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What to expect on a primary deep dive – some guidance for subject leaders - Ofsted: schools, early years, further education and skills

Definitely worth sharing with all your subject leaders.......... https://educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2022/02/02/what-to-expect-on-a-primary-deep-dive-some-guidance-for-subject-leaders/

What to expect on a primary deep dive – some guidance for subject leaders - Ofsted: schools, early years, further education and skills News and updates on education inspection

Beautiful 💜

I opened a book...

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Dear Tired Teachers,
When the pressures from above are getting you down, don't forget that because of you someone can write their name and read their favourite book 🙂
Keep smiling, you are all outstanding ❤
- The Teacher Traveller

Great post for a start Monday 💜

Happy Monday everyone.

The EYFS in schools

Building up to an inspection? This is a useful myth buster link! 💜

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofsted-eif-inspections-and-the-eyfs/the-eyfs-in-schools

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Just lovely 💜
Our favourite: Who made you laugh today? 💜

Things to ask instead of “How was school”
Try these to get your child talking about their day.

What a fab idea! And could work with any number 😍💜

⬇️⬇️❤️What a fantastic example of perceptual variation ❤️⬇️⬇️

This is the kind of display that you can build up over the days/weeks asking the children for suggestions and exploring the concept of 10 with each different item before adding it to the collection.

There’s plenty more you could add...

💡A tens frame or Numicon or base 10
💡A 10 on a bus to explore the nominal vale of 10
💡A number line or 100 square to show ordinal value.
💡10p piece
❓ Any other suggestions❓

It’s the display that just keeps giving!

Saw this on Twitter but did not capture the author to give credit.

Heart of a Teacher

As a new Autumn term begins just a small piece of inspiration that resonates so much with us 💜
We hope you all have the best year and whatever challenges it brings your determination, resilience and perseverance will always shine through 💜
Nicky & Ginny
https://vimeo.com/99081354

Heart of a Teacher "Teachers inspire the smallest hearts to grow big enough to change the world." - Paula Fox Whether you have children in school now or you're a…

This is us most days!!! 🤣🤣💜

Happy Monday. Have an amazing first full week back everyone.

Just beautiful… 💜

Good luck to the new starters!! ❤️

Think this is pretty accurate!! 🤣 particularly over the past two years!!! 🤣

Accurate. 💯 www.teachergoals.org

Foundation Years vodcast: Implementing the new EYFS in primary schools

This is a useful video with information for the DfE and Early Adopter schools about the new EYFS framework.

Key messages...

**TEACH, TEACH, TEACH!
**Have confidence in the depth of knowledge you have about your children
**Review and reflect on what you currently do and be brave enough to let some things go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJzBM9iqVbw

Foundation Years vodcast: Implementing the new EYFS in primary schools This vodcast will take you through some of the key messages from DfE on implementing the new early years foundation stage (EYFS) in primary schools. You’ll a...

Some beautiful ideas on here 💜 great provocations for your environment in September 💜

The EYFS in schools

*** OFSTED MYTH BUSTER ***
This is a useful read with regard to OFSTED and the new EYFS framework September 2021💜
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofsted-eif-inspections-and-the-eyfs/the-eyfs-in-schools

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What a fab idea 💜 vertical surfaces for children to use for mark making, drawing, writing help with core stability, shoulder strength and wrist and finger mobility 💜

What do you think?

http://www.arquitrecos.com/2015/06/refresco-para-memoria-blocos-de-notas.html

We had some lovely feedback from our training today 💜
We are very grateful for the kind words given to us by so many people. 💜 Thank you 💜

'Dear Nicky and Ginny
This is just to say thank you for the assessment course this afternoon. It made so much sense and I think that spending more time with the children and not being a slave to evidence is exactly what Early Years should be about.'

For anyone who needs this today 💜

Sure can

Looking for a new idea for the new academic year? Love this one! Simple and effective 💜

CUPCAKE BIRTHDAY BOARD 🧁

This birthday cupcake bulletin board display is so cute, and a great idea for those who don't have a lot of space!

LINK: http://teachinglittlemiracles.blogspot.pe/2013/08/monday-made-it-birthday-cupcakes-and.html

Core and upper body strength is such an important pre-requisite for those important writing skills. Educating parents on its importance and providing quality time for it in your provision is crucial.
Don’t underestimate how important it is to invest in gross motor development - do that and the writing skills will come 💜

Want to know more? Take a look at our Let’s Get Physical and Ready to Write resources on our website www.morrissimmons.com 💜

Absolutely love this 💜 one small steady step at a time and you will get there 💜 so relevant for all aspects of life 💜

So important for all learners! 😍❤️

Preparing for the revised Early Years Foundation Stage: questions and thoughts

Julian Grenier has written a new Blog about the new EYFS Statutory changes with particular reference to assessment. It is well worth a read and matches all the messages that we have been given at our training.
Assessment is the area that requires the biggest mind shift and at MSE we have development a succinct and manageable approach to help you make the transition.
If you want to find out more then drop us an email to find out the dates of our training sessions.
[email protected]

https://juliangrenier.blogspot.com/2021/05/preparing-for-revised-early-years.html?m=1

Preparing for the revised Early Years Foundation Stage: questions and thoughts ‘How am I going to track children’s progress?’ ‘How do I check children against age-related expectations?’ ‘How am I going to create baselin...

