National Certificate Group Award:
Early Education and Childcare

Integrated Workplace Practice
Placement Assignment 1

DM42 12 – PLAY IN PRACTICE
DM41 12 – Play in Early Education and Childcare (Higher)

Student Name

GALYNA MADYAR
Placement Task 1
Placement Name

LIBERTON NURSERY SCHOOL
Supervisor’s Signature

Date:
Lecturer’s Name

Feedback

Action

Date Submitted

Assessment Result S R
Date Completed

Introduction to placement

You should use the following sheets to record information gathered about your placement. These sheets should be signed and dated by your supervisor as indicated and are part of the assessment. You will use these notes to complete a piece of work under supervised conditions in class time. These notes should be submitted with your piece of work but will be returned to you for inclusion in your folio of evidence.

You have more than one placement and will carry out this assessment task for both placements.

This covers -

Unit Number
Unit Title
Outcome/s
DM41 12
Play in Early Education and Childcare (Higher)
1
DM42 12
Play in Practice (Higher
3 & 4

Your placement
Following discussion with your supervisor, make notes in relation to the following points – please ensure that your supervisor/mentor agrees with your comments and signs your work.

Give a short description of your setting including:

Age range of children
Number of children
Profile of attendance of children – morning/afternoon/full time
Boy/Girl ratio

Age 3 to 5 years
Number of children-48; 29 am; 19pm
22 boys am
7 girls-am

9 boys pm
10 girls pm

Describe the functions of the personnel within your setting, including:

The structure of the nursery staff team (title & number)
The roles and responsibilities of each team member

Jane Watson-Acting head teacher

Jane Donaldson- Senior Early Years Officer

Katrina Vernon-early years practitioner( EYP)

Margaret Ramsay- EYP

Julie Watson- EYP

Jackie Milne- Pupil support Assistant

One member of staff for 10 children

JANE WATSON
HEAD TEACHER
Responsible for health and well-being of whole nursery children, parents and staff. Responsible for learning and teaching in a nursery. Have to meet needs of all children.

JANE DONALDSON
SENIOR EARLY YEARS OFFICER

Lead role in a room,lead staff in new initiatives. Overall management of the room. Making sure that all children needs are met. Working with close partnership with parents and outside agency (Speech therapist, health visitors, occupational therapist)

KATRINA VERNON

EARLY YEARS PRACTITIONER

Responsible to provide caring, stimulating and holistic approach to anty and preschool age children education.

MARGARET RAMSAY

EARLY YEARS PRACTITIONER

Her role is to encourage and extend each child interest, support them learning and well-being. Participate as a staff team member to record and contribute children progress, also to communicate and support parents, and follow the aim of the counsels policy.

JULIE WATSONS

EARLY YAERS PRACTITIONER

Taking responsibility for children, ensuring they are comfortable and secure in their surrounding and are afforded every opportunity to develop skills appropriate to their age and ability. Contribute to the building of developmental profiles of children through the use of observation and recording results. Encourage children development in all curricular areas including outdoor learning.

JACKIE MILNE

PUPIL SUPPORT ASSISTANT

Role to support staff in a room, and also support children with additional needs in very small groups. Got her work set up by individual educational plan. She is part time worker.

Describe your role within the setting:

Your duties (daily tasks) & your responsibilities (as a student member of the