Play Based Pedagogy in P1
Dear East Ayrshire Council,
Please accept this as a Freedom of Information request.
1. How many primary schools in the authority are currently (academic year 2018-2019) delivering play pedagogy in primary one?
2. How many in total do you expect to use a play pedagogy approach in primary one in the next academic year (2019-2020)?
Yours faithfully,
Petra Bird
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Request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
I refer to your correspondence dated 29 July 2019 requesting information in relation to play pedagogy in P1.
The Council is treating your request as a request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and can respond as below.
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Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further information.
Kind regards
Caroline
Caroline Craig
Service Support Coordinator
Economy and Skills
East Ayrshire Council
London Road
KILMARNOCK
KA3 7BU
Tel: 01563 576140
Dear Craig, Caroline,
Can you please be more specific, what particular approaches of play based pedagogy do schools in your local authority use? For your reference please see examples below:
Examples of different interpretations/approaches of play based pedagogy in P1:
1. play-based pedagogy in P1: it allows children to be self-directed in their interests and learning with teachers interacting with pupils as they play asking questions to stretch/challenge them/get them to explain what they are doing etc
2. a half hour of ‘soft start’ with teacher directed activities counts as play pedagogy
3. a ‘soft start’ in the mornings in P1 and lots of variety in how they investigate sounds/numbers/topics etc but the general approach is a fairly traditional classroom style
4. there are different zones around the classroom and for most of the day pupils get to choose which zones they play at e.g. construction, craft, etc. they have a few targets they are issued (literacy and numeracy related) and they choose when to do these during the day themselves
5. pupils do homework if they choose and the teacher supports this, they don't have identified desks
6. don’t have ‘’desks’’, it’s all station based like Nursery was, pupils will obviously do literacy and numeracy tasks but in an activity rather than just being taught
7. pupils have almost 90 minutes of absolutely free choice child initiated play every day, then they have some structured literacy and numeracy time with ‘active learning’
8. pupils have stations not desks, they do have some teaching time in a small group, and no homework as such
9. other
Yours sincerely,
Petra Bird
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Kind regards
Caroline
Caroline Craig
Service Support Coordinator
Economy and Skills
East Ayrshire Council
London Road
KILMARNOCK
KA3 7BU
Tel: 01563 576140
CLASSIFICATION: PUBLIC
Request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
I refer to your correspondence dated 12 August 2019 requesting information in relation to Play Based Pedagogy in P1
The Council is treating your request as a request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and can respond as follows:
EAC is working closely with the University of Strathclyde, on early level play based pedagogy which is funded by the Scottish Attainment Challenge programme.
We are currently developing capacity across a range of P1 settings in addition to ‘pushing play into P2’ in some schools.
We are at the early stages of delivery and as such we cannot detail strategies to the exemplified extent you provided.
It should be noted however that our approach centres on the following principles:
• Child initiated tasks (note 1&2)
• Teacher supported tasks (note 3)
• Teacher initiated tasks (note 4)
1. Play-based pedagogy in P1: it allows children to be self-directed in their interests and learning with teachers interacting with pupils as they play asking questions to stretch/challenge them/get them to explain what they are doing etc.
2. There are different zones around the classroom and for most of the day pupils get to choose which zones they play at e.g. construction, craft, etc. they have a few targets they are issued (literacy and numeracy related) and they choose when to do these during the day themselves
3. Don’t have ‘’desks’’, station based, pupils complete literacy and numeracy tasks but in an activity rather than being taught.
4. The authority is engaged in a strategy to consistently deliver high quality literacy and numeracy pedagogies. These approaches are currently being blended with play based learning to ensure all of our priorities are being met.
It should be noted that the above is a guide to our approach and within establishments, management teams along with class practitioners and ELCCPs, where deployed are involved in daily planning to ensure the individual needs of all children are met. Sessions of so called ‘free play’ are closely monitored to ensure positive experiences are gained.
I trust this information has been of assistance to you and I have attached a leaflet to confirm your rights.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further information.
Kind regards
Caroline
Caroline Craig
Service Support Coordinator
Economy and Skills
East Ayrshire Council
London Road
KILMARNOCK
KA3 7BU
Tel: 01563 576140
Dear Caroline,
I can not see your response to these questions. Can you please clarify again your numbers?
Please accept this as a Freedom of Information request.
1. How many primary schools in the authority are currently (academic year 2018-2019) delivering play pedagogy in primary one?
2. How many in total do you expect to use a play pedagogy approach in primary one in the next academic year (2019-2020)?
Yours faithfully,
Petra Bird
Yours sincerely,
Petra Bird
CLASSIFICATION: PUBLIC
1.How many primary schools in the authority are currently (academic year 2018-2019) delivering play pedagogy in primary one?
Currently seven primary schools have had official training in Early Level play based pedagogy in EAC.
2.How many in total do you expect to use a play pedagogy approach in primary one in the next academic year (2019-2020)?
EAC has a commitment to add a further three schools to the training programme. Thus; schools delivering Early Level play based pedagogy as a direct result of training numbers ten.
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