I used to record in a diary - parents weere suposed to sign - but some didn't and sometimes I was asking them to sign several things (such as attendance, a bump. some medication)
This year I am trying something different - you will have to wait a couple of months for feedback if works or not
I have brought each child a normal A5 diary (from poundland) and in it I am recording attendance, comments from parents (well the ones I need to record) my observations and any medication / accident.
Parents HAVE to sign every day - and where no information for something I write NONE. (I am hoping that some parents will get fed up of seeing NONe in the space for their comments and start providing a bit more info)
If I have given medication or there has been an accident I will be scaning the page and emailing to parents (see no point in a paper copy - as I often used to find the copy screwed up in bag or ripped by child. As each child has a email folder on my computer it will be easy to show Ofsted that I have given them a copy)
First two days have been good so far - and in fact better than expected as one parent who hardly ever signed befored has signed both pages - and provided some useful info about her child's development - as she liked the idea of it being put in child's book
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