Foundation Stage Session Plan
DATE: Date of lesson
YEAR / FOCUS GROUP: Who you are working with
16 – 26 Months
C.E.L.
Areas to be highlighted across the
week.
Characteristics of Effective Learning to
be considered and highlighted
SUBJECT: Curriculum / Subject area
Key Learning Intention (area of development DMs/ELGs):
ADDITIONAL STAFF: Name of other staff in the
lesson
22 - 36 Months
30-50 Months
40-60 Months
Playing & Exploring
Active Learning
Creative & Thinking Critically
Showing curiosity
Exploring
Using senses
Demonstrate own interests
Risk taking
New challenge
Imaginative
Team work
Motivated
Making choices
Persevering
Focused
Self-satisfaction
Energetic
Thinking of ideas
Problem solving
Adapting, predicting, ordering, describing,
planning
Evaluating
Collaborating
Session Learning Objectives:
What do you want the children to learn in this session?
What will they be able to do at the end of the session that they could not at the start?
Previous learning in sequence:
Subsequent learning in sequence:
What do the children already know?
How will the learning progress after this
What have they learnt previously to session?
build upon in this session?
What will they do to build upon this
learning?
Possible misconceptions:
What are the possible misconceptions children will have in relation to the topic?
How will you deal with them?
Success criteria/observable behaviour:
What will you look for as evidence of
success?
These need to be very small,
manageable steps and in language
accessible to the children in your class /
focus group.
Key Vocabulary:
Specific subject related vocabulary that
you and the children will use
Timings
Differentiation:
Lesson plan:
This should include what you and the children will be doing
in each section of the lesson.
You may want to use headings such as:
o Introduction
o Main teaching activity
o Group specific teaching activities
o Mini-plenary
o Plenary
Try to consider the following here:
o How you will share learning objective?
o How you will stimulate children’s interest?
o How you will involve the children (interactive
teaching)?
o How children will access resources?
How you will spend your time?
What strategies will you use to ensure all children can access the learning in your
lesson?
Role of other adults:
How will you ensure other adults are
purposely used in all parts of the
session?
Which children will other adults work
with?
Key questions:
What key questions will you ask to
assess prior learning and deepen
understanding as the lesson progresses?
What questions will you ask to check for
misconceptions?
What will you ask to assess learning at
the end of the lesson?
Assessment strategies:
Who/how/when will you assess?
Support:
How will you support children with specific learning difficulties or SEND in the lesson?
Challenge:
How will you extend and challenge able learners in the lesson?
Personalised learning(e.g. EAL, PP, SEN&D, specific needs etc.)
What additional considerations will you need to make to ensure all learners make
progress?
Pupil progress within this lesson (AfL):
What Assessment for learning strategies will you use in the lesson to monitor
learning?
Note the overall judgment of the learning in the lesson and explain how you
know
o Evaluate clarity of objectives, explanations and questioning;
o Note brief information on groups or individuals who did not achieve
learning outcomes or who exceeded expectations and why;
Suggest ‘what next’ for any individuals or groups i.e. for next lesson or
lessons (progression in learning)
Implications for planning & teaching:
What have you learnt from this session that will impact on future sessions?
What changes need to be made in the light of this session?
Resources:
What will you need to prepare or collect for the lesson?
Links to Continuous Provision
From your taught input, identify any activities or enhancements in the continuous provision which will support
the children’s understanding, learning and progress. Also consider any PRE-LEARNING (For example a taught
input on using scales may have children in a free play situation preceding the session.)
Monday
Mark Making
Area
Mathematics
Role play area
Science
investigations
Reading Area
Malleable
Art
Large
Construction
Small world
Outdoors
Sand
Water
Songs/
rhymes
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Teacher-Assistant Link Sheet - EYFS
Key Learning Intentions / areas of development [DMs /ELGs]
Success criteria / observable behaviours
Vocabulary
Activities
Resources for your group
Further information about the activity
Things to observe:
Observations to feedback / discuss