{"id":2910,"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":"2026-02-03T10:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:39:31","slug":"responsive-planning-reflecting-on-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/responsive-planning-reflecting-on-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Responsive Planning – reflecting on practice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Learning teaching and assessment p41 – Planning and assessment <\/strong><\/p>\n

Our planning for children\u2019s learning is both responsive and intentional to ensure an appropriate balance of child-led, adult-initiated and adult-directed experiences.<\/p>\n

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

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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

Experiences reflect children\u2019s ideas, aspirations, curiosities and meaningful next steps in their learning.<\/p>\n

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Playing learning and developing p28 – Quality of interactions <\/strong><\/p>\n

Responsive and caring interactions support the development of communication, language, movement and social development through effective modelling of these skills. We support children through approaches such as sustained shared thinking, wondering aloud and balancing comments with developmentally appropriate questions to extend and expand their thinking.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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What is the balance of child initiated, adult initiated and adult directed play in your setting?<\/p>\n

How can this be adapted to ensure better experiences for children?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Section 6 \u2013 p62-79\u00a0 Putting Pedagogy into Practice \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Section 7 \u2013 p80-87 \u00a0Ensuring quality through critically reflective practice<\/strong><\/p>\n

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p82 High quality practice <\/strong><\/p>\n

Quality settings have\u2026. practitioners with an understanding of child development and how young children learn<\/strong><\/p>\n

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