Early Years Foundation Stage Reforms – Government Consultation – 31st January 2020 It’s time to get your voices heard by…
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Di’s Response to the Ofsted EIF consultation document
Education inspection framework 2019: inspecting the substance of education Di Chilvers – Response to the consultation document 5th April 2019 …
Professionalising the process of observation and understanding children’s development: The Observation Tool Kit
In 1978, as part of my NNEB training I wrote about Aiden who was at Nursery School, he would have…
Professionalising the process of observation and understanding children’s development: The Observation Tool Kit
Di Chilvers explains the need for teachers and practitioners to build their Observation Toolkit and see themselves as specialist professionals in children’s development, thinking and learning.
Being Bold in 2018: New Year Resolutions for Ofsted, the DfE and policy makers
I don’t usually sit down and write out my resolutions for the New Year as I have got into the…
Moderation – Some thoughts!!!
Moderation is an important part of the Observation, Assessment and Planning cycle across the Early Years Foundation Stage and not…
Effective Primary Teaching Practice Report 2016 is Referred!!!
Reading through the recent report from the Teaching Schools Council, Effective Primary Teaching Practice 2016, I kept having flashbacks to…
India – Bringing care and education together
Anganwadi in English means a ‘courtyard space’ which is exactly how these preschools were formed..in any available space both in…
India – Fine motor skills and patterns
Watching Avinash creating a beautiful Rangoli pattern for Diwali made me think about how carefully and finely he was using…
Thoughts from India
Its my 4th day into the Nursery World Study tour in India and I am still having to pinch myself…