Tapestry Talks

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.

Ofsted states that "cultural capital is the essential knowledge that children need to be educated citizens." FSF attended the Ofted Big Conversation where the issues around "Cultural Capital" were discussed. In the second of our inaugural podcasts, we carry on with our own conversation about cultural capital, reflecting on the detailed and valuable debate in London on the 18th...

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 h...