Assessment at Comper

November 2017

Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum

Development Matters

This is a non-statutory curriculum

guidance which supports practitioners

and teachers in implementing the

statutory requirements of the

Early years foundation stage.

You can find a copy at the following link:

• https://www.foundationyears.org.uk/files/2012/03/Development-Matters-FINAL-PRINT-AMENDED.pdf

7 Areas of learning

Core Areas

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development

• Communication and Language

• Physical Development

Specific Areas

• Literacy

• Mathematics

• Understanding the World

• Expressive Arts and Design

The Characteristics of Learning These are used alongside the Early Years curriculum and place emphasis on how children learn.

Playing and Exploring

Engagement

* Finding out and exploring

* Playing with what they know

* Being willing to ‘have a go’

Active Learning

Motivation

* Being involved and concentrating

* Keeping on trying

* Enjoying achieving what they set out to do

Creating and Thinking Critically

Thinking

* Having their own ideas

* Making links

* Choosing ways to do things

Assessment at Comper

The aim of Assessment is to build a picture of your child’s development enabling teachers and key workers to plan their next steps in an informed way, identify developmental needs and early intervention where issues arise.

As part of our on-going assessment we keep records of your child’s achievements in our setting, we do this in three ways

1. A learning journey – folder of evidence

2. Target tracker

3. Tapestry

Learning Journey’s at Comper

In your child’s Learning Journey you will find a range of evidence that staff have collected to represent your child’s learning and how he/she is developing .

These could include the following:

• Pictures your child has produced

• Artwork

• Mark making/writing

These can be found in your child’s group base/classroom and are available for you to look through at pick up and drop off times.

We encourage you to look through these with your child and celebrate their achievements.

Target Tracker Alongside the Learning Journey’s we also use a programme called Target Tracker. This is an electronic version of the Early Years Curriculum and enables staff to monitor children’s progress individually and as a group/cohort.

Tapestry

• Is an ‘online’ Learning journey for staff to add observations, photos, media and next steps on your child.

Tapestry allows you to get more involved in your child’s learning • In order to meet your child’s needs and interests in the most effective way we

need you to get involved.

• You will always be the most important influence in your child’s life and because of this we would like you to share your child’s interests and successes with us. This can make a real difference to how we help support his/her learning at Comper.

• You will be able to securely access their observations, photos and media from any device with internet capability at your leisure to look at and comment on details added by your child’s group leader/teacher.

Tapestry How safe is my child’s information: • The information and assessment on your child can only be viewed by you. Your account is set

up by Comper and each user/relative added has an email assigned (if you have not already done so please give a copy of your email to Carole).

• This email we be sent a link to create a password and enable you to have a log on (your email) and password – this is the only way to access your account.

*If you do not have access to an electronic devise with internet capability please speak to your child’s group leader/teacher and we will arrange access for you. Use of photographs and group observations • Tapestry has the function of adding a group observation – this is where staff add an

observation and attach multiple children to it. This will mean that multiple parents will be able to view this observation.

• We have set up our system to ensure that photos and media cannot be downloaded from tapestry, however we are aware that those who are technologically advanced may be able to find a way around this. In the interests of Confidentiality please do not upload any photos or media from tapestry on to social media.

*You can find more information at the following website - https://tapestry.info/

Introductory walk through of the browser version

TAPESTRY

Adding observations on your child

TAPESTRY

How to change your password

TAPESTRY

How to set your notification preferences

TAPESTRY

Why photos are not showing

TAPESTRY

Deleting an observation or comment on Tapestry

TAPESTRY