Alfie Ante Pre-School

Elderbank Early Years

Stars
Group

Alfie’s
Ante Pre-School Learning

Journal

Settling into Early Years and having fun When I started Elderbank Early years on the 24th
Welcome to Elderbank Early Years Alfie. August 2021. I was able to ...

Alfie can sort by colour August 2021
and shape.


Alfie is
in the
Stars
Group

September 2021

Alfie’s Interests

Alfie is having fun exploring his new nursery environment he is settling in September 2021
well. I am so proud of him

Alfie especially enjoys outdoor learning and playing at the construction area
with the loose parts. He has a great imagination and is very creative.

Alfie is the Star Helper⭐

September 2021
Choosing the weather sign it’s cloudy today ☁

Alfie marked the register and then
counted all his friends in the Star

group.

Alfie enjoyed being the star helper and it was
his first time. Well done Alfie you did a
great job ⭐

My Personal Learning Plan Child’s Plan
September - December
I would like to learn about ...
Happy with plan
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 outside
on the bikes.




Shared on Seesaw. 21.09.2021 September 2021

September - December
Putting the rubbish in
the bin after snack.

Alfie enjoys sitting
beside his friends and

eating his snack.

Alfie is familiar with It’s lunch time and
the nursery rules and today it’s macaroni
cheese. Yummy
routines and he is
showing self control to
cope with changes that

may happen
throughout the day.

Bundle 4/1
Alfie is learning to cope with daily routines

September - December

Alfie is learning to take turns listening and talking
during group time. Well done Alfie ⭐

Bundle 5/6
Alfie is learning to listen and respond appropriately within a
group, take turns and use appropriate body language e.g. eye

contact.

September - December

Alfie has been busy learning to recognise numerals
to 3. He can recognise numbers to 5 and with

adult help is beginning to recognise other numbers
too.

Bundle 2/1 Alfie enjoys reciting the
Alfie is learning to recognise numerals to 3. number 3 rhyme. He is
learning the other number

rhymes too. ⭐

Pumpkin Alfie had a great time at the
Halloween Party. He enjoyed exploring
the sensory experiences and he especially
loved the gooey slime. Alfie also had a

spooky Halloween feast.

September - December 2021

Using role
play to

recreate
situations.

Learning to share with others Retell a familiar story using the pictures. Alfie
and take turns. placed Goldilocks and the Three Bears story
pictures into the correct sequence of events
with a little help. Well done Alfie.

Alfie had lots of fun at the woods. He
enjoyed exploring the outdoor area
and especially loved playing on the

tree swing. Then he had his snack and
some yummy hot chocolate.

Puddle suit and wellies on and off
we go, It’s Muddy Monday

September - December

2021

Alfie had lots of Alfie was busy helping to Alfie made a beautiful
fun playing with decorate the Christmas tree Christmas decoration for
the snow⛄ the Christmas tree

Alfie opened the advent calendar and enjoyed Alfie was very busy making a snowman ⛄
the chocolate ⛄

2021

Alfie made a beautiful
Christmas card.

2021

Alfie had a great day at his Christmas party.
He enjoyed the party games and activities.

90.7 Evaluation of Learning Plan
% September - December

Alfie has settled well into his nursery, he has
been busy learning the rules and routines and

exploring the resources available to him. He
particularly enjoys outside playing on the
bikes and using the loose parts at the

construction area, he has a great imagination
and is very creative. Alfie has really enjoyed
our Muddy Monday visit to the woods too. He
enjoys the star helper role and can carry out
his tasks confidently. Alfie sits well at group
time listening to our news and he enjoys
singing our songs. He has shown a great
understanding of phonological awareness
skills, especially his understanding of rhyme.
Alfie can recognise numbers to 5 and is
beginning to recognise other numbers too.
Well done Alfie you have worked hard this
term. ⭐

19.1.20

19.12.22022
Shared on Seesaw.

December 2021

My Personal Learning Plan Child’s Plan
January - March
I would like to learn about ...
Happy with plan
Happy with plan 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 learn about
shapes.


