Celebrating Maths Week with @teachingdiaries_!
My name is Sophie and I’m a year one teacher based in Preston. I teach with a continuous provision style approach. I really love teaching in this style, I believe it’s developmentally appropriate for children in year one. It allows them to learn through exploration and play, which is why resources like the ones I’ve been sent from KCS are so important for my teaching style!
Now We Are Back In School
Now that schools are back to normal, the maintained schools amongst us are thinking about our new budgets whilst all schools will be looking towards their resourcing for the next school year.
The task of budget setting and bidding for departments, or the spending of the rest of the school’s allocated budget in academies, is well underway. As always, the School Business Leaders amongst us are doing everything we can to achieve the best value for money.
Parents supporting Home Learning
In the past two weeks, children in Early Years have been making their way back to settings in light of recent government announcements around easing the lockdown.
However, official statistics published by the Department for Education suggest that families still think it’s too soon. Just 10% of the usual number of children are attending settings.
Reluctant Returners
5 Tips for Easing them Back to School
At last! Children are back at school and a feeling of normality has returned. At least for some. For others, even with distancing and hygiene requirements covered, they simply aren’t eager to embrace the school day – a situation that could worsen by September.
What’s going on – and how can teachers ‘ease back’ the reluctant returner?