I write observations, and use them to highlight the learning intentions under the 6 areas.
I then have a child interest sheet where I write down what interests the children have for example cars or role play ect.
I then plan using the interest's and the learning intentions in the EYF's that I do not have evidence that the child has yet achieved (in their age bracket, one above and all below).
This way I am not just building on what they can do i'm improving and encouraging what the child hasn't achieved yet.
I took this from a nursery I worked in for 4 years and achieved a outstanding grade on the birth to 3 years (which wasn't a compulsory framework but was used by many childcare settings to record development) and in the compulsory EYF's. We all had training on this as we were one of the first nursery's to use the EYFS's and did so before it became compulsory.
You can use it any way that you wish all ofsted want to see is that you are identifying the child's strengths and weakness's and that you are encouraging and promoting continuing development that is unique to that child. Hence the individual planning rather than just a group planning that doesn't actually cover individual child's developmental needs.
They all so just want to see that you are doing all you can and that the children are progressing at a steady rate xx
You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?
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