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Reception teachers, Year 1
teachers, Assessment
Co-ordinators, Literacy /
Numeracy / Assessment
Co-ordinators, Senior
Management Team,
Governor responsible for
Foundation Stage

Education Development Centre

Early Years Education Team

Primary / Infant / Nursery / Special

16/6/08

£45.00 per delegate



21248

Dates and Times:
Wednesday 24 Sept 2008
9.00am - 4.00pm


Please bring your own lunch as it is not provided on this course.

• Establish a shared understanding of what the principles of the foundation stage look like in effective practice.
• To promote best practice for transition between foundation stage and year 1.
• Learning from children and using information, including FSP, to plan a relevant curriculum.
• To show how the outcomes of FSP can be used.
• Establish that all staff need to understand and value the foundation stage.
• Identify strengths and points for improvement in the provision in the foundation stage.
• Inform school improvement planning.
• Provide comparisons of achievement for different groups, for example, by gender, ethnicity, English as an additional language.
• Make the curriculum in year 1 responsive to children's needs.
• Support performance management.

Continuing the Learning Journey is a training package provided by the Primary Strategy to help schools give children a positive experience of transition as they move into KS1. The course is designed to offer some suggestions for how this work can be developed and taken forward as a longer-term project for school improvement to raise children's achievement using your Foundation Stage Profile Data. These can also be developed with other audiences, such as parents and the wider community.

Please bring your own lunch as it is not provided on this course, or you can order a meal / snack from the kitchen at the Education Development Centre.

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