For those of you who have been on our Moving Forwards in Early Years training about the new EYFS Statutory Framework and if you use a Tapestry you might find this webinar useful 💜

Save the date! Ben and Stephen, from our Education Team, will be running a free webinar on the new EYFS framework on Tapestry. It will be streamed from our page and our YouTube account. This is a great opportunity to ask any questions you may have. More details on how to join and the webinar agenda to follow.

Such a brilliant idea! 💜

Love it! Has anyone done this or something similar?

Simple 💜 Adaptable 💜 Motivating
Great for language development and reading! Why not let them create their own too! 💜

Sunflowers

🌼🌼 NEW BLOG ALERT 🌼🌼
Make yourself a cup of tea/coffee and relax reading our new Sunflower blog. Some great ideas to help you with planning in the summer term 💜

🌼Sunflower yellow, sunflower bright,
Stretching your head towards the light.
You started as a seed tiny and small,
Now look at you growing so very tall.🌼
Ginny Morris
Picture by Bronwen 💜

https://morrissimmons.com/sunflowers/

Sunflowers Sunflowers Investigating and learning about Sunflowers is a great way to teach your children about growth and change. These bright and colourful flowers are easy and quick to grow and provide a huge amount of learning that will last all through the summer into the Autumn. Getting Started Show your c...

🐥🌼We hope you enjoyed your Easter weekend 🌼🐥
This is what we looked like at the end of ours!! 🤣
How much chocolate did you eat?

All our membership should now have received our April Newsletter, please check your junk box if you can't see it. If you aren't part of our membership then its really easy just sign up on our website! It's worth it as you get a FREE resource audit tool! 💜

You made it! 👏
You did it! 🎉
Hooray it's the end of a very long term! 🙌

Rest 🌺 relax 🌼 and recharge 🌸 over the next couple of weeks.
Enjoy catching some spring sunshine ☀️and eating plenty of chocolate! 🐥🍫🐥
Keep an eye out for exciting news from us coming very soon 😱💜

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🙌***BREAKING NEWS***🙌

The final EYFS Statutory Framework for 1st September has now been published. Just in time for an Easter read! 🤣

We will ensure that we highlight any significant changes from the Early Adopter version so why not sign up on our website so that you get our monthly newsletter with any updates. 💜
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/974907/EYFS_framework_-_March_2021.pdf

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🌺 After the longest and most challenging term WE ARE NEARLY THERE!!!🍷

‘Lighter touch’ school inspections to take place in summer term, Ofsted says

*** BREAKING NEWS***

OFSTED will resume light touch inspections on 4th May 2021. They will NOT be making judgements but might trigger a full inspection if the school is doing better or not as well as their current judgement. They will focus on how well pupils are catching up!
It is anticipated that full inspections with 'graded assessments' will resume in the Autumn.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/ofsted-schools-geoff-barton-gavin-williamson-gcses-b926796.html

‘Lighter touch’ school inspections to take place in summer term, Ofsted says The education watchdog confirmed that graded inspections are expected from September.

🌱🌼 Looking for a simple activity for the end of term? 🌱🌼

Why not go on a Spring Walk 🌺

Ginny has been letting her creative juices are flow and has written a lovely catchy poem that you could use with your children when you take them on a Spring Hunt 🌼

Resources

*********** HIGH PRAISE **********
We have had some amazing feedback about our new resources - Intent, Implementation and Impact and our revised Planning for Learning in the Early Years. Both documents match the new statutory guidance being implemented September 2021.

💜"I am so happy with the resources that I ordered. So clear and to the point. The resources will save me hours and hours of paperwork and I am eternally grateful for that."💜

Visit www.morrissimmons.com to download your copies - you won't be sorry!

Resources Our invaluable and affordable resources have been developed with the busy teacher in mind. They are all full

💜Our Favourite Easter Books💜

Here are our top 5 books to fit with Easter 🐥

* An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Aston
* The Story of Easter by Fiona Boone
* Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones: by Ruth Heller
* The Good Egg by Jory John
* Princess Henny and Wonky Eggs by Sarah Innins