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Leading the Agenda 28 th March 2017 0-3 Quality Assurance Group Summary of v isits to Eligible Two’s Settings Marie Keen

Eligible Two Settings visited • Broomhouse & St Joseph’s Primary School • Cameron House Nursery School • Fort Early Years Centre • Fox Covert Early Years Centre • Gylemuir Primary School • Leith Walk Primary School • Oxgangs Primary School • Royal Mile Primary School • Hillwood Hub

Self Evaluation Report The report outlined:  Background  Strengths  Areas for Development  Clear Action Plan (Task, By Whom, Resources, Time, Impact/progress)

Strengths • Welcoming and inviting environments with high quality equipment, furniture and natural resources in most settings • Warm, positive and warm interactions between staff and children in all settings • Good range of outdoor experiences in almost all settings • Story sessions were well supported by practitioners in all settings • Examples of joint working and supporting transitions in the majority of settings.

Areas for development • More heuristic play opportunities • Better defined arts and craft areas with more consistent mark making opportunities throughout the room • More block play opportunities • Bed time stories developed further • Further training and support with floorbooks / E Learning journals

Action Plan 1. Staff in each setting to engage in moderation sessions on floorbooks / e-learning journals 2. Staff will provide better defined and accessible arts and craft areas with a wider range of resources for children to choose freely 3. Staff will attend training on block play and develop and promote further in their setting.

Self Evaluation - Moderation events Eligible 2’s – planning and assessment ‘ Using HGIOELC to self evaluate planning and assessment : What is our capacity for Improvement?’ Building the Ambition Relevant toolkits Examples SQIP Action Page

SQIP

SQIP COMPONENTS Standards and quality report • This should be informed by ”intelligence” gathered through self evaluation from a variety of sources • Be evaluative • Include information on the impact of current priorities Improvement plan action pages • Linked to the NIF Report to parents

Improvement planning Builds on self-evaluation by: • involving staff in understanding and valuing the best which already exists • acknowledging what needs to be done • taking the views of all stake holders • identifying the best way forward

PRIORITIES Identified from: • auditing the work of the nursery • national or authority initiatives • NIF • the nursery vision • particular local initiatives/cluster • HMIe / Care Inspectorate reports/ action plan

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