Early years lesson observation?

[TheAlgebraist]

Hi
I've name changed for this as it's fairly identifiable! Just wondering if anyone can give me some advice- it's been ages since my last lesson obs- I missed out on the last one and then I've been off on Mat leave for 12 months, I know the new OFSTED criteria are a lot tougher and I'm still feeling a bit rusty after being off for so long. Anyway I have an observation on Thursday and I'm looking for any help/ideas people can offer! I'm teaching my usual group of 20 Reception children- they're working between 26 and 40 months in terms of development matters and I have a whole variety of EBD and SEN issues in the group- generally they behave OK but they don't deal well with lots of change of 'excitement' and it's a fine balance between motivating them and sending them over the edge!
So my focus is on 'family' as we're working on the rights respecting school award and I'm trying to get them to talk about their family. So far my ideas are:

Pass a bag around the circle containing a small world family and ask them what they think about it
Get them to talk to their partner about their own family
Look at photos of different families and discuss

Any ideas? We're having a big focus on oracy with this group so I'd like to focus on that. I previously got good with outstanding features so I'd really like to get a good this time!

Thanks!

I would make the learning objective more specific and be more clear about what you want them to talk about when you pass around the bag.

It's all about pupils making clear progress within the lesson. Models and images were also flagged up at a recent observation I was part of (paired ob with HT), also links with other subjects, BLP (if you have that in your school) and clear success criteria.

Also if you have a TA make sure they're never just sitting and listening. Make sure they're super fully briefed too.

Thanks all!
So learning objectives- L/A- name members of immediate family
H/A- describe some similarities or differences between different families

Plan-
Pass the bag around the circle, take out dolls and ask children who they are (family- H/a question) then ask children to name the members of the family (L/A questions)

Tell your talking partner who lives in your family
Look at photos of different families- what do you notice about these- what is the same/different from you family (extension question- what makes a family)
Finish off by making family gliphs (children add coloured stickers depending on who lives in each family) drawing attention to what is the same /different about the families
Finish with a quick family song or story

Any thoughts? Thanks so much!