Zera

Zera’s Learning
Journal

Stars
Group

Elderbank Early Years

Settling back into Early Years and having fun, welcome back Zera.

Zera enjoys exploring all the areas in the
playroom. She has settled in really well and

can follow our new rules and routines.

I do a big
tower

My new suit for
outside. 

Zera is in
the Stars

Group

Date: September 2020

Very happy to see what Zera is Child’s plan
learning and very happy with her
progress 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 in the water.

Baby shark in the
water

Viewed on Seesaw. 18/09/2020 Date: September 2020

Zera enjoys outside playing and running around with
her friends.

Ice cream!
Ice cream! 

We were talking about our
hearts beating faster after
doing our exercises. Zera said “I

feel my heart.” ❤

Bundle 12/1
Zera is learning to talk about how
energetic activities make her feel.

Date: September 2020

That’s play dough I in the stars
group

Bundle 10/2 Date: October 2020
Zera is learning to recognise familiar signs, labels and logos in

her environment.

Date: September 2020

12345

Number 4 

Counting the plates
for snack

Bundle 2/3
Zera is learning to become number confident counting to 5.

Me the star
helper.

Zera is the Star Helper

Great job Zera ⭐
Date: September 2020

I was setting the Zera’s Interests
table up
I build a big
castle 

Zera enjoys setting the table for our snack, building towers and
sensory play.

Making play
dough 

Date: October 2020

Using role play to recreate situations. Sharing play experiences with others.

I play hide
and seek 

Date: October 2020

I making tea. 

When we go down to the woods...

A carpet.

Zera collected Autumn leaves and ferns
then she placed them on the ground to

make a fern carpet for our den

Date: October 2020

When we go down to the woods...

I’m on the swing 

Zera really enjoys exploring our wooded
area especially the tree swing.

She enjoyed having her snack under the
shelter with her friends ☔

Date: November 2020

Treasure
hunt! 

Zera participated in our Autumn Treasure
Hunt challenge to help raise funds for our
nursery. She collected all of the items on her
list and donated £23. Well done Zera ⭐

October 2020 I’m the
Tooth fairy 
Marshmallows
Me like
apples 

Zera became a big sister

congratulations

Ruby my sister

Zera enjoys cuddling her new baby sister
Ruby Rose.

4/11/2020

Zera enjoyed drawing a rainbow with all the
different coloured pens.

17th November 2020

We took part in
Odd Socks Day

to celebrate
individuality.

Fantastic friends

Opening the
calendar 

2020 It’s snow

I made a bauble 

My Christmas
jumper

Zera had a great It’s Santa Claus 
time at her Tooth fairy book 

Christmas party
she especially

liked all the party
games and

dancing with her
friends.

95.88 Evaluation of Learning Plan
%
Zera is having fun and enjoying playing with
Really happy with Zera’s progress. Zera all her friends. She really enjoys our
has done really well.
outdoor learning environment, she added a
fern carpet to our den in the woods. Zera is

learning to become number confident
counting to 5 and has a keen interest in
numbers. She especially enjoys helping to
set the tables for our snack and counting

the plates and glasses. ⭐

Date: January 2021

Discussed with mum. 11.1.2021
19.1.2021

Happy with Zera’s plan. Child’s 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

wanted to copy my name.

Writing my
name.

Discussed with mum. 11.1.2021 Date: February 2021

19.1.2021

That’s writing my
name.

February 2021
Zera expressed an interest in copying her name, she
wanted to write on the IPad. Great job and well done

Zera ⭐

Ice Challenge Zera was carefully using a hairdryer to
melt the ice and rescue her animals.
Our first home learning challenge
was to make some ice then help
rescue the animals that are frozen.

Date: January 2021

Date: January 2021

Fantastic throwing and catching
Zera. Well done ⚽

Zera made a yummy snack as Date: January 2021
part of the family food
challenge. Bundle 11/3
Zera is learning to throw and catch a ball using

both hands.

Bundle 14/3
Zera is learning to copy
some shapes and letters

from her name.

Zera made a beautiful bracelet adding
the letters from her name. She also
made her baby sister Ruby a bracelet

too. Zera you are a star ⭐

Date: February 2021 I was writing my name.

Date: February 2021

Counting
the

numbers.

Zera went on a number hunt
activity to find lots of numbers.

Well done Zera

Looking for
numbers.

Date: February 2021 Bundle 2/2
Zera is learning to recognise numbers to 5 and can now recognise

numbers to 10.⭐

Zera’s Interests

I was playing with
the shaving foam

Zera enjoys sensory play especially the shaving foam. She likes to
help out in the nursery and is a fantastic friend.

Date: February 2021

Play anHdomLeea r ning at

Zera enjoyed exploring
the contents of her play

and learning at home
box. She had loads of
fun learning to cross

stitch. Well done Zera

Date: February 2021

Thank you Zera Well done Zera you are a

for my beautiful fantastic big sister with

Valentines card. I helping your Mum to feed
baby Ruby.
love it so much


Date: February 2021

Outdoor Learning

I was playing
on the tree
swing.

Zera really
enjoys outdoor

play. She
especially loves
the swing in the

woods.

Date: February
2021

First we It’s Easter
went on an Day.
Easter Egg
Hunt to find And we went a
an egg with lovely walk to
our names. the play park.



Then we
had loads

of fun
rolling our
decorated
eggs down

the hill.

Happy with Zera’s progress Evaluation of Learning
Plan

Learning plan extended due to lockdown
restrictions. Zera attended her hub
placement at the start of this term

which she really enjoyed. She has been
taking part in learning activities while
at home and it has been fantastic to
see some of the photographs and videos
of Zera being busy and happy. Zera is so
happy to be back at nursery with her

friends and enjoys all aspects of
nursery, especially outdoor learning
experiences. She has been very busy
learning to recognise and order numbers
to 5 and with a little help can now

recognise numbers to 10.⭐

Date: May 2021

Shared on Seesaw. May 2021
May 2021

Put it at the
window.

Zera is learning about plants and what they need to live and Zera enjoyed helping to plant some sunflower seeds and
grow. butter beans. She also helped to plant some potatoes in our
garden. We are going to look after them and watch for them
Date: May 2021
to grow.

 

Milestones

square...1,2,3,4

Zera is learning to recognise the difference between letters and Date: May 2021
numbers. She was sorting the letters and numbers into separate
Zera is learning to describe some features and properties of shapes during
piles play. e.g. straight, curved, corner and edge. She can identify 2d shapes and

was counting the straight sides of them too.

I’m 5.

Happy 5th birthday Zera
from all of your friends at

nursery

Date: May 2021

Fun at the Park. Learning to cross the
road safely.
Roundabout.

I’m playing
with Bobby.

Crossing the
road.

Date: May 2021

Working hard and having fun at Elderbank Early Years. ⭐

Evaluation of Learning Good Luck and enjoy the next chapter of

Zera is enjoying outdoor learning and our your learning journey into primary 1
walk to the woods she especially likes Zera. ⭐

playing on the tree swing. Zera is learning
about plants and what they need to live and

grow and she has planted some sunflower
seeds and butter beans. She is learning to
recognise the difference between letters

and numbers and can identify familiar
letters.

Zera enjoyed visiting her new class teacher
Mrs Cook and the Primary 1 environment as

part of her transition.
She has worked so hard during a very
challenging and different year due to Covid

restrictions.
I will miss her beautiful smile and laughter

and all her chat too in our Stars Group.
Good luck Zera⭐







Date: June 2021