Di was commissioned by a Nursery School to support the development of practice.
Di spent some of the day observing the children as they played and engaged with the adults; then met with the team and used the observations to talk with the staff about their practice and how they could develop this further.
The shared discussion supported the staff as they reflected on their practice and looked at ways to ‘fine tune’ their work with the children.
This led to the Nursery School reshaping their practice particularly around observations, assessment and the enabling environment.
During the visit we discussed
- How to create and use narrative Learning Stories as formative and summative assessment
- 101 Uses for Learning Stories
- PLODS – Possible Lines of Development for supporting children’s interests
- Extending children’s talking and thinking in a creative way – serve and return conversations
- The Characteristics of Effective Learning