Mason

Mason’s
Learning Journal

2021/2022

Stars
Group

Elderbank Early Years

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

Mason enjoys exploring all the areas in the playroom he has
settled in really well and is happy to be back playing with his
friends. He counted all the dinosaurs and enjoyed playing in

the home corner.
Mason enjoys the

challenge of completing
a jigsaw puzzle.

Mason enjoyed his
first nursery lunch.

Yummy

August 2021

Being the star Mason is the Star Helper ⭐
helper 
August 2021

Mason counted all his friends in Ticking the names on
the stars group. the register ✔

It’s a little rainy today Well done Mason you
are a great star
helper

September 2021

Mason likes playing with the play
dough and the tools. He also enjoys
building towers at the construction

area with the blocks and Lego.

Mason had lots of fun
playing outside and going
around the track on the

bikes and scooter.

My Personal Learning Plan Child’s Plan
September - December
I would like to learn about ...
Very happy with this thank you
I am learning to take responsibility for and begin
to plan my own learning. As part of my PLP

targets I identified that I want to do the jigsaw
puzzles




Shared on Seesaw. 14.09.2021 September 2021

September - December Playing with
Luna. 
Bundle 3/5
Mason is learning to play co-operatively, share with others and take turns.

Mason is learning to share and is a fantastic friend. Well done
Mason I am so proud of you ⭐





Mason has been busy
learning to share, take

turns and play
cooperatively with his

friends. Well done
Mason ⭐

September - December Mason has good fine motor
control, he really enjoys making
Bundle 11/4
Mason is learning to use small tools effectively and with control eg. Scissors, lovely pictures to take home.

I was cutting the paper tweezers and paintbrushes.

  

September - December




Bundle 2/2
Mason is learning to touch and count a set of objects using 1:1
correspondence to 5. ( in a line and a random arrangement)

First Mason counted all the wood
slices 1,2,3,4,5 and then he placed
gems on them. Great job Mason.

Mason counted 11 animals using 1:1 correspondence. Well done
Mason

Mason placed all the number logs in the correct order to 10 ⭐

Using role play to invent a September - December 2021
situation.

Using sma tools e ectively
and with control. 

Concentrate on an
activity with

sustained interest. 

lffl

September - December


Mason enjoys going down to
the woods. He was carefully

balancing and climbing, he
made a witches spell and

then he found a magic

broomstick

October 2021

Batman Mason had a great time at
the Halloween Party. He enjoyed
exploring the sensory experiences

and had a spooky feast.

Happy 4th birthday Mason from all
of your friends at nursery

We all sang happy birthday to Mason he opened his card
and chose two little gifts from the birthday box.
14th December 2021

Christmas
2021
Mason was busy
decorating the Mason had lots of
Christmas tree fun playing with
the snow ⛄

Mason was excited to open Mason enjoyed
the advent calendar taking part in a
variety of Christmas

crafts

80.2 Evaluation of Learning Plan
3% September - December

Mason has really enjoyed outdoor learning
especially Muddy Monday visits to the woods.
He likes to role play in the house corner with

his friends and he has formed lovely
friendships. Mason sits well at his group time

listening to our news and learning all the
songs. He really enjoys the star helper role
and can carry out his jobs confidently. Mason
enjoys spending some time at the sand area
and he is exploring the writing and art area
and the resources available to him, he has

good fine motor control. Mason has been
learning to count out objects using 1:1
correspondence to 5 and can do this

confidently to 10. Well done Mason you have
worked hard this term. ⭐

Shared on Seesaw. 19.1.20

19.12.22022

December 2021

My Personal Learning Plan Child’s Plan
January - March
I would like to learn about ...
PLP goesHappy with plan
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 want to play with the
cars.

Shared on Seesaw I’m playing with the
cars. 


January 2022

January - March
I was putting my
puddle suit on.

Bundle 11/5
Mason is learning to manage fastenings independently.

January - March

Mason was really good at singing
Old MacDonald had a farm and 5
little ducks. He loves the Wonky

Donkey book.

Old MacDonald had
a farm

Bundle 4/4
Mason is learning to talk about the sequence of events in a
story using the language of order - after, next, last, first,

what’s missing, then.

10.3.22

Mason loved drawing this
picture on the iPad.

Mason was busy stacking all the cones
ready to count them.

January - March

I’m bigger than
number 10

Bundle 2/5
Mason is learning to identify and use numerals to 10 during play

experiences.

January - March

Using loose
parts to

build a bus.

Completin
ga

number
jigsaw.

January - March
Playing outside and having lots of fun.

Mason had lots of fun taking
part in all the Easter activities.

31st March 2022

So proud of Mason can’t wait for him to continue learning Evaluation of Learning Plan
and growing at Elderbank, thank you. January - March

Mason is a happy and sociable little boy, he
enjoys sharing his learning experiences with his
peers. He loves role play and the construction

area, building creative structures with his
friends. Mason is a good listener and enjoys
singing and reciting our songs and rhymes at
group time. Mason can recognise, order and use
numerals to 10 as he plays and he is beginning to
explore larger numbers too. He can confidently
count out 10 objects using 1:1 correspondence.

Mason has been busy learning to manage
fastenings independently and he can get himself

dressed into his puddle suit and wellies totally
independently for outdoor play. He can also put
his jacket on managing the zip ready for home
time. Well done Mason you have worked hard to

achieve your targets this term.⭐




March 2022

My Personal Learning Plan Child’s Plan
April - June
I would like to learn about ...

I am learning to take responsibility for and begin
to plan my own learning. As part of my PLP

targets I identified that I want to play with the
farm animals.

Playing with the
farm animals.




April 2022

Mason was looking Watering the plants.
at all the plants
April - June
growing in the tyre.
Mason has enjoyed looking after and
watering the strawberry plants in

our poly tunnel. He has been looking
at all the flowers and plants as they

grow in our garden.

Mason was watching all the
caterpillars wriggle He is
learning about the life cycle of

butterflies

Bundle 17/2
Mason is learning that living things grow and change.

I was drawing
somebody.

April - June

Mason was having fun
drawing a person with

some good detail.
Bundle 13/5
Mason is learning to draw a detailed person with a head,
body, arms, legs and features.

April - June

Mason can name and describe some I was drawing
features of familiar shapes, triangles, round them.

squares and circles.
Bundle 8/6

Mason is learning to describe some features and properties of
shapes during play e.g. straight,curved, corner and edge.

Mason had so much fun with
his Mum taking part in the
woodland activities together.



84.15% Evaluation of Learning Plan
April - June

Mason enjoyed learning about living and non-
living things, he knows living things grow and
change if looked after. He has been helping to
look after our garden plants and strawberry

plants in the poly tunnel.
Mason can confidently name and talk about
some features of familiar shapes and identify

them in his environment.
Mason likes to play outside especially on the

little bikes and loose parts play, building
structures with his friends. He has enjoyed
playing indoors with the farm animals and

dinosaurs
Well done Mason you have worked hard this

term. What a star you are! ⭐






June 2022