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Welcome to new members:
From the
North of England,
welcome to
Ingrid Small,
Longdendale Pre-school, Mottram. From
London and the South East,
welcome to
Milena Annecchiano,
Barnsole Infant School, Gillingham;
Desire Avis,
Bumble Bears Pre-school, Chatham;
Charlotte Berry,
Kingfisher Foundation Unit, Kingfisher CP School, Chatham;
Louise Bell,
Barnsole Infant School, Gillingham;
Caroline Bourne,
Oaklands Infant and Nursery School, Chatham;
Lisa Bracking,
Top of The Hill Preschool,
Rochester;
Kay Bravo,
Wayfield Children's Centre, Chatham;
Karan Bryant,
2Js Pre-school, Rochester;
Debs Carey,
Strawberry Fields Day Nursery, Gillingham;
Catherine Cave,
Boundary Road Pre-school, Chatham;
Suzanna Chastney,
St Peter's Infant School, Rochester;
Sarah Cooke,
St Mary's CP School, Gillingham;
Stacey Curtis,
Warren Wood Primary School, Rochester;
Helen Ellis-Adams,
Kiddiewinks Preschool, Gillingham;
Suzanne Gilbert,
Vale Pre-school, Chatham;
Carolyn Goosey,
Burnt Oak Children's Centre, Gillingham;
Sue Gurney,
St Michael's R.C. Primary School, Chatham;
Donna Hackney,
Rainbow Preschool,
Rainham:
Louisa Hicks,
Poppins Nursery and Preschool,
Rochester:
Michaela James,
Delce Infants School, Rochester; Susan
Jarvis, Strood Gospel Mission
Pre-school, Rochester; Jill Jones,
Busy Builders' Playgroup,
Gillingham; Emma Knox,
Strawberry Fields Day Nursery, Gillingham;
Sally Mallett,
The Darland Preschool, Gillingham;
Dianne Merrick,
Swingate Infant School, Chatham;
Debbie Noon,
Luton Infant School, Chatham;
Emily O'Connor,
All Saints CEP Primary School, Chatham;
Gemma Robinson,
Maundene Primary School, Chatham;
Sarah Ryan, Barnsole Infant School,
Gillingham; Liliane Shorthouse;
Cuxton Community Infants School,
Rochester; Virginia Smith,
The Orchard Preschool, Rainham;
Jo Starling,
Luton Infant School, Chatham;
Sue Swindell,
Parkwood Preschool, Gillingham;
Hannah Taylor,
St James's Cof E School, Isle of Grain;
Maxine Watson, Kingfisher
Foundation stage Unit, Kingfisher CP School, Chatham;
Madelene Wine,
Burnt Oak Children's Centre, Gillingham.
From the South and South
West,
welcome to Angela
Ledbury, Bath Spa University, Bath.
And from Wales
we would like
to welcome Emmajane Milton, Duffryn Infants School,
Newport;
New international members
Welcome also to our: from Sri Lanka, welcome to
Dileeshaka Thathsara Herath
from St Joseph's College, Anuradhapura; from
the USA, welcome to
Patricia Morris,
Chasco Elementary School New Port Richey,
Florida and from Zambia,
welcome to Tyger
Yegambaram, Lotusville Primary
School, Durban.
Resources
New!
Carruthers, E. and Worthington, M.
(2008) 'Children's mathematical graphics: young children calculating
for meaning' in I. Thompson, (Ed.) (2008)
Teaching and Learning Early Number, Maidenhead: Open
University Press, (2nd ed.).
New! DCSF,
(2008)
'Mark Making Matters' , London: DCSF
This publication includes a short section on
children's mathematical graphics. It also includes
lovely examples of children's drawings and early
writing, many of which are from Redcliffe Children's
Centre, Bristol. Headteacher Elizabeth Carruthers
would especially like to thank Carole Keane, Louise
White, Sue Cook, Hugo Turvey and Jeanette Hill for
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'An analysis of recent Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP)
results reveals that while children are generally
making good progress across the 13 scales of
learning and development, achievements are
consistently lower in the scales of Writing
(particularly for boys), and Calculation. This could
undermine their future progress, particularly in the
transition from the EYFS to Key Stage 1.
The booklet also
explores how an improved understanding of the
importance of mark making can strengthen provision
for CLL and PSRN. It will illustrate how children's
confidence in themselves as writers and as
mathematical thinkers, can be promoted through the
introduction of children’s mathematical graphics.
Children learn from
everything they do, but their development depends,
in part, on the quality and range of experiences
they have received both in the environment of their
setting and at home. Some children have had
opportunities to experiment with mark making from
their earliest years, while others have had limited
experiences for a variety of reasons.' DCSF:
The Standards Site (October, 2008). |
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booklet is to make teachers aware of the existence
of an active play-based learning environment that
children create through the different ways of
representing their thoughts and feelings in early
years. In this respect, practitioners are offered
some tips in order to identify the marks that
children symbolically use to carry meaning and to
make their thinking visible.’ (Open Training
Platform Unesco).
Download
Mark Making
Matters (DCSF, October 2008)
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