Foundation Phase - What's New?

The latest news and information from the Foundation Phase Advisory Team!

Swansea schools and the SPLICT ICT project

Supporting Playful Learning with Information and Communications Technology in the Early Years (SPLICT)

Teachers and parents must steer clear of encouraging young pupils to use educational computer games aimed at older children, a leading academic has warned.

Instead they should use ICT tailored to their needs and how they learn instead of watered-down versions of programs designed for a more advanced age group, according to John Siraj-Blatchford, an honorary professor at Swansea University, who is leading a project on using technology to enhance play.

Read the full article here:
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6061310

The Prince's Trust - working with our schools to develop the outdoors

The Prince's Trust helps young people through training, skill building, business loans, grants, personal development and study support outside school.

You can arrange for a project team to come to your school, to help develop the outdoors. They have constructed Bug Mansions, Fire Pits, small outdoor classrooms etc. and won an award for work they carried out in one local school.

For more background information go to: www.princes-trust.org.uk

Project Documents

Prince's Trust Swansea Community Projects Poster	Information for Project Applications in Swansea	Application Form for Projects

The next dates we have available for team projects in Swansea are:

31 January to 18 February 2011
23 May to 10 June 2011
19 Sep to 7 October 2011

If you are interested in being part of one of their Swansea projects, please contact:

Sandra Davies
Tel: 01639 636467
Mob: 07779028110
e-mail: s.davies4@npt.gov.uk

Welsh Assembly Government

Foundation Phase Conference 2010: Observation and Assessment

Observation and Assessment Activity Booklet (English)

Observation and Assessment Activity Booklet (Welsh)

Workshop Booklet: Knowledge and Understanding of the World & Mathematics Workshops (English and Welsh)