EYFS In Out Of School Settings - Silkysteps early years forum

kittykatty2000 · #1 06-24-2009, 10:21 AM

Hey All,

I work in an out of school club and I am getting confused by the EYFS in the out of school setting. I have been told on a training course that we can do the planning daily with the children as long as we evaluate at the end.
But my manager keeps saying we cannot do this as we wouldn't be able to do the next steps for the learning development stage. I wouldn't mind but the training course I was on was the EYFS one so got the information from someone who should know about it all.
My manager isn't listening to me, so was wondering how you all do it in an out of school club.

We do adult focus activities so surely we would use the adult focus activities to do the next steps in the learning development stages and the children could help fill in the rest of the planning like the lady on my training course had said. Then it would save use writing it all out the having to write next to it that the child wanted something else out, so ofsted could see we are providing child choice.

I am getting so confused with it all and my manager and duty manager are not helping at all.

DizzyDora · #2 06-24-2009, 07:19 PM

We've been told we don't need to cover it in the same depth as school just compliment it, otherwise we are repeating what they are doing.
We plan daily which toys are coming out with the help of the children. We then have 1 focused activity going on all week.
On the back of the planning sheet we have boxes for obs of the children.

FARLEYS · #3 06-25-2009, 07:53 PM

i was told that i only had to show i was aware of the eyfs in out of school settings but if we had any children attending under the age of 5 then we would have to implement it just for those children

Lil_Emz · #4 11-18-2009, 10:53 PM

we've made it inclusive for all the children, so they all have a scrap book where they put different things in

kirkycharlie · #5 01-04-2010, 05:00 PM

i work in a after school club and we have just been ofstead and we were told by ofstead tht we have to start doing the eyfs as we have children under 5 there is only me n the leader who work there.
we been told that we have to do the key worker list as well also do obs.
we have to do what i do at pre-school which is alot of work

DizzyDora · #6 01-28-2010, 05:28 PM

Kirkycharlie we too do obs but they are very simple just boxes on the back of our planning sheet

kirkycharlie · #7 01-29-2010, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DizzyDora

Kirkycharlie we too do obs but they are very simple just boxes on the back of our planning sheet

so do u do the home to school diaries? we have been told we have to do these and also imperment what they do at school it is so frustrating as noone has really explained it all to us just feel like banging my head agaist the wall

FARLEYS · #8 01-30-2010, 07:27 PM

hi all, went to a playwork festival today, this was one of the workshops. i didnt do this workshop but my colleague did so when i get feedback fromher on monday i will post any important useful info on here

DizzyDora · #9 01-31-2010, 10:42 PM

Kirkycharlie we don't do home to school diaries my development officer told me we didn't need anything as in depth as that

kirkycharlie · #10 02-07-2010, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DizzyDora

Kirkycharlie we don't do home to school diaries my development officer told me we didn't need anything as in depth as that

sorry to be a pain but what do you do as i have been told so many different things