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Learning Journey Visits

Daniel Barrie, Quality Improvement Officer and Karen Thomson, Senior Early Years Officer, Falkirk Council Curriculum Support Team are currently visiting all early years settings as a follow up to the Learning Journey training last year.

The purpose of these visits is to ascertain how each establishment are implementing Learning Journeys in their setting, for example:-

How individual children’s learning journeys are shown and tracked;

How the children’s interests  are informing the planning process;

How the learning journeys are demonstrating breadth, depth and progression?

How do the learning journeys show InterdisciplinaryLearning?

During this visit they will also be looking at Outdoor Learning within the nursery as well as planning and evaluation.  They will be collating information gathered during these visits to ascertain where Curriculum Support Team can support early years staff in preparation for CPL offered during session 2013/2014.

Learning Journey Evaluation

Daniel Barrie QIO with the Falkirk Council Curriculum Support Team is visiting all Nursery Schools and Classes to evaluate the impactof the introduction of learning journeys on children’s experiences.  Karen Thomson, Early Years Support Officer with the Falkirk Council Curriculum Support Team will be working with him. The focus of these visits will be to discuss with staff and children  the way in which  learning journey’s are used to plan experiences for young children that are responsive to their interests