Sentences with phrase «at primary school entry»

The analysis has shown that a range of socio - economic and socio - demographic characteristics, early development issues and parenting experiences act as risk factors for, or protective factors against, the development of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties at primary school entry.

To examine patterns of change in social, emotional and behavioural characteristics between pre-school and entry to primary school in more detail, children were again divided into three groups according to their score on each of the scales at age 3 and at primary school entry indicating different severities of difficult behaviour (normal, borderline or abnormal, see Appendix 2 for details of the score ranges each SDQ scale for these classifications).

Around two - fifths (42 %) of those with scores in the abnormal range for total difficulties at primary school entry also had scores in that classification at pre-school (data not shown in table).

Characteristics of children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties at primary school entry

Table A1.2 Associations between pre-school SDQ score, key demographic, socio - economic, parenting and development characteristics and borderline and abnormal score in each scale at primary school entry

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Where possible and in urban areas, the council would look to provide primary schools of at least two forms of entry (i.e. 60 places in each year group), and at least six forms of entry secondary schools offering 180 places per year group.

The Lingotot accredited programme, which has been benchmarked at entry level 1,2 and 3 has been welcomed by primary schools across the country who can now officially recognise the efforts and achievements of their pupils.

She is an Early Years expert and has worked at Rosendale Primary School, a three form entry school with a Children's Centre, for 9 years, the last 2 years as Head of SSchool, a three form entry school with a Children's Centre, for 9 years, the last 2 years as Head of Sschool with a Children's Centre, for 9 years, the last 2 years as Head of SchoolSchool.

Our curriculum has multiple entry points to allow student entry at beginning levels for Primary, Intermediate, and Secondary schools.

A recent study published in the Journal of Primary Prevention confirms that PAT measurably improves school readiness, virtually eliminating the achievement gap normally observed between poor children and their more affluent peers at the point of kindergarten entry, and that gap continued to be narrowed in the third grade.

Obesity is now nearly as prevalent among preschool children3 — 5 as among older children, and those who are overweight or obese at school entry typically remain so during the primary school years.6 Given that the development of obesity reflects both nutritional and physical activity behaviors and that during the preschool years these behaviors occur largely within the family unit, it is timely to scrutinize the roles of parents and parenting in the preschool years.

Her entry «Create a fun fair at Christie Downs Primary where I mentor KickStart for Kids» has won because of its focus on the whole school community.

The vast majority of those children whose scores were in the normal range at pre-school also scored in the normal range at entry to primary school, particularly in relation to the pro-social and total difficulties scores; 94 % of children whose total difficulty score at age 3 was classified as normal also had a score in the normal range at school entry.

To obtain a measure of development at school entry therefore, has required data to be merged from two sweeps of data collection each corresponding with the child's first year at primary school.

Table 4.2 Mean scores on SDQ scales at pre-school and entry to primary school and correlations between the two scores

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For example, looking at the «Normal» row under «Conduct problems» we can see that 85 % of children whose conduct problems score at age 46 months was in the normal range also had a conduct score in the normal range at entry to primary school, but 11 % moved from having a normal score at pre-school to having a borderline score at entry to primary school.

Thus to obtain a measure of development at school entry, data was merged from two sweeps of data collection each corresponding with the child's first year at primary school.

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Various background characteristics of children were explored to identify the children most likely to score in the borderline or abnormal ranges of each of the SDQ scales at entry to primary school.

Difficulties with social, emotional and behavioural development at entry to primary school will inhibit a child's ability to achieve such capacities.

However, for a significant minority of children, difficulties which are present at pre-school remain at entry to primary school.

This section explores, in more detail, the relationship between early patterns of social development with those seen at school entry and, for a small proportion of the children, in the first term of primary two.

Figure 2 A Behavioural characteristics of children in each of the five clusters at entry to primary school

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However, the analysis undertaken in section 3.1 indicated that familial and development issues, including experiences which occurred earlier in the child's life, were associated with social and behavioural characteristics at entry to primary school.

Analysis was undertaken to explore the relationship between social, emotional and behavioural development at the pre-school stage with that seen at entry to primary school.

Conduct problems and hyperactivity / inattention were the difficulties most likely to have been present already at pre-school and to have persisted in the period to primary school entry.

As shown in Table 2.1, at the point of entry to primary school the vast majority of children do not present with any social, emotional or behavioural difficulties as measured via the SDQ.

The aim of this chapter is to identify the children most likely to score in the borderline or abnormal ranges of each of the SDQ scales at entry to primary school.

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In general, children's behavioural characteristics at entry to primary school were similar to those reported when they were aged 3.

For example, 61 % of those children whose scores were in the borderline range for hyperactivity at age 3 had moved into the normal range at entry to primary school.

4.2 Comparing social, emotional and behavioural development at pre-school and entry to primary school

Those children whose data is taken from sweep 3 were, on average, younger at school entry than were those whose primary one data was captured at sweep 4.

* These figures illustrate the correlation between scores at pre-school and scores at entry to primary school.

Growing Up in Scotland: Children's social, emotional and behavioural characteristics at entry to primary school

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Table 4.3 SDQ score classification (normal, borderline or abnormal) at pre-school by SDQ score classification at entry to primary school

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