scmp1 1.4

[gracygrey]

analyse current evidence about effective methods of ensuring participation and engagement of children and young people of all ages and levels of understanding in assessment and planning

Any help please???

Thank you

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi, review the evidence you have about effective methods ..

Effective methods are..

1.4. Effective methods / Ways to engage e.g

• Appropriate venue/location
• Contributions through play
• Contributions through pictures
• Children and young people setting ground rules
• Written contributions
• Video/audio contributions

Source SCMP unit 1 pdf available through the download files of CWDC

How does your setting ensure that children and young people's participation and engagement is reflected in the way you plan and assess - look over things and come to preliminary conclusions?

Maybe approach this by looking at the evidence you may be able to generate?
eg.
• What evidence could you produce to support children enjoying where they are?
A floor plan that shows a room layout that children have helped develop.
A roaming approach where the environment is designed for children's free indoor/outdoor access.
Resources that promote & support children selecting their own resources
Are there blocked off or restricted areas that impact on how children view their setting's venue.
Decoration of the building, positioning of fixtures & fittings

• What evidence could you produce to support the way planning & assessment reflects children's contributions made through play ..
Observations of personal interests
Evaluations from focussed activities
Friendship groups

If you have knowledge of other setting's practice, professional's suggestions, ideas that can help challenge what you're most familiar with, it can help identify alternative ways of doing things or reinforce the way things currently happen.

Hope this helps ..

[gracygrey]

Thank you for that.

I just cannot get my head around the questions that are about reveiwing evidence. I am also stuck on eymp5 4.2.
Is the evidence I am looking for just from our setting or am I looking at external findings?

[Ruthierhyme]

Where possible both , incorporating creditable external evidence helps demonstrate a depth of knowledge & understanding. Much informs working practice, research & evidence from outside a setting is a way to challenge practice, reinforcing or changing the reasoning behind what's currently done.

What you use as a source to quote would be a personal choice or maybe guided professionally by your course provider.

I've added a reply to your eymp5 thread if it helps. xx