skippy Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Hi I'm really stuck on how to put individual planning for children on the main plan each week? I have 42 a week and going round in circles. Can anyone offer any suggestions please x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Hi skippy Not sure if I'm on the right track here - do you mean how to show which children an area/resource/activity has been planned for? if so - I just use initials (I colour code them too for each key group) i.e. something along the lines of: Threading - planned primarily for OS, TM, VR, DM, SY is that what you meant - or have I completely missed the point? :blink: :1b 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Hi skippy Not sure if I'm on the right track here - do you mean how to show which children an area/resource/activity has been planned for? if so - I just use initials (I colour code them too for each key group) i.e. something along the lines of: Threading - planned primarily for OS, TM, VR, DM, SY is that what you meant - or have I completely missed the point? :blink: :1b This is exactly what I do, too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 We do it so that each key person adds a focus child and a next step/interest activity to plan, and how /when/where this will happen then all othe KP's add names of any of their other key group they feel would benifit from same next step or particularly enjoy a planned activity, we cover quite a few children each week on the planning that way, sometimes it may even say whole year group, for example one kp added number recognition for a focus child last week we wanted to confirm where they all were regards number recognition in prep for transition information. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klc106 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 we do the same as sunnyday :1b 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 We do it so that each key person adds a focus child and a next step/interest activity to plan, and how /when/where this will happen then all othe KP's add names of any of their other key group they feel would benifit from same next step or particularly enjoy a planned activity, we cover quite a few children each week on the planning that way, sometimes it may even say whole year group, for example one kp added number recognition for a focus child last week we wanted to confirm where they all were regards number recognition in prep for transition information. Yes, think that's what skippy was after - I have a 'Saturday morning' brain!!! (Not that it's much better Mon. - Fri.)! :blink: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 same as mouse. then we just keep an eye out to check all children get at least one activity specifically planned in for them when they are the child of the week to focus on,and based on next steps, and on another if relevant, to make sure fair for all. we have 33, so easy to miss if not careful. we also plan in an activity based on what parents say their current interests are when it's their child for focus child x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 Thank you all for your replies, Sunnyday using colour codes for key person makes sense. Making it workable is what I am finding tricky. :blink: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gabysagal Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 similar to above. We highlight with colour focus children's needs and/or interests from previous week and add that onto the planning for the following week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpingbean Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 cn anyone show their plans please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klc106 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Here is a copy of one week's plans for inside child initiated activities. They are very basic and we do more detailed plans for adult led activities. Our Improvement advisor likes them. We have the same sort of sheet for outdoor activities. The numbers next to children's names indicate which of their next steps the activity support. Indoor child initiated activities- 3rd June 2013.docx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 :1b Here is a copy of one week's plans for inside child initiated activities. They are very basic and we do more detailed plans for adult led activities. Our Improvement advisor likes them. We have the same sort of sheet for outdoor activities. The numbers next to children's names indicate which of their next steps the activity support. Thanks for sharing - I really like this :1b Is this your only planning, along with your detailed adult focus plans ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharonash Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 klc106- I like your planning very easy to understand and follow- can I ask is the same thing out all week in the areas ie space set wont change Monday to Friday? What about other areas such as painting creative sand water etc do you plan for these? or do you have continuous provision and only show on your plan if you are enhancing an area? what does your adult led plans cover? sorry so many questions and thanks for sharing its helped me simplify my plans and Im sure you have helped others! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klc106 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 (edited) We have our mark-making, maths area and cosy corner out all the time so I do not put them on planning unless something has changed or needs adding to the area. We have the same thing out Monday-Thursday (don't open Fridays) as we have different children in throughout the week and the older children that are in everyday like to be able to revisit activities from the previous day- we feel it benefits observations greatly as they may not be able to do something on Monday but by Thursday they may have mastered it. If we notice that something is not being used we will change it and just cross it out on the plans and write in the new activity. We only have this sheet for planning, one for outdoors and then our adult led activity plans. We also have continuous provision sheets for the mark-making area, maths area and cosy corner. I am not sure what Ofsted will think to our planning, but the improvement advisor likes it and it works well for us! Edited June 23, 2013 by klc106 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharonash Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Thanks so much Sorry your adult led activities is that one per key group or whole group or? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klc106 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Adult led activities depend on the children's next steps. We plan to do around 3-4 activities a week based on next steps- regardless of key person groups etc. all children are encouraged to take part We also have 2 communication groups (based on children's development levels) and we do a communication activity in these groups each session- they don't take long at all 5/10 minutes max. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 Sorry to be a pain but I have 42 children a week to get on to the plans how can I do that????How can I show what I am doing for them. Am I on the right track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 hi skippy ive posted this before but in case you've missed it .This is the way we do ours. The keycarers set next steps every fortnight then they are put on the plan Short term planning for forum.docx from this we create a VERY basic environment plan just so that we know what is going where Obviously the childrens names are in the first column! (we have 54 a week) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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