7 April 2011

Alison Bailey

Agenda9am: Updates

10.15am: Coffee and displays

10.45am: Oral Language – ECAT, IDP and

National Year of Communication

12.15/30: Lunch

1/1.15pm: York Phonic Assessment

Guided Reading – Monitoring and DVD

3.30pm: Close

National StrategiesEnded 31 March 2011

The National Strategies 1997 – 2011 - A brief summary of the impact and effectiveness of the National Strategies

Ofsted

The National Strategies 1997-2011‘The National Strategies represent one of the most

ambitious change management programmes in education. They leave behind a legacy of high quality training materials, teaching and learning frameworks and well-trained teaching professionals and leaders of learning in schools, settings and more widely in the education sector.’

The National Strategies 1997-2011Significant learning – CLLD (p.8)Embedding a shift in pedagogical approach requires

significant investment and time. It must be based on sound research and demonstrate impact on children’s outcomes to engage professional support.

Sharing children’s progress data at school and LA level proved to be a powerful lever in raising expectations of particular groups of pupils and schools.

The National Strategies 1997-2011Significant learning – CLLD (p.8)

Improving provision and pedagogy depends on strong, effective and well-informed leadership.

Children’s learning can stall or even regress in Y1 unless school leadership pays close attention to continuity of provision and pedagogy at transition from Reception.

National Strategies - Legacy

Website archive from June:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110113104120/http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/

York LA Portal:

www.yorkla.org

Teaching and Learning – English and Literacy – Primary English and Literacy -

Y1 Phonics Screening PilotClifton GreenClifton with

RawcliffeDringhousesHeworthNaburn

New EarswickOur Lady’sPark GrovePoppleton RoadRalph ButterfieldRobert Wilkinson

EYFS ReviewThe Early Years: foundations for life, health and

learning

An Independent Report on the Early Years Foundation Stage to her Majesty’s Government

Dame Clare Tickell

EYFS Review – learning through play

There remains some confusion about how to interpret the EYFS requirement for planned, purposeful play… some providers have been advised that any element of adult direction or teaching would contravene the requirements.

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EYFS Review – learning through play

Throughout the early years, adults should be modelling, demonstrating and questioning.

3.33

I recommend that the EYFS requirement relating to delivery through play be clarified, including emphasising that this does not preclude more adult direction or teaching, and by setting out what playful adult-directed learning looks like.

3.54

EYFS Review – areas of learning

3 prime areas of learning:

Personal, social and emotional development

Communication and language

Physical development

3.6

EYFS Review – areas of learning

4 specific areas of learning ‘in which the prime skills are applied’

Literacy

Mathematics

Expressive arts and design

Understanding the world

3.28

EYFS Review – early learning goals

Reduce early learning goals from 69 to 17

Simple, 3 point scale for each early learning goal:

EmergingExpectedExceeding

‘best fit approach’

EYFS Review – EYFS profile

Report on 20 items of information (down from the 117 scale points):

17 early learning goals – emerging, expected or exceeding?

Short descriptions against the 3 characteristics of learning

EYFS Review – transition to KS1

‘Exceeding’

Should be set to be consistent with expectations in the National Curriculum

Y1 teachers will see more clearly how the learning and development requirements in the early years fit with the National Curriculum.

EYFS Review – CLL, or CL and L?

Babies and very young children enjoy sharing books and mark-making begins at a very young age; these skills need to be fostered from infancy in a climate of talk about reading and writing as a child becomes increasingly aware of the importance of words and letters.

EYFS Review – Communication and language

Listening and Attention (was language for communication)

Understanding(was language for thinking)

Speaking (was language for thinking)

Drawn from experience of implementing the PNS Every Child a Talker programme.

EYFS Review – Listening and attention

From ECAT – not widely understood in EYFSFoundation of developing languageLanguage development can be enhanced by adults

supporting children to focus attention

Also underlies the development of phonetic and phonemic awareness which supports reading and writing development.

EYFS Review – Understanding

From ECAT – not widely understood in EYFS

Build a large receptive vocabulary

Understand complex statements, questions and linked statements

Supports reading comprehension and learning across all areas

EYFS Review – Speaking

Empowered to express their needs and feelings, views and ideas

Shapes thought

Precursor to using written language

EYFS Review – no more LSL in EYFSP?

‘Experience has shown that one of the stumbling blocks for children and practitioners is the application of phonic knowledge and skills to reading and writing’.

Literacy:Reading (including the former Linking Sounds and

letters’) Writing (including the former Linking Sounds and

Letters)

Summer 2011 - courses3 May: CLLD CSG (twi)

5 May: Support for Spelling (pm)

18 May: Literacy Coordinator Conference (day)

24 May: What are the rest doing? Guided work (twi)

9 June: Teaching Phonics Effectively (day)

13 June: CLLD coordinator Conference (day)

22 June: Assessing Phonics (twi)

13 July: Literacy CSG (twi)

York ECAT: 20 settings Clifton Green Primary

Hob Moor Primary

St Paul's Nursery

Westfield Primary Community

Beehive Pre-school Playgroup, Heslington Rd

Bright Beginnings Day Nursery. Rawcliffe

Cheeky Monkeys Playgroup - Westfield

Clifton Day Nursery

Fulford Pre-school

Home to Home Day Nursery ,Strensall

Huntington Pre-school Playgroup

Kaleidoscope Day Nursery – Westfield

Leeman Road Playgroup

Little Acorns Neighbourhood Nursery, Clifton

Poppleton Road Playgroup

Stepping Stones ,Strensall

St Wilfrid's Nursery

Sunshine Day Nursery, Huntington

Wonder Years , Wigginton

York College Day Nursery

TrainingSpeech, language and communication

trainingDeveloped their setting to be more

communication friendlySupported parents with practical ideas to

encourage communicationIn depth analysis of children’s

development stages and careful monitoring of their progress

Links with CLLD Consultant

TrainingDialogic book talkReflective practice techniquesLetters and Sounds Phase 1Support from a specialist Drama

PractitionerVocabulary extension techniquesForest SchoolReggio EmiliaSupport from libraries

Partnership WorkingOngoing consultation with partnersincluding:Speech and Language TherapistsMidwivesHealth VisitorsFamily LearningEarly Learning LeadersSpecial Educational Needs ConsultantPre-school Learning Alliance

ECAT in Action

Walking the Talk in York:Huntington Pre-school

St. Wilfrid’s Nursery

Hob Moor Primary

Inclusion Development ProgrammeDyslexia

Speech, Language and Communication

National Year of CommunicationMisunderstood

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