Kei Tua o te Pae
Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars is a best-practice guide that will help teachers continue to improve the quality of their teaching.
The exemplars are a series of books that will help teachers to understand and strengthen children's learning. It also shows how children, parents and whānau can contribute to this assessment and ongoing learning.
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Child: Jessica
Teacher: Anne
Date: 29 April – 16 May
Jessica began sketching with enthusiasm, and with great experimentation. She played with the koru pattern by connecting it in an interesting way. She even added spirals in the writing of her name.
Her sketching also includes pictures that have meaning for her, i.e., a person and a house. Her black and white painting is a reflection of her sketch, as is her final PVA picture.
A few days later her mother showed me a fascinating drawing that…
Child's name: Tayla
Date: August
Teacher: Vicki
Examples or cues
A Learning Story
Belonging
Mana whenua
Taking an Interest
Finding an interest here – a topic, an activity, a role. Recognising the familiar, enjoying the unfamiliar. Coping with change.
While we were sitting at the collage table busily pasting and cutting, Kupu calls out “matt time.” Tayla quickly gets up and walks to the entrance and calls:
"Haere mai ki te Whāriki."
She turns to me and give me the bigge…
13 December
Skye discovered the large box on the platform. She climbed inside, fitting perfectly. She sat upright, peering out through the transparent scarf. She poked her head out and smiled at me. I smiled back, saying “Boo!” Skye went back inside. Michael was sitting beside the box. Skye poked her head out and said “Boo!” to Michael. Then she went back inside the box. She did this over and over with Michael, laughing and smiling.
Interpretation and analysisThis activity portrays enclosure s…
Jack enjoys doing puzzles. He will search them out until he finds them and will spend relatively long periods of time working at completing them. The stacker puzzle remains Jack’s favourite puzzle.
The stacker puzzleJack searched out the stacker puzzle, which was on the middle shelf. He took it down and made a noise to get attention.
Jack took the puzzle pieces off. He looked up to see if anyone was watching. He smiled and continued to put the puzzle pieces on the baseboard.
Jack shows great…
On the first two days, I asked Fe‘ao if he would like to work on his book some more. I wanted to let Fe‘ao know that it was his decision because it was his special creation. However, after the second day, I didn’t have to ask Fe‘ao anymore. He would come up to me and ask, “Can we do my cloud book, now?”, “Where is my cloud book?”, or “Can I take my cloud pictures home now?”
The cloud book will be ready to read today. Fe‘ao can share his great creation with his family and friends. I look forward…
