Primary
TRANSITIONS
Pre-school
Where do we want to be ?• Joint Responsive Planning / seamless learning across early level - Nursery - P1
• Active Learning throughout the curriculum
• Annual Planning ensuring choice to explore areas of interest.
• Commitment to collegiality- plan inset to promote further collaboration & CPD opportunities.
• Utilise Transition funding throughout the
session - enhance greater peer opportunities P1-Nursery.
• Transition of learning/Pre schoolers learning alongside P1-team teaching
• Interdisciplinary Learning
• IAF / Partnership Working
• Home visits for children not currently in our nursery
• School events - open invite
• Extending Relationships - 3-18 coherent curriculum.
• Correspondence - Increased Pupil Voice
• Focus Group
• Personal Learning Plans 3-5yrs
Where are we now ?• New Nursery Class (off site) established Aug 2009.
•0.1 management time/build cross sectoral work.
•Regular visits to partnership nurseries
•Beginnings of Nursery - P1 staff working together.(Developing collaborative teams)
• Continue annual calendar events invitations-all partnership nurseries
• Nursery Nurse input during induction week
• Pupil Voice -DVD created by P6 entitled Our School
• Floor Books / Talking & Thinking books
• Transition Reports-Consistent across NAC -under review
• Early Years Forum - joint sharing of good practice.
• Early Years staff network / website
• Transition funding promote cross sectoral involvement -P1 staff/nurseries
• Numerous strategy groups / L & T Policy
• P T in Early years -Transition advisory group Early Years LTS - disseminate
• Focus Group inclusion
• Sharing of good practice
• Full transition for all pupils throughout the session.
• Rotation of pre school /school staff
• Regular Transition meetings of personnel
• Continual Evaluation of needs during transition/consult parents and children -what information do they want from school?
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How do we get there?
(Main considerations)
Entitlements Partnerships
Leadership Pupil Voice
ICT TP21 CPD Strategy
Structures for Collaboration
Accommodation
Time as a Resource
Parents as Partners
Recognition of Achievement
How do we get there?•Plan more cross sectoral working-timetabling• Continue to attend Early Years Forum• Continue current Transition documentation • Change Transition documentation - Focus group to review• Use Budget / Funding to support P1 teachers to work alongside nursery staff & continue to visit other partnership nurseries.• Encourage joint community projects• Increase Management Time for PT & P1 teacher• Offer Collegiate opportunities / CPD opportunities • Send School Improvement Plan copies to all pre school sectors• Arrange Home visit timetable-once placing requests granted.• Send Questionnaire to parents & staff - what do they want as part of the transition process.Evaluate and change practice accordingly.• Ask pre - schoolers - key questions?• Invite Cluster Health Group representation from pre- school development• Extension of IAF / Partnership Forum.• Advertise events inviting prospective pupils & parents• Continue sharing of good practice events at authority level. Extend this into good practice events within the early level across all pre - school establishments
Possible challenges to overcome
• Continued funding / commitment for Early Years Forum• Offsite Nursery Class(community centre) - manageability of access,availability of resources(limited storage)• AM nursery session only - less flexibility in collaborative planning time with staff.• Staff confidence and expertise.• Sustainablity of staff. (Nursery and school staff)• Revised content of Transition documentation• Diplomacy v Entitlement re placing requests• Relationships • Management time for PT - realistic - other remits& have many pre-school establishments to visit to ensure entitlement• Geographic location of all pre school establishments. Ratios/Transport costs for children visiting• CPD - Working hours differ - Allocation of remaining time for teachers agreed annually• Home visits - possibly not undertaken till all placing requests granted to ensure entitlement• Joint assessment methods through AifL to promote consistency & familiarity• Parental expectations- changing curriculum.• ICT availability & internet accessibility - communication.• Collaboration Structures - staff changes-continuity,consistency and impact of changes in practice.
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