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Title: Curriculum for Excellence


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Active Learning in Pre-school and
PrimarySaturday Seminar - Glasgow
  • Curriculum for Excellence
  • Active Learning

10th May 2008
Lynda Bancroft Trevor Gray Learning Teaching
Scotland
Lynda Bancroft
Early Years Development Officer LTS
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Active Learning
  • Active learning is learning which engages and
    challenges children's thinking using real-life
    and imaginary situations. It takes full
    advantage of the opportunities presented by
  • Spontaneous and planned, purposeful play
  • Investigating and exploring
  • Events and life experiences
  • Focused learning and teaching
  • Supported when necessary through sensitive
    intervention to support or extend learning.
    (Building
    the Curriculum 2 - 2007)

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Sean
I hate 7 !!
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Principles of CfE
Active Learning
  • Actively challenged?
  • Actively learning to deepen understanding?
  • Actively making choices?
  • Actively making connections in their
    learning?
  • Challenge and enjoyment
  • Breadth
  • Progression
  • Depth
  • Personalisation and choice
  • Coherence
  • Relevance

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Traditional room layout
  • No clearly defined areas
  • Space dominated by centrally positioned
    furniture
  • Resources stored round edges
  • Places to play?
  • Can children make choices?
  • Can children independently access the resources
    they need?

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Learning from nursery creating areas for learning
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Contexts for LearningThe Counting Castle
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Creating areas for learning imaginative play
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Creating areas for learning imaginative play
Clothes Shop Building Yard
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Creating areas for learning - learning
outdoorsOutdoor Mathematicians
  • Play opportunities extended
  • Outdoor maths box.
  • Physical activity.
  • Space to play without the big boys.

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Further afield Mini Beast Detectives
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Responsible citizens in the local woodland
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Classroom Management
  • Waiting time reduced
  • Self registration lunch choice
  • Straight to play and work
  • Planning and Recording
  • Started with areas visited
  • Tasks completed
  • Building up to daily task sheet

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Planning Resources
  • Planning more frequent and responsive
  • Workbooks out and active resources in
  • Resources borrowed and made or existing
    materials used for different purposes
  • Contextualised learning
  • Children as resources

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Children finding the leading edge of their
learning no limits floors or ceilings.
Independence fostered, childrens interests and
learning styles.
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Wheres the evidence?
  • Folios
  • Special pieces of work
  • Photographs learning documented
  • Computer
  • Each child has named file
  • Shared learning books new concepts, stories
  • Individual learning logs
  • Video

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Learning Logs
  • Learning recorded
  • Photographs added
  • Shared with parents
  • Next steps identified

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Building whole family relationships
  • Programme of shared events
  • Open doors P1 - Nursery
  • Buddies in P1 P7
  • Sharing success resources
  • DVD This is what we do in P1
  • PE and active sessions together
  • Treasure Hunt photographs of staff school
  • Encouraging ownership of class

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What is different?
  • Positive impact on children
  • Welcomed by parents
  • Greater flexibility more time with children
  • Child centred approach building on strengths
    interests

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Parent Comments
  • They are so involved in what they are doing and
    so excited about what they are achieving.
  • I have never seen the children look so
    enthusiastic.
  • When I ask Rebecca about what shes doing at
    school, the response I get is that we just play,
    play, play, then its tidy up time.

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Active Learning in Pre-school and
PrimarySaturday Seminar - Glasgow
  • Curriculum for Excellence
  • Active Learning
  • 10th May 2008

Lynda Bancroft Trevor Gray Learning Teaching
Scotland
Lynda Bancroft
Early Years Development Officer LTS
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