It’s a circle 
January 2022
Shared on Seesaw. 5.05.2021

January - March
We were throwing the
bunny.

Alfie had fun playing
our ball games
outside.

Bundle 11/3
Alfie is learning to throw and catch a ball with both hands.

It’s Goldilocks 

January - March
Alfie is retelling
the story in the
order the events

occurred.

Bundle 4/4
Alfie 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.

January - March
It’s all the numbers

Alfie can recognise and order numerals to 10.

Bundle 2/5 Completing a number inset puzzle.
Alfie is learning to identify and use numerals to 10 during play

experiences.

Alfie followed the recipe
and mixed the ingredients

to make pancakes



Completing a number January - March
inset puzzle. Building at the
construction
area.

Painting a picture.

Playing in the water.

January - March
Playing outside in all
weather and having lots of

fun.

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Al e had lots of fun taking 31st March 2022
part in all the Easter activities.

He’s doing great and loves nursery. Evaluation of Learning Plan
January - March

Alfie is a friendly and sociable little boys who
loves to share his learning experiences with
his peers. He has a great imagination and this

is often shown at the construction area
building marvellous structures. He has good
mathematical language and can use this in
the correct concept. Alfie enjoys learning the
number rhymes at group time and can happily

recite some of these. He can confidently
identify and use numerals to 10 as he plays.
He has a great understanding of phonological
awareness skills and understands rhyme and
alliteration. Well done Alfie you have worked
hard this term achieving your targets. What a

super star you are! ⭐




March 2022

My Personal Learning Plan Child’s Plan
April - June
I would like to learn about ...
His plan looks good for this term.
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 learn about
dinosaurs.




April 2022

April - June

Alfie has been learning about living and non living things.
He even made a spin wheel on the life cycle of a frog.

I made a frog one 

Alfie has been learning about the
life cycle of caterpillars

Bundle 17/1
Alfie is learning to recognise the difference between living

and non-living things.

April - June

Alfie has been learning to draw a person, he drew a person
on a skateboard. Well done Alfie I love your person.
I was drawing a
person 

Bundle 13/3
Alfie is learning to draw faces sometimes with arms and legs

coming from them.

Castle, number, April - June
castle, number

Alfie created a fantastic pattern
using blocks. He said they were all

windows. Amazing Alfie ⭐

Fantastic pattern Alfie. ⭐
Bundle 7/4

Alfie is learning to copy a simple pattern involving objects,
colours, shapes and numbers.

Happy 4th birthday Alfie
from all of your friends at

nursery

We all sang happy
birthday to Alfie, he got a
football birthday card and
then chose 2 little gifts

from the birthday box.

22nd April 2022

Elderbank Primary Family Gardening Group

The Family Learning worker teamed up with the Family Gardening group
at Elderbank Primary.

Al e, Oscar and Mum helped to plant bulbs, peas, onions, pumpkins and
squash. We done everyone

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Alfie had a great time at
the woods and enjoyed

taking part in all the
woodland activities with

his Mum.



91.46% Evaluation of Learning Plan
April - June





Alfie has enjoyed learning about living and non
living things. He knows that living things grow and

change if looked after. He enjoyed planting a
sunflower seed and watching it grow and has
taken it home to look after. He has also enjoyed
helping to plant some vegetables with his Mum and

the Family Gardening group at school.
Alfie made a spin wheel showing the life cycle of a
frog and he enjoyed sharing this with all his friends

at group time.
Alfie loves all outdoor learning experiences and he
has especially enjoyed building with the loose parts
at the construction area. He likes to play with the
cardboard boxes and make dens with his friends.
Alfie also likes to take part in any art activity, he
is very creative and likes to paint pictures to take

home. Alfie was fantastic at copying a simple
pattern and he can continue this and create his

own pattern with great confidence.
Well done Alfie you have worked hard this term
achieving your targets. You are a superstar! ⭐

June 2022

Having fun and learning at Elderbank Early Years.

Enjoy the next chapter of your learning journey into your
Pre-School year Al e. You have worked so hard and I am so

proud of you. I look forward to seeing you after the
summer holidays.

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