Ava's Learning Journey_

Ava’s
Learning Journal

Pre-school year 2020-2021
Elderbank early years class

15/9/2020 Welcome back to nursery.

Ava enjoys painting in nursery.

Ava can use the scooter outside, She can go super
fast.

Making bubbles in the water. Ava is playing with her friend Kate at the dolls house.

September-December Personal Learning Plan

I am learning to take responsibility for and begin
to plan my own learning. As part of my PLP target I
identified that I want to play with play dough.

Yuck it’s sticky.
I need some flour.

Ava enjoys playing with
the play dough.

Plp’s were seen by parents on see-saw. 8/9/2020

September-December Health and wellbeing

Bundle 7/3– I am able to follow instructions to complete a task.

Ava was listening to the instructions Ava was listening to the instructions to
when helping to set the table for snack. make a bead necklace. She is so happy.

Ava was a great help stacking
the dishes in the dishwasher , she
was following the instructions.

September-December Literacy

Bundle 10/3 —I can recognise my own name.

Ava can find her name at the art area. Ava is so happy that she can find her
own name.
Ava found her name in
the garden. Ava could find her own name when it was
written with other names on the board.

September-December Numeracy

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ava has ordered the numbers to 5. Well done Ava.!

Ava has found numbers 1,2,3

1,2,3,4,5

Ava was counting the spots to check the number. Ava can recognise the number 7 at group time.
Bundle 2/3 — I recognise numbers 0-10.

Ava is 4 today.

Ava got a beautiful birthday card. The Ava chose some star glasses and bubbles
children sang Happy Birthday. from the birthday box.

15/9/20

Woodland Adventures

September-December

Ava was collecting leaves to make a leaf kebab in Ava and her friends were having snack in the woods.
the woods. Ava found a worm.

Ava enjoys climbing trees in
the woods.

Ava was doing a bark
rubbing.

September-December Playing Outside

This scooter is tricky. Ava can ride the bikes at nursery.
I can balance on the crates.

Ava had great fun
playing outside in the
soapy bubbles.

Ava had fun on the roller skates.

September-December Playing inside

Mark making in the shaving foam. Pouring and filling in the water.

Ava was counting out the spiders in the
rice tray to match the number.

Ava was cutting
potatoes in the cafe to
make dinner.

Building with the bricks.

Star Helper

Ava was star helper.

First she has to count her friends. We put the signs on the window so we can all see.

Then we sing the days of the week song.

Then we have to find out what the weather is like.

Christmas Party 16/12/20

Ava had fun at the Christmas party.

We played party games. We had a yummy snack. We had a visit from Santa and he left
us a present.

Mrs Kilpatrick gave me
my present , I got a book
and some chocolate.

December 2020 Ava opened the advent
calendar and got the
Christmas jumper day. chocolate.

Ava was helping to decorate
the Christmas tree.

September-December PLP Evaluation

Ava has settled back into nursery and is
making friends, she enjoys the art area
especially and is growing in confidence.
Ava has got new glasses.

December 2020

January - March Personal Learning Plan

I want to do As we are not able to be together in nursery just
paintings. now I hope Ava will enjoy the activities that will
be sent out for these PLP targets.

HEALTH & WELL-BEING: I am able to throw, catch, roll and
bounce a ball with both hands.

LITERACY: I use small tools effectively and with
control. Scissors, tweezers, paint brushes.

NUMERACY : I name and identify some common 2d
shapes.

January - March WoodClahinldd’AsdPvleanntures

As we are back at nursery after lockdown. I am
learning to take responsibility for and begin to
plan my own learning. As part of my PLP target I
identified that I want to paint.

January - March Health &Well-being

Ava was rolling the ball to
her friends.

Ava is learning to bounce a ball. Ava can throw and catch a ball

Bundle 11/3
I am able to throw, catch, roll and bounce a
ball with both hands.

January - March Literacy

Ava has been practicing her Ava was picking up the Pom poms with
cutting skills. the tweezers, this will help to develop
strength in her fingers for writing.

Bundle 11/3
I use small tools effectively and with control e.g. scissors,
tweezers, paintbrushes and computer controls.

January - March Numeracy

Ava was sorting all the shape cards. Ava was sorting the cards by shape, she knows
a circle, a square and a triangle. She was
unsure of a rectangle.

Ava found some shapes in
the garden, She found a
triangle and a circle.

Bundle 8/2
I name and identify some common 2D shapes.

Ava had fun at Easter with
her friends, We decorated
eggs to roll down the hill,
then we found chocolate
eggs to eat. We went to a
new play park and had a
picnic.

January-March PLP Elvaluation

Ava has worked hard since coming back to
nursery, she has been learning to throw,
catch, bounce and roll a ball with both
hands. Ava has been using small tools like
scissors and tweezers, this will help to
strengthen her fingers to help hold her
pencil in a good position for writing. Ava
has also been learning about 2d shapes she
can recognise a circle, square, triangle
and star but she is unsure of a rectangle.
We will continue to work on this.

Woodland Adventures

Ava has great fun climbing Ava was helping to cook on
trees in the woods. the camp fire in the woods,
she has been learning about
fire safety.

April - June Ava has been
learning what
Milestone Tasks plants need to
Health and Well-being live and grow.

We are going to
watch the butter
beans grow.

Ava can manage fastenings
independently.

April - June

Milestone Tasks
Literacy

Ava is beginning to copy the

letters in her name. Well
done Ava.

Ava can draw a detailed person Ava can recognise
with a head, body, arms, legs and familiar signs, labels
features. and logos in the
environment. She
could recognise
the ,Lego, play dough,
children crossing the
road, bus stop, hand
washing and the cat
food signs.

April - June

Milestone Tasks
Numeracy

Ava was looking for numbers when we were
out for our walk.

Ava can recognise and order numbers
to 10.

Ava can copy a simple pattern.

June 2021 Milestone Evaluation.

Ava has been working really hard on her
milestone tasks. She can get herself ready
independently. Ava has been finding out
what plants need to grow. Ava has been
adding excellent detail into her drawings
and she is beginning to write her own name.
Ava is number confident to 10 and has been
exploring patterns she can copy a
repeating pattern and more complex
patterns. Well done Ava you have worked
really hard and I know you are ready for
your next learning chapter in primary 1.

Transition to School

Hello Ava I am Miss
Millen, I am your
primary 1 teacher.

Ava had fun when she
visited her primary 1 class.

Moving on to School

Ava as you move on into school I am going to miss your bubbly, happy, smiley face. You have
worked so hard during what has been a very difficult year with COVID 19 but you have shown
me how strong you are and you came back to nursery ready and willing to work hard on
all the tasks you were set. I know you will work hard as you continue into school. Best
wishes to you and all your family and good luck for primary 1.