barnnursery Posted July 28, 2012 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
barnnursery Posted July 28, 2012 Author 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!
Guest LornaW Posted July 29, 2012 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
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