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What is the EYFS and what is its purpose?

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Early years foundation stage statutory framework, ensures early years settings meet certain standards of education and care.

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What age range does the EYFS cover and what are the two main sections?

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0-5, learning and development requirements, safeguarding and welfare requirements

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What are the 3 prime areas of development?

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Physical, communication and language, personal social and emotional

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What are the 4 specific areas of development?

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Literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, expressive arts and design

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What are the 3 assessments in early years?

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Progress check at two, reception baseline assessment, foundation stage profile

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What is the progress check at two?

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Done after children turn 2, required by EYFS, checks how children are doing in prime areas, identifies wether children need additional support

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What is the reception baseline assessment?

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Within 6 weeks of starting reception, required by DfE, provides info about children’s starting points in communication language, literacy and maths. information is used to assess how well schools are supporting children

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What is the foundation stage profile?

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Done towards end of reception year, required by EYFS, assessment of early learning goals in each area of learning and development.

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What age range is each key stage?

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KS1: 5-7 years
KS2: 7-11 years
KS3: 11-14 years
KS4: 14-16 years

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What is the national curriculum?

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Ensure all children receive a similar level of education. Outlines what needs to be taught in each key stage. Has core and foundation subjects.

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What are the core subjects and foundation subjects of the NC?

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Core: english, maths, science.
Foundation: History, Geography, PE, art and design, computing, DT, languages

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Why is it important to involve children in planning their own learning and give an example

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Helps motivation and concentration.
Give them choice in activity.

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Why is it important to communicate clearly, using appropriate language for the age and stage of development to support children and give an example

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Makes understanding and retention of information easier, If tone is negative, children may respond negatively, If language level isn’t right for child they may not understand.
Attention, eye contact, simplifying sentences, explanation of words, communication techniques

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Why is it important to give effective feedback and to facilitate children’s self assessment to support them and give an example

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Helps them know what they are doing well and understand how they can improve specific skills or knowledge.
Ask what they done well, identifying specific area for improvement

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Why is it important to manage own and others time to support children’s development and give an example

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Makes lessons and sessions run smoothly, increases learning time.
Starting lessons on time, Preparing actives ahead, helping children use their time effectively

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Why is it important to provide nutrient experiences and opportunities to support children to be able to express feelings and give an example of this

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Helps promote positive behaviour, More likely to cope with set backs due to expressing their feelings.
Creates a calming environment, praying them when they talk about/ cope with strong emotion

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Why is it important to observe and assess individuals, providing tailored interventions to support children’s learning and give an example of this

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Ensures children who need additional support are recognised, Identify where a strategy for teaching a topic is not working.
Hearing a child read, checking text has been understood, class test on a topic that has recently been taught.

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Why is it important to engage disengaged children by involving them in their own learning and assessment to support their learning and give an example

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Prevents gap in knowledge and skills, helps become more motivated, prevents it from being a long term issue.
Asking child about resources that help them learn best, Taking time to provide individual feedback

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What are some attributes that inform professional behaviour?

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Approachability, confidence, empathy, passion, patience, positivity, reflection, resourcefulness, respect for others, knowledge

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What are some key features of the behaviourist approach?

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Learning is a result of external stimuli rather than cognitive processes, Teachers more likely to direct instruction, Consequences of responses can strengthen or lessen

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What is underpinning evidence for the behaviourist approach / key theorists?

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Pavlovs dog study
Watson little albert experiment
Skinners study of operant conditioning

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What are the stages of education?

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Eyfs: 0-5
Primary ed: 5-11 KS 1&2
Secondary ed: 11-16 KS 3&4
Post-16 ed: 16-19

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What are 5 key things to know about the EYFS?

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  • Purpose is to ensure EY settings meet certain standards of education and care
  • Statutory- required by law, EY settings and reception classes HAVE to follow it
  • Age range of 0-5
  • Two sections: learning and development requirements, safeguarding and welfare requirements
  • Inspected by Oftsed
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How many areas of learning and development is there in the EYFS?

