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CURRICULUM PLANNING
On this page we aim to give you an introduction and overview to the Foundation Stage.
To make it more interesting we have linked this to 2 very informative 15 minute videos available to view from the Teachers TV website.
To make it more interesting we have linked this to 2 very informative 15 minute videos available to view from the Teachers TV website.
The website contains channel information, teaching resources, and full length streaming video of all the TV programmes.
Other programmes available to view on the site include:
Other programmes available to view on the site include:
Routines
Role Play
The outdoor Environment
Using Puppets
ICT
ICT
Childminder Programme 1
We visit accredited Childminder Julie Thomas in Birmingham who looks after a pair of three year olds. Having noticed the children's excitement about buses, Julie builds a bus journey into her plans.
This programme follows Tom and Riley's journey, as they talk excitedly about passengers, see other buses, and both notice and take photographs of key features of the journey.
At the bus station, they notice the timetable which involves working with numbers. Back at the Childminder's, they consolidate their learning. They use the photographs to recall and order the journey. They role play about the bus, using a large cardboard box and also draw and make models around the bus theme.
This programme looks at the way Julie plans from a child-initiated starting point, skillfully leads the learning and follows up an experience in the everyday environment with play at her "setting".
This programme follows Tom and Riley's journey, as they talk excitedly about passengers, see other buses, and both notice and take photographs of key features of the journey.
At the bus station, they notice the timetable which involves working with numbers. Back at the Childminder's, they consolidate their learning. They use the photographs to recall and order the journey. They role play about the bus, using a large cardboard box and also draw and make models around the bus theme.
This programme looks at the way Julie plans from a child-
Childminder Programme 2
Sheila Sage, a primary adviser with responsibility for early years in Worcestershire is joined by a panel of experts to discuss Childminding techniques as seen in the previous programme: Childminder 1.
Those taking part in the discussion include Ged Cotton, an infant school headteacher and previously team leader for early years at QCA, early years consultant and author Diane Rich, together with special guest Julie Thomas, the Childminder featured in the programme "Childminder 1".
The panel discuss child-centred starting points for planning and how the National Childminding Association (NCMA) can support planning.
The panel discuss Julie's bus journey, her questioning, the use of a digital camera and how numbers in the real world on the buses and timetables motivate mathematical development. They analyse the resources in the garden and Julie's role, specifically how much intervention there should be in role play.
Those taking part in the discussion include Ged Cotton, an infant school headteacher and previously team leader for early years at QCA, early years consultant and author Diane Rich, together with special guest Julie Thomas, the Childminder featured in the programme "Childminder 1".
The panel discuss child-
The Foundation Stage/Curriculum Planning
Currently only accredited Childminders working as part of a Quality Assured Network can deliver the Foundation Stage Curriculum and the parents access the Nursery Education Grant Funding. However it is good practice for all Childminders to have a copy of the Curriculum Guidance to the Foundation Stage and have an understanding of it. They will then be far better equipped to support children’s learning once they attend pre-school and right through to the end of the Reception year at school.
To obtain a copy of the Curriculum Guidance call QCA publications on 01787 884444 and quote QCA/00/587.
