Description
Book SynopsisMoving On to Key Stage 1 has been highly influential in developing innovative, developmentally appropriate KS1 practice in schools across the country. This new edition offers teachers further powerful and persuasive arguments for continuing play-based learning into Year 1 and 2.
This new edition contains:
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Brand new research identifying the current concerns of teachers in KS1 and setting these in the context of the current âschool readinessâ agenda
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An updated chapter on how children learn most naturally age 5-7 years and how to capitalise on this
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A revised chapter on play, which draws on teacher views about its benefits for KS1 children and the barriers they face in incorporating it into their practice
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A new chapter offering messages from headteachers advocating a play-based approach, and providing examples of how it has raised standards
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A fresh consideration
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Transition: why there is (still) an issue
Chapter 2: How children learn age 5, 6 and 7
Chapter 3: Preparing children, and adults, for the move to Key Stage 1
Chapter 4: The place of play in Key Stage 1
Chapter 5: Balancing adult-led and child-led learning
Chapter 6: Enabling environments that support different ways of learning
Chapter 7: The role of adults in Key Stage 1 classrooms
Chapter 8: Observation as evidence of learning
Chapter 9: Planning for a developmentally appropriate pedagogy
Chapter 10:Messages from Headteachers to Headteachers
