New beginnings – All a bout me

1. New beginnings – All about me This is my record of the things I am doing to learn, play, have fun, be healthy and stay safe. Type child’s name here

2. Hints for adult helpers • You are able to input information onto each slide for an individual child. • You do this by selecting Normal in the View menu. Overtype the text that is already on the slide by selecting it and then typing in the new information. • You can add photos and sound. • Where there is an instruction or information in blueor (blueitalic)select and cut the text to remove it from the slide, once you have followed the instruction. You can also delete anything else that is not relevant. • Green slides are instruction slides for teachers/learning support assistants and should be deleted when no longer needed. • The white slides are a suggested starting point for children. • On some slides you will find additional information in the Notes section. • Run the presentation. • When the presentation is complete, delete these two instruction slides. Also hide slides you do not want to use at the moment.

3. Improving questioning: helping children understand their learning • The acid test of a question is: does it provide a worthwhile challenge? In providing a challenge, there needs to be a balance between closed, quick-fix questions, and open questions that demand more complex and higher-order thinking. • Completing this PowerPoint presentation with a child helps develop this level of higher-order thinking and action planning for future learning. • Examples of questions that genuinely invite children to think include: • “What do you think about/of ...?” • “How do you know ...?” • “Why do you think that ...?” • “Do you have a reason ...?” • “What if ...?” • “What if ... does not ...?” • “Why is this good/best/better…?” • “Why do you like/do not like this …?”

4. This is about me and how I think, feel and learn • My story includes things about: • what I am learning • games I like to play • how I keep healthy • how I am careful to stay safe • all about me, my family and friends • caring, sharing and taking turns • what I like doing best. (Note for the supporting adult: Open the notes pages where there are helpful hints and tips about how to support the child in providing information for the e-Profile.)

5. How I feel about things I do to: be happy be healthy make friends plan and choose Replace this picture with a picture of the child be good at learning be helpful stay safe

6. All about me: my family and friends My next step:

7. What I am learning: about talking, reading and writing My next step:

8. What I am learning: about working with numbers My next step:

9. What I am learning: about the world Here is an example: • We watched some insects and a butterfly on the flowers. My next step:

10. What I am learning: about how I grow and keep healthy My next step:

11. What I am learning: about drawing, painting pictures and making things Here is an example: • This is a dinosaur. My next step:

12. Games I like to play and people I like to play with My next step:

13. Being careful to stay safe: taking responsibility for myself My next step:

14. Sharing, caring and taking turns My next step:

15. Ways I help my family, my teacher, my friends My next step:

16. What I like doing best My next step:

17. Changes: my teacher, my class, my school My next step:

18. My targets to get better My next step: