Typical end of year when everyone tried to decipher the grades on school report and what they mean.
Even harder I guess when they bring in new system or move the goalposts criteria leaves parents feeling stressed , confused sometimes bit down by it all.
I dont know why but dident look too close at r grades all seemed fine.
was shock to system at end of year 1 that nc levels existed and what they meant.Then followed by lots of work and stess as was behind.
luckily shes caught up and ended year 2 where she needs to be,well behaved, happy with lots of freinds and looking forward to year 3 and i think to myself where did the last 3years go?
She coudent read before r
she couldent read at the end of r
but slowly this year the writings got neater the reading just seemed to click.
So then I started thinking about dd2 shes september birthday so due start next september when shes 5 if she gets a place.
I she does not get place, decided will home educate until place came up.
Which led me thinking during infants years what do I want or need her to know and do and came up with quite a simple list.
letter and sounds/phonics
reading books together.
trying to learn how to write
covering the alphabet
numbers -counting
adding and taking away
money maybe using buying stuff in a shop ect.
shapes
colours.
measuring ad weighing maybe through fun activity like baking cakes.
maybe using lego as a useful maths tool.
simple fractions -maybe make a pizza demonstrate this.
arts
drawing, painting, model making, playdough, taking photos
music-singing songs. nursery rhymes, learning and instrument, making and instrument so how different glasses of water and other stuff can make sounds.
other things
seasons
months of year.
telling the time
doing up shoe laces
learning how to swim-life saver
riding bike without stabilisers.
faith learning what faith we are as family, visiting various religious places and covering the religious festivals and what they do.
showing basic ict how do search on computer, keeping self safe online, online bbc bitesize ect.
How to cross rd safe.
being nice to each other
maybe a 2nd language but just simple basics.
pe-lots going park, playing football , skipping,riding bike, trampoline in garden.
science maybe nature journal, simple things about the body , visit nearby science museum, lots ol experiments off pinterest.
history and geography maybe start of simple by doing local history and just covering uk. simple weather stuff.
Lots of play , games, cookery, forest school.
I mean in uk we have early age start at 4.
make foundation and key stage 1 lot less academic
reduced the subjects
reduce the hours maybe
have more flexibilty on what hours child does and not just go by their date of birth.
scrap end of year scoring, phonics tests and year2 sats,.
then start formal learning in juniors at year 3
maybe now rules changed on kids staying education until 18 rather than 16 we configure some sort of middle system.
where we have first schools.
middle schools from year 3-9
then maybe ancother higher school for gcses and alevels.
Oz start at 6 as do usa.
I did think ahh kindergarden must be like r and grade one year one must be same.
But no grade 1 us is same as year 2 over here.
They have kindgergarten and always wonder if thats same sort of framework as efys looks quite academics in some parts to me similar to our year 1.
I saw on news about norway at 7 but they dont always stay at home until 7 same in germany they have a kindergarten again not sure how this differs from american kindergarten but they do some sort of early years education and seem to do pretty well maybe its comes down to childcare most exopensive and non subsudised here.
There seems to be appetite at moment to go with french system which is very academic lacks creativity and not as good as other countries.
Just dont think current systems working.
we start too early
theres too much pressure
kids get tired
some kids younger in year at disadvantage mayeb 5th or 6th birthday be better time to start then everyone least starts the same age.
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