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What are the areas of development split into?
Prime and specific
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What are the prime areas?
- Physical development - Communication and Language development - Personal, social and emotional development
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What are the 4 specific areas of development?
- Literacy - Mathematics - Understanding the world - Expressive arts and design
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What are the 3 assessments used in early years?
- Progress check at two - Reception baseline assessment - Foundation stage profile
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What are all these assessments?
Progress check at two- After children turn two, required by EYFS, checks how they are doing in prime areas, identifies if additional support needed RBA- within six weeks of child starting reception, required by DfE, provides information about children’s starting points in C&L, literacy and maths, info is used to assess how well schools are supporting children FSP: Towards end of reception year, required by EYFS framework, Assessment of early learning goals in each area of learning and development
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What is the national curriculum?
Outlines what needs to be taught in each key stage, makes sure all pupils receive a similar level of education.
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What are the core and foundation subjects of the NC?
Core: english, maths, science Foundation: history, geography, languages, PE, DT, music, art and design
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Why is it important to involve children in planning their own learning to support them and give an example
Helps motivation and concentration. Giving children choice of activity
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Why is it important to communicate clearly, using appropriate language for age and stage of development to support children and give an example
Makes understanding and retention of info easier. Wrong tone of voice may allow children to react negatively. Wrong language level may lead child to not understanding Attention, eye contact. Simplify sentences / explain words.
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Why is to important to give effective feedback and facilitate children’s self assessment to support their learning and give an example
Helps them understand what they are doing well and understand how they can improve certain specific skills / knowledge. Asking what they felt went well and identifying areas of improvement
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Why is it important to manage own and others time to support children’s learning and give an example of this
Makes lessons run smoothly, increases learning time. Starting lessons on time, Preparing resources ahead, Help them use time wisely
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Why is it important to provide nurturing experiences and opportunities to support them to express their own feelings to support their learning and give an example of this
Nurturing environment helps promote positive behaviour, Helping children express their feelings means they are more likely to cope with set backs Creates a calm environment, praising children when they talk about strain emotions
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Why is it important to observe and assess individuals, providing tailored interventions to support children’s learning and give an example
Ensures children who need additional support are recognised, Can identify where a strategy for teaching a topic isn’t working. Hearing a child read, checking the words are understood, Class test on a topic that has been recently taught
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Why is it important to engage disengaged children by involving them in their own learning and assessment to support their development and give an example of this
Prevents gap in knowledge and skills, can help them become more motivated, prevents this from being a long term issue. Asking children about resources that allow them to learn best, Taking time to provide individual feedback.
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What are some examples of attributes that inform professional behaviour?
Approachability, confidence, passion, knowledge, reflection, respect for others, resourcefulness, empathy, patience, positivity
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What is behaviourism?
An approach that is often used to shape children’s behaviour, Used as a way of helping children remeber information. “Conditioning” is an important feature in behaviourism.
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What does the term “Conditioning” refer to?
The way that responses are shaped as a result of what happens to the child or young person.
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What is classical conditioning?
Occurs when stimuli is presented first, bell rings and dog is fed. After a while, the dog learns that the bell signals food and becomes excited.
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What is operant conditioning?
Uses reinforces (rewards), after the stimuli to strengthen or weaken response. Eg. child keeps working hard because they want a sticker. The sticker is a reinforcer. Links to skinners approach (positive reinforcement). used the term operant conditioning to describe how positive and negative reinforcements could shape learning including behaviour.
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What are the two important things to remember about behaviourism?
Continuity: Behaviourism can be used to support learning and shape behaviour but information may not be retained if not practiced for a while. Motivation: Learner is motivated by reinforcement, such as getting a sticker. If PR stops, learners may not continue with activity.
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List the key features of behaviourism
Learning is a result of external stimuli rather than cognitive processes Consequences of responses can strengthen or lessen Teachers are more likely to direct instruction
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What are key theorists / underpinning evidence for behaviourism?
Pavlovs dog study Watsons little albert experiment Skinners study of operant conditioning
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What is Cognitive constructivism?
Focuses on the way a person makes sense of new information by linking it to what they already know and then drawing conclusions.
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List the key features of cognitive constructivism
Assimilation: learning builds on what students already know and can do Accommodation: knowledge is actively constructed through a process of discovery Sequential: learning follows a sequence of stages
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What are key theorists / underpinning evidence linking to cognitive constructivism?
