Our policy on assessments is linked to the seven areas of learning found in the Early Years Foundation Stages (EYFS).

These are:

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development – making relationships, self confidence and awareness, managing feelings and behavior
• Physical Development – moving and handling, health and self care
• Communication and Language – listening and attention, understanding, speaking
• Literacy – Reading and writing
• Mathematics – numbers, shape, space and measure
• Understanding of the World – people and communities, the world, technology
• Expressive Arts and Design – exploring and using media and materials

We also use the Characteristics of effective learning, which are:

• Creating and thinking critically – thinking
• Active Learning – motivation
• Playing and Exploring – engagement

Our aim is:

• To make up-dated assessments
• For every child to have their own folder
• To transfer findings on individuals each half term to parents/carers
• To ensure children’s work is dated
• To have key workers responsible for keeping their children’s folder up to date
• To note comments/actions of children down on “post it notes” or note books or using photographs
• To use focus objective sheets on clip boards for assessments and planning
• To collate children’s work as evidence
• To share findings with parents
• To encourage parents to share changes they have noticed in their children, via our annual feedback and comments form

And in so doing these assessments inform our planning.