Harris Learning Journal 21/22

Harris’
Pre-School Learning

Journal
2021-2022

Stars
Group

Elderbank Early Years

Settling back into Early Years and having fun. Welcome back Harris.

Harris enjoys exploring all the areas in the
playroom he has settled back in with ease. He

likes to help make the play dough, carefully
scooping the flour into the cup.

“Making play dough”. Harris likes playing on
the bikes outside.

“On the tiny bicycle.”
August 2021

My Personal Learning Plan Child’s Plan
September - December
I would like to learn about ...
To support Harris to identify which hand
he prefers to use when mark making. I am learning to take responsibility for and begin
to plan my own learning. As part of my PLP

targets I identified that I wanted to play with
the prams outside.

Shared on Seesaw “I was driving the prams
about”.

September 2021

September - December
“I was doing a big puzzle.”

Harris applied his concentration and Harris concentrated to
pereseverence skills to operate the digger complete a tricky jigsaw
to scoop up and transfer balls. He worked puzzle, he focused on the
out the controls to transport five balls! task to complete the
image.

“Getting the balls with
the digger, I made it

move!”

Bundle 7:
Harris is learning to concentrate on a task with sustained

interest.

September - December

“Making a circle”.

Harris and his friend concentrated for an Harris used his concentration skills to
extended period of time to create this complete shapes using conkers. He
masterpiece on the whiteboard. They transferred them using the tweezers
worked together to draw detailed sea and showed great perseverence to
monsters and filled they white board! complete the features of the shape.

“We were drawing a
masterpiece”.

Bundle 7
Harris is learning to concentrate on a task with sustained

interest.

September - December

“I’m Daddy Bear”.

“It’s my flash T- Harris has been using a range of
shirt, I was making materials to develop his awareness of
the story ‘Goldilocks and Three Bears’.
porridge for the He made the porridge for the bears
bears”. and used descriptive language from
the story in his play.

Bundle 4 Harris took on the character of Daddy
Harris is learning to talk about the sequence of events in a Bear and used the props to retell the
story. He used a loud voice to express
story using the language of order. the character and said “who’s been
eating my porridge? “with confidence.

September - December

“The Gruffalo story, I
had the puppets”.

Harris used to pictorial cards to retell “I was making the story
and sequence the story. He discussed of the three little bears
the key events and put them in the
correct order. and Goldilocks”. 

Bundle 4 Harris use the puppets and
Harris is learning to talk about the sequence of events in a his knowledge of the story
to retell parts of ‘The
story using the language of order. Gruffalo’. He worked
alongside his peers to take
on different characters.

September - December

“It’s a tall tower”  “Moving the digger”. Harris used the toy excavator to
transfer items from one container to
Harris used the bricks to build tall another. He used his estimation skills
towers. He used his estimation skills to to identify how many balls he had
guess how many bricks were in each collected and the distance he had to
tower and mathematical language to travel. He used directional language to
describe the differences between the describe the movements of the
towers he had created. excavator.

Bundle 1
Harris is learning to estimate in the context of number and

measurement using appropriate language.

September - December

“Lots and lots of pictures
in the sand”.

Harris has been applying his estimation skills
when exploring the sand area. He has
experimented with the concept of heavy and light
and discussed which side would be heavier and how
many scoops of sand would create this effect.

Bundle 1
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measuremeHnatrursisinigs alepaprrnoipnrgiattoe language.

“I watered it and it got
sunshine, it’s bigger than me!”

Harris has nurtured his sunflower plant at home, look how tall
it has grown!
August 2021

Harris eagerly participates in all woodland
sessions within the forest. He particularly enjoys
climbing trees and playing on the tree swing.
Harris has remembered our important safety
rules and has been sharing them with the new
children.

“I was climbing the
trees and swinging”.

September - December

“I was a pirate at
the party, we

played games”.

October 2021

Pirate Harris had lots of fun at our Halloween
party. He enjoyed participating in lots of
spooky games and activities.

Christmas Party 2021

2021

“The Christmas party,
I’m skiing with my
sunglasses ”.

