Being Imaginative Moderation Materials
Child AC: Autumn Birthday: Pupil Premium
Playing and Exploring
Child AC likes playing outside and can often be seen racing on the bikes and scooters. He has shown good teamwork by being
able to share and take turns on the tandem bike on regular occasions. He likes to play with small world transport toys but his
games always take on a similar pattern of cars going backwards and forwards on the ramp and up and down the garage lift.
Active Learning
During whole class discussions, Child AC can get easily distracted but with some gentle prompting will share his views and
attempts to answer questions. He can stay on self-chosen activities for longer spells for example he played in the water tray,
during Busy Bee time for 10 minutes. During this time his play was limited to continuously pouring water down some guttering.
Creating and thinking critically
Throughout the Year, with some adult prompting, Child AC has shown the ability to be able to plan what he wants to do; find the
resources he needs; complete a task successfully; and talk simply about what he has done. Child AC will voluntarily ask to mark
make, paint, role-play and draw on very few occasions. However he will always attempt a creative task when requested by an
adult and is eager to please.
Characteristics of Effective Learning
Playing
and
Exploring
engagement
Active
Learning
motivation
Creating
and
Thinking
Critically
thinking
Finding out and exploring
• I show curiosity about objects, events and people
• I use my senses to explore the world around me
• I engage in open-ended activity
• I show particular interests
Playing with what they know
• I pretend objects are things from my experience
• I represent my experiences in play
• I take on a role in my play
• I act out experiences with other people
Being willing to ‘have a go’
• I initiate activities
• I seek challenge
• I show a ‘can do’ attitude
• I take risks, engage in new experiences, and learn by trial and error
Being involved and concentrating
• I maintain focus on my activity for a period of time
• I show high levels of energy, fascination
• I am not easily distracted
• I pay attention to details
Keeping on trying
• I persist with activity when challenges occur
• I show a belief that more effort or a different approach will pay off
• I bounce back after difficulties
Enjoying achieving what they set out to do
• I show satisfaction in meeting my own goals
• I am proud of how I accomplished something – not just the end result
• I enjoy meeting challenges for their own sake rather than external rewards
or praise
Having their own ideas
• I think of ideas
• I find ways to solve problems
• I find new ways to do things
Making links
• I make links and notice patterns in my experience
• I make predictions
• I test my ideas
• I am developing ideas of grouping, sequences, cause and effect
Choosing ways to do things
• I plan, make decisions about how to approach a task, solve a problem and
reach a goal
• I check how well my activities are going
• I change strategy as needed
• I review how well the approach worked
Jan 14: Busy Bee Time: I’ve
made a lego aeroplane.
Dec 13: Child AC: Playing cars with friends. They pushed
and pulled the cars backwards and forwards making
zooming noises.
June 2014: Pirate Day: Child AC searched for gold nuggets in the sand pit he said ‘oooh ar me hearties’ whilst he
looked for them. He then made a pirate flag using paper, pens and sellotape.
May 14: Child AC worked with a friend to
pour water down the guttering and get
the boat down to the end. He repeated
this motion for over 10 minutes. He
talked with his friend about what they
were doing ‘It’s going down. Shall we do it
again? The boat is going away.’
June 14: Pirate topic time:
Creating a group chalk picture –
Child AC created a picture of a
pirate with a hat, spikey tail and
claws’.
May 14: We have made pizza with the play-dough, we
cut it with the cutter thing, do you want some?