3.1 Explain The Context And Principles For Early Years Research
Sherry Harris 03-03-2013
EYMP 1 Bullet points 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3
Context and principles for early years provision
3.1 An explanation of the partnership model of working with carers.
The partnership between parents and carers responsibility for children’s education and development has only been recognised as important in the last forty years in this country. Before then children had no induction into school and parents were not invited in unless there was a problem or it was parents evening. Home and School were seen as two different entities and it hadn’t become apparent how much they could gain from each other. In the past children were just put on a bus if they didn’t live within walking distance and sent off to school for a full day with no integration and then sent back home on a bus back to their carers/ parents. Today things couldn’t be more different. Parents in our setting are invited to visit the school during a normal working day to see the classes in action. They have the choice of bringing their child with them to see how they react with the school. If they decide that our school is in their child’s best interest we then offer a home visit by the teacher who will be in their class. This can also involve the parent support officer for our …show more content…
The parents need to understand when we are giving them information of any kind and also to explain any problems with their child or to discuss their child’s progress. When speaking to the parents we speak slowly and clearly and keep eye contact looking for visual and verbal signs that we have been understood. We allow plenty of time for them to respond and are careful not to hurry them. We have also used translation on the internet to help us overcome this barrier and letters depicting pictures and
EYMP 1 Bullet points 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3
Context and principles for early years provision
3.1 An explanation of the partnership model of working with carers.
The partnership between parents and carers responsibility for children’s education and development has only been recognised as important in the last forty years in this country. Before then children had no induction into school and parents were not invited in unless there was a problem or it was parents evening. Home and School were seen as two different entities and it hadn’t become apparent how much they could gain from each other. In the past children were just put on a bus if they didn’t live within walking distance and sent off to school for a full day with no integration and then sent back home on a bus back to their carers/ parents. Today things couldn’t be more different. Parents in our setting are invited to visit the school during a normal working day to see the classes in action. They have the choice of bringing their child with them to see how they react with the school. If they decide that our school is in their child’s best interest we then offer a home visit by the teacher who will be in their class. This can also involve the parent support officer for our …show more content…
The parents need to understand when we are giving them information of any kind and also to explain any problems with their child or to discuss their child’s progress. When speaking to the parents we speak slowly and clearly and keep eye contact looking for visual and verbal signs that we have been understood. We allow plenty of time for them to respond and are careful not to hurry them. We have also used translation on the internet to help us overcome this barrier and letters depicting pictures and