Harris enjoyed our Christmas party. He looked
very smart and enjoyed meeting Santa and
taking part in all of the festivities. $

Hhhh 2021

Harris did a wonderful job of
becoming Joseph for our
Christmas nativity song. He has
also been busy participating in
lots of fun Christmas
experiences. $

96.5% Evaluation of Learning Plan
September - December
PLP goes
here This term Harris has made excellent progress
and has achieved all of his targets! Alongside
this he has also achieved many other milestones
and shown resilience and confidence within this

session including the addition of the lunch
service and playroom changes when our ‘bubbles’

popped. He has formed lovely friendships with
his peers and enjoys sharing experiences with
them. He has been a fantastic role model to our
new children and helped them to learn the rules

and routines. Harris has shown a great
understanding of phonological awareness skills,

especially his understanding of rhyme,
alliteration and syllables.

Shared on Seesaw. January 2022

December 2021

My Personal Learning Plan Child’s Plan
January - March
I would like to learn about ...
PLP goes
here I am learning to take responsibility for and begin
to plan my own learning. As part of my PLP

targets I identified that I wanted to make red
play dough. I followed instructions to complete

the task. I was delighted to be involved in the
process and play with the end result.

Shared on Seesaw. January 2022 “I mixed the dough,
we made red”.

January 2022

January - March

Harris is now independent in dressing for
outdoor learning and home time. He can

put on his own puddle suit, wellies,
jacket, shoes, hat and he can even zip up

his jacket!

“Putting on my
jacket and zip by

myself”.

Bundle 11 Hhhh
Harris is learning to manage fastenings independently. January-March 2022

Harris used his skills for dressing
independently and managing fastening
whilst dressing teddy in a smart shirt.

He showed real perseverance whilst
doing so and even tried to fasten the

tricky buttons! He continued his
button practise with his cardigan and

managed to fasten them all
independently!

“Putting teddies
shirt on”.

Bundle 11
Harris is learning to manage fastenings independently.

January-March 2022

January - March
Harris can sort and
differentiate letters and
numbers. He confidently knows
which symbol is a numeral and
which is a letter in a range of

contexts.

“I was doing
numbers and

letters”.

Bundle 9
Harris is learning to identify the difference between letters

and numbers.

January - March

Harris was getting active to
show his understanding of the

difference between letters
and numbers. He had the
challenge of sitting down
when it was a number and
standing up when it’s a letter,

Harris completed this
confidently and showed a
great awareness of the

difference.

“I was jumping up and
sitting down so fast”.

Bundle 9
Harris is learning to identify the difference between letters

and numbers.

January - March

Harris went on a shape hunt around the
playroom to find items with the same

features and properties of the different
shape wands. He successfully found all
of the shapes in different areas of the
playroom and confidently discussed and
compared the shapes corners, sides and

straight/curved edges.

“I found all of the
shapes”.

Bundle 8:
Harris is learning to describe some features and properties

of shape.

January - March

Harris uses the wooden blocks
and magnetic shapes

creatively to build a variety of
structures. He used

comparative and descriptive
language when talking about
the feature of the shapes he

used and discussed and
compared the 2D shapes and
3D shapes and labelled them.

“Building lots”.

Bundle 8:
Harris is learning to describe some features and properties

of shape.

Harris has had the opportunity to link with “At the woods with
Primary 1 as he begins his transition to Mrs Cook and
Primary 1”.
school. This is a great way to build
relationships with his peers and get to know
some of the adults he will meet on the next

stage of his learning journey!

“Making pancakes,
they were good! “

Harris was a super chef,

following the recipe and

mixing the ingredients to
make pancakes! The end
result was delicious!

“It was hat day, I
found chocolate

eggs”.

PLP goes Evaluation of Learning Plan
here January - March

Harris has been a super star again and achieved all of
his targets for this term!

Harris is completely independent whilst getting ready
for outdoor play and home time, including consistently
managing his zip! Harris continues to demonstrate an

excellent understanding of phonological awareness
skills and can confidently tell the difference between
numbers and letters. Harris can identify familiar words

by their initial sound and has a good grasp of
alliteration. Harris can describe the features and
properties of shapes and identify them with this

environment and use them creatively whilst
constructing, he can discuss and compare their
similarities and differences using appropriate language

e.g. corner, curve, edge.
I am so proud of Harris’s continued progress, he is an

absolute shining star!

