Early Years Foundation Stage in County Durham

Observation, Planning & Assessment

These formats are useful for practitioners to record their children's achievements, both individually and for groups

Format to Record Profile Points

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Flying From the Start - up date

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Book now for training on how to use the data package to support Flying From the Start.

Also access answers to frequently asked questions.

We also now have some definitive answers to the questions that you have asked most frequently, at the training sessions. NB This advice has been up-dated - download the latest version

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Help with Durham planning documents

This PowerPoint file should help you through the process of using our latest planning documents.  For more support the Early Years team can be contracted to work with you directly or you could come on one of our planning courses

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Long term planning

These are the most recent formats offered by Durham for long term planning

Construction IndoorsConstruction Indoors (44.5k bytes)
Construction OutdoorsConstruction Outdoors (44.5k bytes)
Creative IndoorsCreative Indoors (45.1k bytes)
Books Indoors and OutdoorsBooks Indoors and Outdoors (47.6k bytes)
ICT Indoors and OutdoorsICT Indoors and Outdoors (45.6k bytes)
Sand IndoorsSand Indoors (47.1k bytes)
Sand OutdoorsSand Outdoors (48.1k bytes)
Water IndoorsWater Indoors (47.6k bytes)
Water OutdoorsWater Outdoors (49.2k bytes)
Creative OutdoorsCreative Outdoors (46.6k bytes)
Creative IndoorsCreative Indoors (45.1k bytes)
K&U IndoorsK&U Indoors (47.1k bytes)
K&U OutdoorK&U Outdoor (47.1k bytes)
Role Play IndoorRole Play Indoor (46.6k bytes)
Role Play OutdoorRole Play Outdoor (47.1k bytes)
Malleable IndoorMalleable Indoor (45.6k bytes)
Malleable OutdoorMalleable Outdoor (45.1k bytes)
Mark Making IndoorMark Making Indoor (33.8k bytes)
Mark Making OutdoorMark Making Outdoor (33.8k bytes)
Music IndoorMusic Indoor (47.6k bytes)
Music OutdoorMusic Outdoor (48.6k bytes)
Small World IndoorSmall World Indoor (52.2k bytes)
Small World OutdoorSmall World Outdoor (54.3k bytes)

Medium term planning

These are the most recent formats offered by Durham for medium term planning

EYFS Medium Term Plan 3-5EYFS Medium Term Plan 3-5 (43.5k bytes)

Short term planning

These are the most recent formats offered by Durham for short term planning

EYFS_ST_daily_plan_3-5EYFS_ST_daily_plan_3-5 (30.7k bytes)
EYFS_ST_weekly_area_planEYFS_ST_weekly_area_plan (29.7k bytes)
STLangfocusSTLangfocus (32.8k bytes)
STMathsfocusSTMathsfocus (33.8k bytes)

Cross phase planning formats

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These planning formats are offered for use in cross phase classes.  They are currently being used successfully across the county.

cross_phase_medium_term-_adult_directedcross_phase_medium_term-_adult_directed (34.3k bytes)
cross_phase_medium_term-_child_initiatedcross_phase_medium_term-_child_initiated (36.9k bytes)
cross_phase_short_term-_literacycross_phase_short_term-_literacy (49.7k bytes)
cross_phase_short_term-_numeracycross_phase_short_term-_numeracy (49.7k bytes)
cross_phase_short_term-_topic_foundationcross_phase_short_term-_topic_foundation (49.7k bytes)
cross_phase_weekly_area_plancross_phase_weekly_area_plan (37.9k bytes)
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