Magazine December 2019
Welcome to the December edition of the Parenta magazine! Winter has definitely arrived, complete with its dark nights and frosty mornings…but don’t let that put you off having fun with the children in your setting! There are so many wonderful things you can do in the winter which will leave them (and you!) feeling invigorated. In this month’s magazine, we’ve put together some of our favourite activity ideas for both inside and out. The new Education Inspection Framework (EIF) from Ofsted is just about to enter its fourth month and many settings have already had their first inspection under the new changes. Parenta assessor and setting owner, Fiona Spencer, runs one of those nurseries that has received a visit from an Ofsted inspector; she gives us a summary of her experience, plus some interesting top preparation tips!
Welcome to the December edition of the Parenta magazine!
Winter has definitely arrived, complete with its dark nights and frosty mornings…but don’t let that put you off having fun with the children in your setting! There are so many wonderful things you can do in the winter which will leave them (and you!) feeling invigorated. In this month’s magazine, we’ve put together some of our favourite activity ideas for both inside and out.
The new Education Inspection Framework (EIF) from Ofsted is just about to enter its fourth month and many settings have already had their first inspection under the new changes. Parenta assessor and setting owner, Fiona Spencer, runs one of those nurseries that has received a visit from an Ofsted inspector; she gives us a summary of her experience, plus some interesting top preparation tips!
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childhood sector organisations<br />
have worked together to provide a<br />
literature review of evidence relating<br />
to the changes. This is available<br />
to read here. In addition you can<br />
respond to the consultation from the<br />
foundation years website here.<br />
Linking with the EYFS is not just<br />
about the areas of learning and<br />
the characteristics of effective<br />
learning but also in terms of what we<br />
provide for children – our enabling<br />
environment – and how we interact<br />
with children through positive<br />
relationships. Through considering<br />
this we are keeping our children at<br />
the centre of our practice – we are<br />
holding them in mind. We are also<br />
enabling children to grow positive<br />
dispositions towards learning, like<br />
perseverance, resilience and a cando<br />
attitude which will help to lay<br />
the foundation for future learning<br />
success.<br />
Our curriculum must be sensitive<br />
and responsive to children’s needs,<br />
and provide a supportive emotional<br />
environment. It is really important<br />
that our provision gives children a<br />
clear message that they are loved,<br />
respected and valued for who<br />
they are. We need to provide a<br />
predictable and secure environment<br />
in which all adults support children<br />
by reflecting on and meeting their<br />
individual needs, acting as a role<br />
model and providing activities and<br />
opportunities that support children<br />
to recognise and articulate their<br />
feelings and emotions.<br />
Lastly, an effective curriculum is<br />
a reflective one that asks how we<br />
can improve on our current best. It<br />
reviews and evaluates practice and<br />
provision, celebrating what we do<br />
really well whilst striving to be the<br />
best we can be. We can find out the<br />
views of everyone involved in our<br />
setting, from children to parents and<br />
cleaners, and ensure that everyone<br />
is clear about our curriculum and<br />
pedagogical values; and then<br />
be mindful of these different<br />
perspectives when we shape future<br />
practices.<br />
Let’s define our curriculum and<br />
develop a pedagogy which keeps<br />
children at the heart of what we do<br />
and enables them to be confident,<br />
competent and motivated to engage<br />
in learning. We don’t know what<br />
jobs the children in our care will<br />
grow up to do, in fact, many of their<br />
jobs won’t even have been invented<br />
yet! So it is difficult to teach them<br />
the knowledge they will need to do<br />
these things. The good news is that<br />
we don’t need to, because if we can<br />
teach them to use their initiative,<br />
or to persevere when they meet a<br />
challenge, or present them with<br />
activities in which they can become<br />
fully involved, immersed and focused,<br />
they will know how to concentrate on<br />
a task. So our curriculum can teach<br />
them to be good at learning.<br />
Tamsin Grimmer<br />
Tamsin Grimmer is an<br />
experienced early years<br />
consultant and trainer and<br />
parent who is passionate about<br />
young children’s learning and<br />
development. She believes<br />
that all children deserve<br />
practitioners who are inspiring,<br />
dynamic, reflective and<br />
committed to improving on their<br />
current best. Tamsin particularly<br />
enjoys planning and delivering<br />
training and supporting<br />
early years practitioners and<br />
teachers to improve outcomes<br />
for young children.<br />
Tamsin has written two<br />
books - “Observing and<br />
Developing Schematic<br />
Behaviour in Young Children”<br />
and “School Readiness and<br />
the Characteristics of Effective<br />
Learning”.<br />
Website:<br />
tamsingrimmer.com<br />
Facebook:<br />
facebook.com/earlyyears.<br />
consultancy.5<br />
Twitter:<br />
@tamsingrimmer<br />
Winners of “Calling all<br />
Superheroes” announced!<br />
Winners announced!<br />
A word from<br />
Tamsin...<br />
“A special thank<br />
you for the great<br />
ideas to all those<br />
who entered. I’m<br />
so pleased that<br />
superhero play is<br />
embedded in lots of<br />
settings."<br />
Thank you to everyone that entered the competition, we recieved<br />
some really wonderful examples of superhero play!<br />
We are pleased to announce the winners are... *drumroll*<br />
• Aneesa Jangharia - Sunning Hill<br />
• Lisa Gibbons - Denmead<br />
• Sharon Grunberger - Little Explorers<br />
To the lucky winners - your books are on their way to you!<br />
Email:<br />
info@tamsingrimmer.co.uk<br />
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future competitions!<br />
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