Often requested and finally here – Blossom now has both Welsh frameworks and a special SEND framework designed with the help of SEND experts, meaning every child can find their own unique pathway whichever framework your nursery chooses to follow.
Read on to find out more on what each framework includes and how it fits into your wider setting.
Yn aml yn cael ei ofyn ac o’r diwedd yma – mae gan Blossom bellach fframweithiau Cymraeg a fframwaith ALN arbennig wedi’u cynllunio gyda chymorth arbenigwyr ALN, sy’n golygu y gall pob plentyn ddod o hyd i’w lwybr ei hun pa bynnag fframwaith y mae eich meithrinfa’n dewis ei ddilyn.
Darllenwch ymlaen i ddarganfod mwy am yr hyn y mae pob fframwaith yn ei gynnwys a sut mae’n ffitio i’ch lleoliad ehangach.
Curriculum for funded non-maintained nursery settings
(Cwricwlwm ar gyfer lleoliadau meithrin a ariennir heb eu cynnal)
Part of the Curriculum for Wales, this framework is an option for funded non-maintained nursery settings ‘to adopt should they wish to do so’ (hwb.gov.wales).
With a focus on the Welsh language and helping children develop a sense of ‘cynefin’, this curriculum was designed separately by the Welsh government to foster greater adoption of the wider Welsh Curriculum in nurseries outside of the Local Authority’s control.
Included in this curriculum are five developmental pathways split into 64 statements, while reflecting the principles of progression and encompassing the mandatory Welsh Curriculum elements. The five pathways are as follows:
- Belonging
- Communication
- Exploration
- Physical Development
- Well-being
If you’re a Blossom customer in Wales this curriculum should already be available to you for linking to child observations, but if it isn’t you can simply send a message to support@blossomeducational.com with your nursery name and one of our team will be happy to do that for you.
Archwiliwch y fframweithiau Cymraeg ar Blossom yma!
Developmental pathways 0-3
(Llwybrau datblygiadol 0 i 3)
Following the same five areas as the above curriculum, Developmental pathways 0-3 focuses on what’s important for children’s development and allows practitioners to support children to grow and develop.
Each grouping of statements in the five pathways is split across each of the three years, referred to by the Welsh Government as Here I am!, I’m exploring! and Look at me now!, but for simplicity we’ve simply set them as the 12 month periods they cover: 0-1, 1-2, and 2-3.
As above, if you’re a Welsh setting and don’t have this framework turned on already, contact Blossom Customer Support who’ll be able to turn it on in an instant.
Blossom Pathways
Designed with the help of SEND experts, Blossom Pathways is our brand new SEND-supportive framework for those children who are on their own unique learning pathway.
We’ve built it to be as inclusive as possible so you can track every child’s individual learning journey and ensure that all children are supported, regardless of whether they align with other government frameworks.
Using some different areas of learning and more granular statements with the familiar Emerging, Developing and Secure stages, we believe this unique-to-Blossom framework will work in specialised settings as well as more general ones.
Rather than use the same 7 Areas of Learning and Development found in other EYFS frameworks, Blossom Pathways has slightly different ones allowing for more unique child journeys. They are:
- Communication and Language
- Understanding
- Speaking
- Physical
- Health, independence and self-care
- Personal, social and emotional development
- Thinking
As every child has a unique learning journey, we’ve removed the age ranges usually found under each area of learning, shifting the focus to what each child can do, not when they do it.
Blossom Pathways empowers educators to provide personalised, meaningful support for every child on their journey. And it’s now available free on request.
If you’d like to learn more about how Blossom can help manage your Early Years setting, why not book your 1-2-1 demo?
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