Beech Hill School Nursery (Sept. 1999- August 2000)

Irene Harford	Head teacher
Halla McGrady	Nursery Coordinator
Barbara Watson	FT NNEB
Bethany Binns/ Shagufta Khan	PT NNEBs
Kouser Shahid	FT Language development worker

Career Entry Profile

Areas of strength

• consistently able to offer well planned activities supported by appropriate resources;
• able to use a range of strategies to develop relationships with pupils;
• able to establish an easy rapport with all children;
• very good understanding of English including connections between different areas of the subject;
• effective contributor to team planning and co-operative teaching.

• to develop ICT and History work across the full primary age range;
• integrating children with special educational needs into the classroom environment fully, including their participating in whole class activities;
• to develop skills appropriate to managing a classroom when children are working individually and in small groups.

Calderdale LEA Early Years Forum	HIGH/SCOPE (accredited) training
Northowram J&I School Nursery	Observation of leading maths teacher
St John's Ambulance	First Aider & Trainer KS2
Greenhead College, Huddersfield	St. Martin’s Certificate Level 1 Urdu
Pre-school Learning Alliance	Early Learning Goals
International Early Yeas Conference	‘Capable Confident Children’

General contributions to school life

• Attending weekly Young Children’s Department meetings;
• Attending twice weekly staff briefings;
• Attending weekly staff meetings;
• Supporting Year 1 choir for Nativity play,
• Providing occasional technical support for ICT coordinator.

General contributions to classroom life

• Sharing all short-term planning 50:50 with Nursery Co-coordinator;
• Writing all medium-term planning for Mathematics, Knowledge & Understanding of the World, and Physical Development;
• Observational assessment and target setting for 50% of pupils;
• Key worker for 13 FT pupils;
• Writing reports for 26 FT pupils.

Induction Year Work

• Planning effectively for the needs of pupils with SEN;
• tracking a pupil identified at risk of failing;
• collaborating with SENCO and other adults to produce an IEP;
• assessment of pupils level of attainment and setting targets;
• planning with due regard for abler pupils;
• supporting self-assessment;
• deploying staff and other adults effectively;
• liaison with parents and carers;
• establish links with agencies outside school;
• establishing and leading Beech Hill First Aid Group;
• target setting for pupils working towards KS1;
• expectations of pupils during boisterous play;
• developing an awareness of the role of the governing body;
• ICT at KS2; history at KS1.

Work involving Home-school Liaison

• Producing Spring Term 2000 Newsletter;
• Authoring Toy Library guidelines;
• Liaison with Huddersfleld University to provide resources for making a video for parents, Autumn 2000;
• Liaison with school dental service;
• Representing Nursery at meetings with the committee for the Family Centre;
• Producing information posters for Family Centre;
• Liaison with West Halifax Education Action Zone to gain financial support for toddlers music programmes, Autumn 2000