Piagets four stages of development Bruner Kolb experiential learning cycle
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What is social constructivism?
Based on the idea that children learn through talking or doing things with adults or peers
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List the keys features of social constructivism
Active: children’s learning is a social process between teacher and peers Interactions: students understanding and knowledge of the world is based on the quality of interactions with others Environment: learning environment, home environment, culture and society can influence quality of interactions
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What is some underpinning evidence / theorists that support social constructivism?
Burners discovery learning: adults support children’s growing understanding Vygotskys ZOPD: suggested that children can only go so far in their own thinking and learning should be a social process. used ZOPD to describe the gap between what a child could achieve alone and what they can achieve with support from peers and teachers.
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What is connectivism?
Relatively new approach to learning. recognises that learners have access to information from a range of sources on the internet.
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List the key features of connectivism
Technology has created new ways for people to share knowledge and learn from others. Learners can shape their own learning in a variety of ways by visiting websites, messages others and being apart of online community.
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What are some theorists / underpinning evidence linking to connectivism?
George siemens theory Downes
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What is humanism?
Recognising the needs, strengths, feelings and individuality of each child and young person. Rejects the idea of “one size fits all” approach to education.
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What is the focus of humanism and what is it?
Holistic learning: seeing children as individuals.
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What are the 6 features of holistic learning?
- Individuals construct knowledge in context of their own unique feelings, values and experiences - Feelings are important in learning process - Teachers role is to facilitate rather than deliver learning - Learning should be personalised to each individual student - A students potential can only be fulfilled when their physical and affective needs have been met - Humans are intentional and seek meaning, value and creativity.
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What are some key theorists / underpinning evidence linking to humanism?
Bronfenbrenners ecological system: demonstrates there are wider influences on children than just their immediate family or neighbourhood Maslow hierarchy of needs: order of needs which must be met.
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What is metacognition?
Being aware of thought processes and how to regulate them.
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List 3 ways metacognition helps support children to manage their own learning and explain this
- Identifying strengths and areas for development in own learning: Make better progress in their learning through asking for help. - Using cognitive strategies to construct knowledge: using connecting pieces of existing knowledge to a new situation to create new knowledge. - Using metacognitive strategies to regulate their own learning
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How does metacognition positively impact on children and young people’s education and achievement?
- Build up a set of transferable strategies and skills to which they can apply to new subjects and situations. - Better preparing for assessments - Monitoring own understanding - Identifying barriers to own learning and minimising them. - Learning from mistakes in order to avoid them in future. - Adapting learning strategies as appropriate to task.
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How does effective feedback support children and young people?
Helps makes progress with their own learning and development, but also their behaviour Know what they are doing well as well as areas and strategies to make improvements
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What are the six features that make effective feedback and why does it matter?
Timely: Supports clarity, motivation and retention of information. Clear and detailed: identify precisely what they need to improve. Relevant to criteria: understand how they achieved outcomes and where they still need to develop Action- oriented: specific goals for future and know what they should continue to do. Ongoing: Revist and re evaluate learning as part of continuous process Interactive: Ensures clarity through dialogue between teacher student and peers
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What are some ways technology might be used to support development?
- Using technology for professional and administrative purposes - Supporting learning and teaching - Teaching children and young people how to use the internet effectively and safely
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How can using technology for professional and administrative purposes support development?
- Monitoring children’s and young people’s progress - Easily sharing information
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How can technology be used to support teaching and learning?
- Using a variety of media to explore a topic - Planning and designing suitable online and offline materials. - Making learning accessible for children and young people with SEND
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How can teaching children how to use the internet effectively and safely help support development?
- Communicating and collaborating safely - Equipping children and young people to navigate a vast amount of information - Modelling legal, ethical and secure methods of using online data and media - Helping to prepare young people for future careers and digital citizenship
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A range of factors can affect children interests and progress in reading, literacy and maths. What categories do these factors fall into?
Personal Educational Environmental
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What are some personal factors?
- Motivation and interest - Confidence to try without fear of failure - SEND - Bilingualism - Physical health and wellbeing - Level of cognitive and language development
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What are some educational factors?
Quality of teaching and support Age and stage appropriate materials Use of aids and adaptations Use of synthetic phonics
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What are some environmental factors?
Exposure to stimulating, language rich environment Opportunities to practice and apply knowledge Support and involvement from parents or carers

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