Reflection Two

LESSON REFLECTION

This semester we study about two curriculums IB PYP and EYFS curriculum. The school I

went to uses the EYFS curriculum, so I had to do some of my lesson plans based on the

EYFS curriculum.

The EYFS is a unique curriculum that has its own characteristics and strategies of learning.

It’s much different than the usual curriculum that we see in our government schools. EYFS

curriculum depends on four essential principles. 1- Every child is a unique child 2- Positive

relationships leads the children to be independent and strong 3 - Children learn and develop

well in enabling environments 4- Children embrace learning and development in different

ways and at different rates. Department of education. (2017). Moreover, the EYFS

curriculum states that children must have some opportunities to explore and learn in the

outdoor environment. Learning outside the classroom supports the child to have a healthy

and active lifestyle. By offering children opportunities for physical activities, freedom, and

movement, and promoting a sense of well-being. Vega, A. M. (2003).

On the other hand, I prepared this lesson plan at the college before the TP, it has some of the

EYFS structures and activities. When I taught this lesson, I did differentiation with the

activities because EYFS schools always use differentiation. Each activity depends on

student's levels. For example, (Sorting Buttons) activity is for the low ability students in the

class because it's easy and they will understand it easily.

I showed my MST the lesson plan, and I told her that I must write more than one learning

outcome in my lesson plan. She asked me to make the checklist for the students and to make

sure that I explain each activity before starting.

When I taught the lesson, I was confident because I prepared everything very well also

because I did my observation and I got the MCT's feedback about my previous lesson. So I

knew my weakness, and I tried so hard to fix them. I started the lesson with (Surat Alfatiha)
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as they usually do. After that I played a video which is a warm-up song for the kids, they

really enjoyed it, and I enjoyed it too. Before starting the story, I showed them a box that has

some objects inside with (small, medium and large size). I told the students (Can you come

and guess what’s inside the box?) Then I chose one student to put his hand in the box and

guess what’s inside without seeing the objects. When the student guessed the objects I told

them for example: (This object is big it has a large size) and so on. Then I started the lesson

by saying the learning outcomes. I played the story, and I asked them many questions. The

students were engaged, and they were able to answer my questions.

The story was about Goldilocks and the three bears; I choose this story because its a lovely

story and it has some math concepts that children will learn during the story. It's essential to

connect between lessons in EYFS curriculums as I observed when the MST was giving the

lessons she always connected, for example, a science concept with a story or a math concept

with a science concept and so on. When I finished the story, I asked the students some

questions about the characters and the sitting of the story. After that, I explained the activities

and me divided the students into groups depending on their levels. I choose to make the

checklist with group C which includes the excellent students in the class. When they finished

the activities, I asked the excellent students to help the weak students if they need help. It's

good because it will make the excellent students confident and it will improve their learning.

At the same time, the weak students will learn in a way that they could understand easily.

Finally, I used the happy faces to help the students evaluate their understanding of the lesson

and the activities.

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REFERENCES:

Department of education. (2017). Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Vega, A. M. (2003). La compatibilidad entre los dos procedimientos de declaración de

inconstitucionalidad del Título II de la LOTC: Los artículos 29.2 y 38.2 LOTC y la eficacia

de la sentencia constitucional. Revista De Derecho Político,0(57).

doi:10.5944/rdp.57.2003.8833