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Hi,

I work in a small OOSH with less than 20 kids per session. The staff have been writing observations in notebooks, however with the change of staff there is lack of consistency. So I am trying to develop a template that covers all areas of MTOP perhaps with options to do evaluation and follow up as well. Has anybody has a template like that I can have a look or any suggestions?

Thank you.
Sydney

Thanks for that! Yes, we use a combination of text and photos. Basically we just write a short blurb on what a particular child is doing and link it up with MTOP, then use a photo to support that. To be honest, we haven't been assessed so I am not even sure if that would be sufficient? Do you have any idea on that?

Thank you.
Sydney

Hi Lorina,

I am new to programming and obs as I have never done programming before but have been given the task. So just another question in regards to MTOP in terms of programming. When I program the weekly activities, I have a theme for each week (for example bush fire), then I program different activities around that theme for each day, eg cooking, craft, sports etc. and then I link the activities/experience to MTOP & NQF. Is this how I suppose to do it? or am I on the wrong track?

sydneyma wrote:Thanks for that! Yes, we use a combination of text and photos. Basically we just write a short blurb on what a particular child is doing and link it up with MTOP, then use a photo to support that. To be honest, we haven't been assessed so I am not even sure if that would be sufficient? Do you have any idea on that?

Thank you.
Sydney

Yes, observe a child, link it the MTOP and extend their learning by providing a follow-up activity.

You can have a look at samples from our Observation templates so you can get an idea...

Observation Templates

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Lorina

sydneyma wrote:Hi Lorina,

I am new to programming and obs as I have never done programming before but have been given the task. So just another question in regards to MTOP in terms of programming. When I program the weekly activities, I have a theme for each week (for example bush fire), then I program different activities around that theme for each day, eg cooking, craft, sports etc. and then I link the activities/experience to MTOP & NQF. Is this how I suppose to do it? or am I on the wrong track?

In regards to the program, the experiences that you set up for the children need to come from a source. It's good to have some intentional teaching experiences (which is the activities that you want to implement) but you also need to include experiences based on children's interest, the child's input, spontaneous experiences, follow up experiences for child observations, parent input, extension ideas from daily reflection etc.

For example: if a child comes up to you and says "I went to the movies and saw Jurrasic Park on the weekend" you could use this information as part of your program. You could think of experiences based on dinosaurs. Such as the children "creating paper mache dinosaurs" which you can add to the program if a child says "I want to play monopoly" you could add this as child input on the program etc.

In regards to documentation do you daily reflections/daily dairies?

What other types of documentation do you do?

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Lorina