Assessing and recording progress

Introduction

Visiting a Foundation Stage setting

Why teach science in the Foundation Stage?

What can science be like?

Planning and learning intentions

Foundation setting 1:
Learning Intentions

Foundation setting 1:
The Activities

Foundation setting 2:
Learning Intentions

Foundation setting 2:
The Activities

Moving children on

Assessing and recording progress

Summary

Further help and acknowledgements

If the teacher has carefully planned the Learning Intentions, it is easier to recognise how the children are progressing. QCA Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage gives a lot of help with ways children may behave as they achieve the different Learning Goals.