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The Children’s Hospital
School
Achieve our aims by…• Providing personalised, challenging and enjoyable learning
opportunities
• Making learning an integral part of the the child’s stay in hospital
• Fostering the values of friendship and determination
• Supporting, nurturing and valuing families
• Preparing and empowering pupils for the future
• Being innovative
Continuity
Understand of individual starting points
Involve child, parent, carers, school, LA, Health in agreeing education plans
Enable child, wherever possible, to return to school with academic gains
Realistic challenge & guidance for academic achievement whilst in hospital
Support for transition back to home schools/LAs
Educational advice for families
Families want us to communicate with clinical teams
Easy & clear admission –know we exist!
School Ready ??There's regular debate about what "school ready" actually means….
have strong social skills
can cope emotionally with being separated from their parents
are relatively independent in their own personal care
have a curiosity about the world and a desire to learn.
Don’t Worry !! Your child does not need to be able to read or write or do
sums before they start school. Children start school with a wide range of abilities and their teacher will be skilled at helping children progress at their own level.
What’s most important is that you and your child have fun together in those preschool months and years – sharing stories, singing songs, playing games and talking about anything and everything.
Your influence matters…
quality and consistency in all early years settings
a secure foundation for all children for good progress through school and life
partnerships between different practitioners
partnerships between parents or carers and practitioners
equality of opportunity for all children
EYFS aims to provide….
Emotional Well Being
The early years have a huge role to play in creating a foundation for mental health in the future.
Childcare professionals play a vital role in supporting children to develop the emotional and social skills that
will serve them throughout their lives.
Areas of Learning & Development
Prime Areas
Communication & language
Physical development
Personal, social & emotional development.
Specific Areas
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the world
Expressive arts and design
• playing and exploring -children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’;
• active learning - children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements; and
• creating and thinking critically - children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things.
The Three characteristics of effective teaching and learning are:
Homework
https://www.pacey.org.uk/parents/toolkit/
http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/files/2015/09/4Children_ParentsGuide_Sept_2015v4WEB1.pdf
Professionals…..
Establishing relationships with the school
The teacher
Teaching Assistant
The office
The Leadership team
The School Environment‘early years education’
a safe, hygienic environment
plenty of of good quality toys, equipment and resources and lots of opportunities for play and learning, inside and out
structured days and an organised, well managed setting
nutritious food and enjoyable, sociable mealtimes
positive interactions - plenty of praise, encouragement and laughter
parents fully involved and consulted in their children's care.
Changing schools https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-
site/2014/aug/19/top-10-tips-changing-schools-students-parents
‘Best of times at worst of times’
Teaching on the ward• Children aged 2-4 years old
• Children who will be an inpatient for 2 or more weeks
• Daily 45 minute lessons with a key teacher
• Lessons are planned to follow the particular interests of the child
• Constant observation & assessments made to ensure progress
• Resources used/made to comply with infection control guidelines
Study Buddies,
a school community
The Children's Hospital
Schoolat Great Ormond Street and
UCH
London WC1N 3JH
phone 020 7813 8269
www.gosh.camden.sch.uk
Jayne Franklin
Headteacher
