The scales of involvement are rated 1-5. To start we will be asking staff to make judgements about Level 1 - low activity, Level 3 - mainly continuous activity, and Level 5 - sustained intense activity. We anticipate that children will be displaying mainly levels 3 and 5 during observed snap-shot moments of child-initiated play, and during focused observations, once each term per child.
We hope that when the children are observed displaying characteristics of level 5 (persistence, creativity and concentration), high-level learning will be happening. If level 1 is observed, we will be able to pinpoint how we can improve the continuous provision and look at what adult support some children might need. For example, is the enhanced provision building on children's interests?
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