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Learning & Development: ICT - Joining up the dots

ICT can help to gather rounded evidence of learning in the Early
Years Foundation Stage and improve practice, says Adrian Hickman.

For many early years practitioners, collecting evidence of children's learning often involves Post-it notes, stickers, scraps of paper and digital cameras. However, at Rivers Primary Academy (formerly known as Green Rock Primary School), our approach not only saves time, paper and ink but also benefits our practice.

ictblogs1The system was pioneered at Walsall's Leamore Primary, where I completed my NQT year, and this system also won the school the Naace Impact Award in 2012, Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Category. After using the approach successfully for a year at Leamore, I was keen to implement it at Rivers Primary, where I am early years co-ordinator.

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