Tapestry Talks

This episode Emily sits down with Stephen Kilgour, Tapestry's SEND adviser and outreach teacher to talk about how his framework for assessing SEND children (the Cherry Garden branch maps) came into being, and also what his job helping schools and nurseries in the north of England currently entails.

This episode we look back at some stories from our times in teaching. Let us know what you thought of this weeks podcast on twitter @Tapestry_FSF

Learning Walks are now listed in the new ofsted inspection framework. Helen, Jules, Ben and Jack talk about their experiences with Learning Walks.

Helen and Jules talk through how you can use Tapestry Reflections to record your thoughts and ideas.

Ofsted inspectors have to look at how well you as a provider evaluate your provision, and how you improve the quality of your provision as a result of that evaluation. That sounds a lot like reflective practice!

Today's episode is on reflections - why we do reflections, and what reflective practice is all about. This is the first of three short episodes that will all be about different areas of reflective practice.

A new phrase, ‘Cultural Capital’, has been introduced to the inspection vocabulary. A phrase from the world of sociology, it refers to the essential knowledge and dispositions that all children, regardless of their background, need to progress in our modern world. It considers the opportunities that some children have by virtue of their background (access to books, conversation, music and out of home ‘experiences’ like museums, parks etc) and asks that the early years settings acknowledge the differences and seek to provide in-setting enrichment to help build the Cultural Capital for these children.