EYFS: Upskill Parents with Articles
The Statutory Framework for the early years foundation stage 2020 outlines a responsibility for practitioners to:
'1.16 The key person must seek to engage and support parents and/or carers in guiding their child’s development at home.
1.12 Throughout the early years, if a child’s progress in any prime area gives cause for concern, practitioners must discuss this with the child’s parents and/or carers and agree how to support the child'
Learning Ladders is a whole school improvement tool which focuses on engaging all stakeholders in a child's learning to lead to improved progress. We automate and create tools for teachers to communicate to all adults in a child's life, exactly what their child is learning and most importantly, how they can guide and support this learning at home.
Ladders at Home provides parents with support articles written by a qualified teacher for all Programmes of Learning in the Framework for early years, as well as the Characteristics of Effective Learning.
Watch the video below or read on for more information about articles.
How to view the Learning Ladders Articles
Practitioners can view the pre-written Learning Ladders articles by clicking on Ladders at Home> Ladders at Home Articles and searching for EYFS.
Schools have the option to 'view', 'Copy Article URL' or 'Request Article Edit' from this page.
If your data shows a child who is working below the expected developmental stage in an area of learning, why not copy the Article URL and send this to the parent using 'Homework' to communicate. Or, attach an appropriate article URL to a home learning task to upskill parents.
Each article explains to the parent what vocabulary means, how the area of learning is taught in school, ideas for supporting development at home and signposts parents to suggested reading.
Ladders at Home makes support for parents accessible to all using the translate tool, with the option for parents to translate articles into any one of over 100 languages.
How to create your own articles
Schools can create their own articles to support parents by clicking on Ladders at Home> School Articles.
School Articles enable teachers to create an article explaining their own school approaches to learning. For example, a particular resource used in modelling concepts to children or a phonics scheme used.
Utilising 'School Articles' reduces workload for teachers, with articles accessible year after year and no need to say the same thing to 30 parents!
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