Babies in school
Description
Each class at Fazakerly Primary School has an allocated baby visiting once a month and learning is linked to the whole curriculum. The first baby who visited, Ryan, is now on his twentieth visit to a Year 4 class. Over time the children have therefore been able to follow Ryan's development, from early days, to being an active two-year old, busy running around the classroom. In an art lesson we see how the pupils compare Ryan's first drawings, marks on paper, with early pictures the children had brought in, which had more recognisable body parts - faces, arms and legs. In the follow-up lesson the children drew self-portraits and discussed what body parts they now draw: fingers and even a clearly defined thumb. Other classes filmed show how the baby visits can enhance the speaking and listening abilities of children and how their vital statistics can be used as a resource for maths.
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17 min
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Date of Publication
2009
Database
Alexander Street
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