New Eyfs statements...

[Cassie]

I'm up-dating my folders and finding that some of the children have gone backwards in their development stages,as there are less statements to link to! anybody else found this?

[sarah707]

The statements in Development Matters are not 'tick box' - a child does not have to do exactly what the statement says.

You are looking for a 'best fit' judgement - whether the child is doing the type of things that DM suggests for their age and stage.

There are significantly less statements - but they say pretty much the same things so children shouldn't go backwards.

Hth

[Cassie]

Maybe thats where i'm going wrong....need to look for "best fits" as you say Sarah. The old statements are still in my head so i think it's taking me a while to adjust! Let's try again!!!