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Ofsted
Key Issue |
Targets
that will address the key issue |
Tasks |
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Implement an effective system for the assessment of children’s progress and development, and evaluation of activities, identifying individual needs and ensure planning reflects this |
Ensure staff make and record observations of each child regularly |
1. Establish keyworker roles. Identify children for each key worker 2. Staff to carry out daily observations of children during sessions and record them on post it notes. 3. Staff - as keyworkers - enter observations into their children’s development records in the relevant six areas of learning. 4. Observation sheets to be filled in after children have left setting. 5. Supervisor ensures each week that all observations have been updated |
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Ensure staff evaluate activities regularly |
1. Regular staff discussions to be held about observations, individual children and activities 2. Keyworker staff to identify activities that their children are most engaged with |
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Ensure that children’s individual observations and their development are reflected in further planning |
1. Use individual children’s developmental records 2. Keyworker discussion with Supervisor |
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Develop on-going programme to ensure all staff are familiar with assessment and record keeping systems and appreciate the impact on the children’s learning |
1. Assessment and in-put from Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Service Quality Advisor 2. Staff to attend regular Foundation Stage Training. 3. Staff to attend Foundation Network Meetings. 4. In house training – using updated induction pack/staff handbook, staff meetings and supervisor |
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Responsibilities |
Time
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Monitoring |
Evaluation |
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1 Supervisor Deputy supervisor 2 All staff 3 All staff 4 All staff 5 Supervisor |
January 10th 2005 From January 10th 2005 From January 10th 2005 From January 10th 2005 From January 10th 2005 |
1. Committee 2.
Supervisor, Deputy
Supervisor, SENCO 3. Supervisor, Deputy Supervisor, SENCO 4. Supervisor, Deputy Supervisor, SENCO 5. Committee |
For tasks 1-5: Committee evaluates child development records at Committee meetings Parents invited to view and comment on child development records Consider and discuss with staff any implications of this new system of recording child development |
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1 Supervisor 2 All staff |
From January 10th 2005 From January 10th 2005 |
Committee Supervisor, Deputy Supervisor, SENCO |
Successful after-session meetings Committee to view development records and further planning at Committee meetings |
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1 Supervisor
2 Supervisor |
From January 10th 2005 From January 10th 2005 |
Committee Committee |
Committee to view records and planning Evidence of observations included in development records and further planning |
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1 Supervisor Chair 2 Deputy Supervisor 3 Supervisor Deputy Supervisor 4 Chair Supervisor Deputy Supervisor SENCO |
November 2004 (on-going) From January 10th 2005 November 2004 (on-going) December 2004 (on-going) |
Committee Committee Committee Committee |
Records of visits and communication with advisors Records of attendance (passports to learning for all staff) Sure Start to review induction pack/handbook |