Literacy through Exploration Play: Not just for
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slide1. Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years? Literacy
Toolkit HGIOS 4
Where does it link to How Good is Our School?
2.2 – Curriculum
2.3 – Learning, teaching and assessment
2.4 – Personalised support<br>
slide2. Literacy
Toolkit Agenda
Activity 1 – Introduction / Starter Activity (5 mins)
Activity 2 – How’s it going / feedback (10-20 mins)
Activity 3 – New Learning (25-40 mins)
Activity 4 – Personal Action Planning (10 mins)
Activity 5 – Summary of Learning (5 mins) Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide3. Literacy
Toolkit Activity 1: Voice on the table
In a maximum of 45 seconds, share a game which you enjoy playing, as well as the aspects of literacy that game encompasses. Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide4. Minishant – Learning through play
This video highlights the exploration ethos which Minishant Primary School has embedded to encourage learners to investigate solutions to problems.
'Learning through play' Literacy
Toolkit Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide5. Literacy
Toolkit “Play is the highest level of development. It is spontaneous expression of thought and feeling. Play is never trivial it is serious and clearly significant.”
Froebel (1856)
“Play can enable students to explore new things, to make and learn from mistakes, and to expand their understanding.”
Gershon (2013) : Play should be part of all lessons
What do we mean by ‘play within literacy’? Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide6. Literacy
Toolkit Activity 2: How’s it going?
• Develops the fundamental skills of literacy, numeracy and oral communication
• Provides rich and varied contexts for developing skills such as observing, organising, recording, interpreting and predicting
• Promotes positive attitudes to school and to learning
• Provides opportunities to learn in a practical way
• Provides opportunities for developing movement and manipulative skills
• Develops natural curiosity and stimulates imagination
• Provides opportunities for exploration, investigation, problem solving and decision-making
• Provides opportunities to develop knowledge, understanding and skills through a range of contexts spanning all subjects in the curriculum
Northern Ireland Curriculum, Key Stages 1 and 2
In your view, does play provide the opportunities above? Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide7. Literacy
Toolkit Activity 3: New Learning
Independently, using a previous plan, highlight where literacy through play has been an explicit focus.
Using a different colour, now highlight where any relevant missed opportunities where literacy through play would have improved the learning experience.
Are we missing an opportunity? Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide8. Literacy
Toolkit Activity 4: Personal Action Planning
Over the coming weeks, look for opportunities to prioritise purposeful play within literacy.
Choose an element that you are going to explore and evaluate.
Bring back your findings to the next session Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide9. Activity 5: Summary of Learning
Write your name on the card or post-it and how you now feel about How do you feel, after taking part in this session, about using play with your learners to support literacy?
Leave your card or post-it on your way out. Literacy
Toolkit Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide10. FOLLOW UP LINKS:
NI Curriculum - Learning Through Play (2008) Literacy
Toolkit Word Study - Play with Words Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years? Education Scotland - Active Learning<br>
Play: Not just for the Early Years? Literacy
Toolkit HGIOS 4
Where does it link to How Good is Our School?
2.2 – Curriculum
2.3 – Learning, teaching and assessment
2.4 – Personalised support<br>
slide2. Literacy
Toolkit Agenda
Activity 1 – Introduction / Starter Activity (5 mins)
Activity 2 – How’s it going / feedback (10-20 mins)
Activity 3 – New Learning (25-40 mins)
Activity 4 – Personal Action Planning (10 mins)
Activity 5 – Summary of Learning (5 mins) Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide3. Literacy
Toolkit Activity 1: Voice on the table
In a maximum of 45 seconds, share a game which you enjoy playing, as well as the aspects of literacy that game encompasses. Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide4. Minishant – Learning through play
This video highlights the exploration ethos which Minishant Primary School has embedded to encourage learners to investigate solutions to problems.
'Learning through play' Literacy
Toolkit Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide5. Literacy
Toolkit “Play is the highest level of development. It is spontaneous expression of thought and feeling. Play is never trivial it is serious and clearly significant.”
Froebel (1856)
“Play can enable students to explore new things, to make and learn from mistakes, and to expand their understanding.”
Gershon (2013) : Play should be part of all lessons
What do we mean by ‘play within literacy’? Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide6. Literacy
Toolkit Activity 2: How’s it going?
• Develops the fundamental skills of literacy, numeracy and oral communication
• Provides rich and varied contexts for developing skills such as observing, organising, recording, interpreting and predicting
• Promotes positive attitudes to school and to learning
• Provides opportunities to learn in a practical way
• Provides opportunities for developing movement and manipulative skills
• Develops natural curiosity and stimulates imagination
• Provides opportunities for exploration, investigation, problem solving and decision-making
• Provides opportunities to develop knowledge, understanding and skills through a range of contexts spanning all subjects in the curriculum
Northern Ireland Curriculum, Key Stages 1 and 2
In your view, does play provide the opportunities above? Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide7. Literacy
Toolkit Activity 3: New Learning
Independently, using a previous plan, highlight where literacy through play has been an explicit focus.
Using a different colour, now highlight where any relevant missed opportunities where literacy through play would have improved the learning experience.
Are we missing an opportunity? Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide8. Literacy
Toolkit Activity 4: Personal Action Planning
Over the coming weeks, look for opportunities to prioritise purposeful play within literacy.
Choose an element that you are going to explore and evaluate.
Bring back your findings to the next session Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide9. Activity 5: Summary of Learning
Write your name on the card or post-it and how you now feel about How do you feel, after taking part in this session, about using play with your learners to support literacy?
Leave your card or post-it on your way out. Literacy
Toolkit Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years?<br>
slide10. FOLLOW UP LINKS:
NI Curriculum - Learning Through Play (2008) Literacy
Toolkit Word Study - Play with Words Literacy through Exploration
Play: Not just for the Early Years? Education Scotland - Active Learning<br>