ramble - i realise i should be doing other things with my Summer holidays!! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnnursery Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 forgot to add - how does everyone plan? Do you plan for adult/carpet sessions and then add to the plan as the week goes on and children's interests develop/become apparent or do u plan for the week and add children's interests onto next plan??? I have done both retrospective planning and the more formal weekly plan - just not sure what to go with now as Ofsted looming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LornaW Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Just finished reading The REception Year in Action http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reception-Year-Action-month---month/dp/0415618509/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343567080&sr=1-1 and would highly recvommend it to you it is so easy to follow and will answer all of those questions you have!7 Lorna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnnursery Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 Thanks, just ordered it from Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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