Shared on Seesaw

March 2022

PLP goes My Personal Learning Plan
here April - June

My targets are:

Health & Well-being: To take on different roles
when working individually or as part of a group.

Literacy & English: During play I try to write
my own words by combining letters writing from
left to right.

Numeracy & Maths: To understand that
numbers represent quantities and begin to
explore early addition and subtraction.

Shared on Seesaw

My ‘Bright Idea’ child’s plan was to build a
house. I used my creativity and problem
solving skills to use a range of
construction materials to build walls
which created the perfect home!

“Building a house”.

April - June

April - June

Harris worked co-operatively  “My teacher, Miss
as part of a team to complete Todd.  Showing her
a shared challenge. The team
worked together to build a my robot”.
robot, Harris communicated
effectively with the others and
shared his ideas. The end
result was amazing!

Early Level Benchmarks
Harris is learning to take on different roles when working

individually or as part of a group.

April - June

Harris can take the lead role within a
variety of contexts. He independently
called and recorded the register during
group time and took on the role of bingo
caller for his peers.

“Number game,
showing everybody
what the number was”.

Early Level Benchmarks
Harris is learning to take on different roles when working

individually or as part of a group.

April - June

“I was drawing with
my Greatest

Showman suit”. 

Harris made a fantastic card which
included lots of brilliant writing. He was
motivated to attempt new words for
family members and the letters were
clearly represented. Great job Harris!

Bundle 14:
Harris is learning to write my own words by combining

letters writing from left to right during play.

April - June

“Drawing my letter for
Dad.”

Harris wrote a special postcard to his Dad,
he made positive attempts at forming a
range of letters that were demonstrated
and drew Dad’s favourite red velvet cake!

Bundle 14:
Harris is learning to write my own words by combining

letters writing from left to right during play.

April - June

“Match the
numbers”.

Bundle 12: Harris demonstrated a great
Harris is learning to understand that numbers represent understanding of quantity whilst
quantities and begin to explore early addition and subtraction. completing a number line challenge. He
corresponded the correct amount of
pebbles to each number. Whilst
completing the task Harris used a range of
strategies to ensure he had the right
quantity, this included using his problem-
solving skills to take away and add pebbles
to make the correct amount.

April - June

“Getting the shells to the
same number.”

Harris corresponded the
right amount of shells to his
chosen number. He counted
each shell to ensure he kept
track of the quantity and
embraced the challenge of
adding two quantities
together to identify a total.

Bundle 12:
Harris is learning to understand that numbers represent
quantities and begin to explore early addition and subtraction.

Good Luck and enjoy the next
chapter of your learning journey

into primary 1 Harris.⭐

Harris has had the opportunity to become
familiar with his new primary one
environment. He has met his teacher Miss
Todd and used a range of resources within
the classroom and open area.

“At Primary 1
school, it’s good”.

PLP goes Evaluation of Learning Plan
here April - June

Shared on Seesaw Harris has continued to make fantastic progress
for his final term at Early Years.

Health & Well-being: Harris can confidently
take on a variety of roles, he is adaptable,
flexible, considerate and displays natural

leadership skills in a context he is familiar with.
Harris embraces new challenges and is eager to
learn independently and within a group context.

Literacy & English: Harris is motivated to draw
and write, he naturally produces representative
letters when mark making. Harris is eager to be

involved in writing experiences which are
purposeful e.g. letters, lists, maps, cards.

Numeracy & Maths: Harris demonstrates a
good awareness of quantity. He uses concrete
materials to match an amount to a given number
and explore the concepts of more/less/add/take

away.

Harris has also enjoyed visiting his new class
teacher Miss Todd and the Primary 1 environment
as part of his transition. He has worked so hard

this term and I am so proud of him.

June 2022

“I liked making my wand, I Harris had a wonderful time with Daddy in
liked going to the forest with the forest! Together they explored the
my dad. I was ticking him!” woodland, made a new tree swing and
created a magical nature wand!

June 2022

Good luck Harris!
I will miss you so very much, I know
you will be a super star in Primary 1!
Keep being your wonderful, kind and

gentle self!