Moving on to Key Stage 1: Improving Transition into Primary School, 2e

Julie Fisher is an independent Early Years Adviser and visiting Professor of early childhood education at Oxford Brookes University. Prior to this she held the post of Early Years Adviser in Oxfordshire for 11 years. Before moving to Oxfordshire, Julie was lecturer in early childhood education at the University of Reading. She has taught children from 3 to 12 years and has been headteacher of two urban, multi-cultural schools. Julie has been chair of the Early Years Curriculum Group and the National Association of Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants Early Childhood Group. She was the first elected chair of the national Early Childhood Forum. She is now national vice-chair of the British Association for Early Childhood Education. Julie is author of a number of articles on early childhood education as well as her books ‘Starting from the Child’ and ‘The Foundations of Learning’ (Open University Press).

• Chapter 1: Transition: why there is (still) an issueChapter 2: How children learn age 5, 6 and 7Chapter 3: Preparing children, and adults, for the move to Key Stage 1Chapter 4: The place of play in Key Stage 1Chapter 5: Balancing adult-led and child-led learningChapter 6: Enabling environments that support different ways of learningChapter 7: The role of adults in Key Stage 1 classroomsChapter 8: Observation as evidence of learningChapter 9: Planning for a developmentally appropriate pedagogyChapter 10:Messages from Headteachers to Headteachers