Guest Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Hi all I am moving from teaching a very child centred reception class to year two in september. My Head is keen to continue a creative curriculum in year two and we plan within the six areas of the foundation stage, even into our junior department, os i will be well supported in that sense. What i would like to know is if there is anyone out there who has managed to continue the foundation stage approach in year 2 and if there are any good publications out there that will save me from re-inventing the wheel so to speak. I am very excited by the prospect of doing this, but i want to do it really well so that we can justify using this approach. kellsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Sorry, I have nothing really helpful for you, but what an opportunity to really make a difference! Please do let us know how you go on! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 I work in nursery but our school has adopted a creative approach right through to year 5. This year we bought in the Literacy Goes Madd resources - each unit of work is based around a text but includes lesson plans for literacy, music, art, dance, drama, and comes with a CD of linked music and songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 We are also moving this way and are looking at a number of 'schemes' one is Literacy goes MADD as already mentioned which have used in the FSU for sometime (not favoured by the staff) another is the Bexley scheme http://www.creativelearningjourney.org.uk/ which has some good points (but could be a little prescriptive) the head seems to favour the FOCUS education product which now comes in seperate packs for KS1 lower and upper KS2. http://www.focus-education.co.uk/publicati...products_id=188 We are also looking to introduce some aspects of Mantle of the Expert http://www.mantleoftheexpert.com/index.php Good Luck and lets us know how things progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Thank you all!! That's given some great points to start from, i will let you know how i get on! Kellsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Marion, I'd be really interested to know why your staff dont like "Literacy goes MADD"? Havent used it personally but have seen it and attended a workshop by the authors before its launch. Pm or email me if you think that might be more appropriate!? Good luck, Kellsa, sounds really exciting. Have you looked at the "Take one Picture" approach. The primary my sons attended rewrote their curriculum by studying a work of Art each term and addressing all but the core subjects through that. Maybe not child centred though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 (edited) Hello kellsa! There was a discussion which you might find helpful here. And another one here. Edited February 15, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Hi Susan I've sent a PM but basically it doesn't fit in with the way we hope to work ie: non topic child led planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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