{"id":2894,"date":"2021-10-06T16:45:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:31:48","slug":"learning-journeys-reflecting-on-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/learning-journeys-reflecting-on-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Journeys – reflecting on practice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Learning Journeys<\/a><\/h1>\n
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Playing, Learning and Developing – p29 Child-Centred Planning and Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n

We use observations of individual children\u2019s patterns of play to plan, support, challenge and extend their learning. This enables children to make progress at their own pace<\/p>\n

Careful observations and effective assessments recognise and promote children\u2019s progress and achievements. Any additional supports are identified, planned for and implemented. Our highly responsive approach ensures children are developing a broad range of knowledge, understanding and skills for life and learning.<\/p>\n

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We work together with children, families and partners, inviting them to share their knowledge. This deepens our understanding and planning for each child\u2019s learning journey. We share updates on children\u2019s progress and celebrate their successes and achievements.<\/p>\n

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How well do we support staff in undertaking their role in planning for and evaluating children\u2019s progress?<\/p>\n

How effective are our processes to evaluate children\u2019s development, progress and achievements? How well does this information gathered about children\u2019s progress inform our planning and reporting to parents\/carers and others?<\/p>\n

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Learning, Teaching and Assessment – p41 Planning and Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working with parents\/carers, children, partners and colleagues, we gather a relevant range of information about children and their prior learning. We are highly skilled in observing and documenting children\u2019s significant learning and achievements. Together this robust assessment information provides reliable evidence about children. We use this to form a holistic picture of the child and make accurate judgements about children\u2019s progress and future learning.<\/p>\n

Our approach to documenting learning empowers children to talk about their achievements and consider what they might learn next.<\/p>\n

Our staff use assessment information with children and their parents\/carers to plan appropriate next steps to help children continue to make progress and deepen their learning. Through talking together with colleagues within and beyond our setting, we have a shared understanding of children\u2019s progress and achievements as they grow and learn.<\/p>\n

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In what ways do we use our assessment information to inform planning for children\u2019s<\/p>\n

learning? How effective are we at involving parents\/carers?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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QI 2.2 p37<\/strong><\/p>\n

How well do we apply the principles of planning, observation, assessment, recording and reporting as an integral feature of learning and teaching?<\/p>\n

How well do we record, analyse and use assessment information to identify development needs for individual learners and specific groups?<\/p>\n

How effectively do we involve learners and parents in planning and evaluating learning?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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p63<\/strong><\/p>\n

Responsive and intentional planning approaches start with our observations and interpretations of the baby or young child\u2019s actions, emotions and words. This tells us what the child needs for us to provide in their learning environment.<\/p>\n

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The most effective observations and subsequent documentation of young children\u2019s learning and development have clear meaning and purpose.<\/p>\n

Focus on capturing how well or how much learning is going on rather than simply commenting on the activity. For example, it is good to know that the children are enjoying playing with the mud kitchen, but it is much more useful to notice the extent to which the child is curiously exploring how textures change when materials are mixed together, or is interested in transporting particular materials from one part of the garden to another. Learning focussed observations help us to understand the child\u2019s interests and stage of development. They support us in considering what to do next to build on the child\u2019s learning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learning Journeys \u00a0– Supporting your Self-Evaluation Playing, Learning and Developing – p29 Child-Centred Planning and Assessment We use observations of individual children\u2019s patterns of play to plan, support, challenge and extend their learning. This enables children to make progress at their own pace Careful observations and effective assessments recognise and promote children\u2019s progress and achievements. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7767,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2894","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19608,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894\/revisions\/19608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}