Based on ABC Does' blog posts this week on Dough Gym, but in PowerPoint form for staff training and parent workshops. Includes gross motor and fine motor development, ideas on how to create a dough gym, additional &'funky fingers&'; ideas for child initiated activities to improve fine motor control, and malleable material recipes/ideas.

Mindmap set out in 6 areas of learning + role-play. Road, rail, air and water transport covered. Activity ideas for a vehicle-based topic. Indoor and outdoor activities included.

A PowerPoint slide (to be reduced to 4 on a page) to be a label for the front of a Learning Journey book. Space for personalisation with child's name, photo and school details.

Classroom display of Letters and Sounds Phase 5 graphemes (incl some alternates) and pictures.

The Leuven scales for well-being and involvement. Useful to assist with EYFS summative assessments, alongside a learning and development tracker and characteristics of effective learning. Specifies the levels of engagement and emotion displayed within the setting.

As so many of my F1 pupils are coming in still working within the 22-36 month development band, I thought I'd make an additional set of these Learning Journey assessment cards with the statements taken from Development Matters 2012.

Further information required based on PowerPoint SEN or EAL. Based on training notes provided by LA.

Two templates 1. A whole-school register 2. A Gifted and Talented IEP format

Rhyming clues for an outside number treasure hunt

Objectives taken straight from the EYFS Development Matters, split into 30-50 months, 40-60+ months and Early Learning Goals

Personal details sheet for a child's learning journey. Based on an idea provided by my LA (sorry unsure who had initially drawn this up)

An assessment tool to be used on all new arrivals to the school, to all initial concerns/low achievers and also across all SEN pupils. The SLCN screen helps to focus on the needs of the individual (if any). To be used in conjunction with the Leicester City Meeting Individual Needs SLCN manual.

How to effectively differentiate to children’s individual learning needs. Thanks to buffalo1966 for some content from PGCE professional skills assignment. Looking at what learning styles are, Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, and how we can use this knowledge to help children in the learning environment.

Staff INSET on SEN, covering: 1. Definition of SEN 2. Code of Practice 3. Types of SEN 4. Roles and responsibilities 5. Graduated response (stages of provision) 6. Individual Education Plans

A table showing usual language development of a person's first language from birth to KS4. Breaks down the typical development into Understanding, Expression, Speech and Social. If using with EAL children, establish the typical development in their home language; if normal pattern, English should be obtained fairly easily. If home language delayed, there will be a delay in learning English. Very useful also for EYFS.

PowerPoint based on LA training. Information on normal language development, and barriers to acquisition of English as a second/additional language. To be used in conjunction with How language usually develops form.

A PowerPoint designed to be reduced to 4 or 6 to a page and stuck into Learning Journey books for summative assessment. Characteristics of Effective Learning and Areas of Learning statements for Foundation Stage (EYFS 2012) children. I was inspired by a local EYFS teacher and their school's learning journeys to produce these. They will also be laminated and placed onto a ring to be carried by the staff during observations. I hope you find them useful xx

PowerPoint written to be delivered to staff in the Early Years about the development and progression of core mathematical skills and concepts. Covers counting, subitising, calculating, language of number, early addition. Very useful for improving subject knowledge, and for use when assessing children's ability levels and next steps.