Carys Pre-School

Elderbank Early Years

Carys’
Pre-School Learning

Journal

Stars
Group

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

Carys enjoys art and sensory experiences in the playroom she
has settled in with ease. She has been very busy making lovely

pictures. ⭐

Carys loves outside playing on the bikes and
taking the baby for a walk in the pram.

Carys was very busy and built a
really high tower from the cable
reels, she checked to see if she

was taller

August 2021

August 2021

Carys counted all the children in her group, Carys was delighted to be the star helper
ticked the register and then looked out the and happily completed all her little jobs. Well
window to check the weather. It’s a little
done Carys
cloudy today Carys. ☁



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

August 2021

September 2021


Carys loves to make beautiful pictures and is
very creative, she has good fine motor control.
Carys likes outdoor learning and enjoys taking

the babies a walk in the pram.

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 with the
babies in the pram.

The baby is in the
pram.




September 2021

Shared on Seesaw. 14.09.2021

September - December
I was painting a picture
for mummy and daddy.
Carys loves the challenge of completing a jigsaw
puzzle, she has really good concentration when
taking on a task. Well done Carys you are a

superstar ⭐

Bundle 7/6
Carys is learning to concentrate on an activity with

sustained interest.

September - December

Carys drew a person on the
chalkboard, she added beautiful big
eyes. She has good fine motor
control and her drawings are becoming
more detailed and meaningful. Well

done Carys

Carys was concentrating as she drew a
lovely green dinosaur. I love it Carys well

done

It’s a green
dinosaur  

Bundle 13/5
Carys is learning to draw a detailed person with a head, body,

arms, legs and features.

September - December

Carys enjoys exploring numbers, she especially
enjoys our number rhymes at group time. She

can recognise most numerals to 5 and with
adult help she is beginning to recognise other

numbers too. ⭐

Bundle 2/2
Carys is learning to recognise numerals to 5.

October 2021

Witch Carys had lots of spooktacular
fun at the Halloween Party. She
enjoyed exploring the sensory

experiences and had a spooky feast.

September - December 2021

Playing cooperatively, sharing
and taking turns. 

Using role play to invent a
situation.

September - December
Puddle suit and wellies on and

off we go for our Muddy
Monday adventures

Carys had lots of fun at the woods. She enjoyed exploring the area
and she especially loved playing on the tree swing. Then she had
some yummy hot chocolate and watermelon

2021

Having fun making hand prints in
the snow ⛄ and participating in a

range of Christmas crafts

Carys was busy helping to decorate Carys was so excited Carys made a beautiful
the Christmas tree opening the advent Christmas decoration to
hang on the Christmas tree
calendar ⛄


2021

Carys was excited to pull the
Christmas cracker with her

friend.

Evaluation of Learning Plan
September - December

91.8
6%

Carys is happy to be back at nursery and playing
with her friends again. She has been busy learning

to recognise numbers. She can recognise most
numerals to 5 and with adult help is beginning to

recognise bigger numbers. We will continue to
practise this through a variety of play experiences.
Carys loves art and sensory activities she has good
fine motor control and her drawings are becoming
more detailed and meaningful as she expresses her

ideas.
She enjoys outside playing especially taking the
baby a walk in the pram, Muddy Monday experiences

at the woods and playing on the little bikes.

Well done Carys you have worked hard this term. ⭐

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19.1.2022

December 2021

My Personal Learning Plan Child’s Plan
January - March
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 build a tower.


I built a tower
January 2022

fi
January - March

We were
throwing the

bunny. 

I was throwing the
ball to Al e. 

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

January - March

Carys was confidently retelling the story of
Goldilocks and the Three Bears in the order

the events occurred.
The three little pigs 

Bundle 4/4
Carys 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.

10th March 2022

Carys wanted to draw a lovely picture on the iPad. These
are fantastic Carys, I love them.

It’s a circle

Square, triangle

January - March

Carys can describe some features and
properties of shapes. She can

recognise and count the corners and
straight edges of familiar shapes.
Carys knows a circle is curved.

Bundle 8/6
Carys is learning to describe some features and properties
of shape during play e.g. Straight, curved, corner, and edge.

Carys loves the tree swing at
the woods. She enjoyed a
yummy pancake for snack.

Carys followed the recipe
and mixed the ingredients

to make pancakes

I was making pancakes 



Painting a picture. January - March Sharing learning experiences.
Playing with the animals.

January - March
Having fun playing outside in

all weather.

Evaluation of Learning Plan
January - March

We feel Carys is doing really well. She is trying to write and nearly has her name! Her drawing is coming on and Carys has worked hard achieving her targets
most is recognisable and she loves to tell us about her pictures. this term. She is a friendly and sociable little girl
We are really happy with all you have done to prepare Carys for school as well as making her happy every day.
Thanks x who has formed lovely friendships. Carys has
really enjoyed playing at the construction area
creating wonderful structures with her friends.

Carys is becoming increasingly confident at
number recognition to 10, she is beginning to
explore bigger numbers too. She has enjoyed
learning the features and properties of shape
and she can confidently recognise and count the
edges and corners of some familiar shapes.

Carys has shown a good understanding of
phonological awareness skills and especially her

understanding of rhyme and alliteration.
Carys can independently get herself ready for
outdoor play and manage her own fastenings,

well done Carys you are a superstar






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 write my
name.

I’m writing my
name. 




April 2022

April - June
I was the teacher.

Carys was very creative and made a little person from Carys was very confident when taking on the role of
different cut out shapes of paper. She was showing the the teacher at group time. She marked the register
other children what to do. Well done Carys a fantastic with little ticks and said good morning to her friends.

idea. She was a superstar ⭐

Bundle 3 (0-23a) Time to tidy up and
Carys is learning to adopt different roles when working Carys was asking her
friends to help tidy the
individually or as part of a group. sand area. She was
very responsible, well

done Carys.

I was looking for April - June
the numbers.  Carys was busy sorting all the letters and numbers.

Bundle 9/3
Carys is learning to recognise the difference between letters

and numbers.

April - June
I was putting them
in the right order. 

Carys can confidently recognise and order
numerals to 10. She can also recognise
numbers 11 and 12 and place them in the
correct order. ⭐
Bundle 2/3
Carys is learning to order numerals to 10.

Good Luck and enjoy the next

chapter of your learning journey
into primary 1 Carys. ⭐



Carys had a great time at
the woods and enjoyed
taking part in all the
woodland activities with
her Dad.

92.07 Evaluation of Learning Plan
% April - June

Carys has worked hard to achieve all her
targets this term. She has been learning to
recognise the difference between letters and
numbers and can recognise and sort these with

ease. She is a superstar at ordering and
naming numerals to 10 and is now beginning to

learn numbers beyond 10.
Carys enjoyed her role as Miss Milligan at group

time, marking the register and greeting her
peers, she was a fantastic teacher. Well done

Carys.
Carys enjoyed visiting her new class teacher
Miss Girvan and the Primary 1 environment as
part of her transition. She has worked so hard
and I am so proud of her progress. I will miss

her cheery wee face and chat in our Stars
Group.

Good luck Carys. ⭐






June 2022

Working hard and having fun at Elderbank Early Years. ⭐