Explain the rational for using observations to inform any of the following

Explain the rational for using observations to inform any of the following

1. Curriculum planning

   • Include the child's interests
     • Observations help you group children according to ability
   • plan an activity based in the child's ability
   • Long, medium and short term planning

2. Assessment

   • Tells us what the child CAN do
   • Helps figure out the child's Weakness/pros/cons
     • able to plan their next step
   • Able to plan the child's next step
   • Ways of assessments
     • Baseline -
     • Formative -
     • Summative -

3. Resourcing

   • Effective?
     • Are the resources you're using effective?
   • Adaptations
     • Is what you're using able to be adapted for higher or lower abilities?
   • Meeting indvidual needs
     • are the needs of the child being meet?

4. Planning activities

   • Able to focuse on certain part of development
     • Consider age of child
   • Plan
     • Implement
       • Review
         • Evaluate
           • Plan
   • You can link observations and planning together
   • What to consider
     • Child's age
     • Development milestone
     • Basic needs
     • Additional needs

5. Identifying support

   • Supportign children to reach their potentail
   • Action plan
   • All children have individual needs
   • Altering activities based on ability