Planning and Assessment

At Whitecross Day Nursery we believe that assessment is a natural part of teaching and learning.

We use assessment to inform us about children’s learning and development and believe that the monitoring and evaluating of progress is vital in raising standards and ensuring all children fulfil their potential.

Assessment is an integral part of our planning, evaluating, recording, and reporting cycle. It identifies what the child knows and can do and provides information to guide future teaching and learning in response to a child’s individual and/or group needs. It is intended to be formative and summative, providing positive statements about a child’s progress that is meaningful to both parents and Key Persons.

Children’s individual assessments are presented on their personal learning journeys. These learning Journeys are online on a password-protected system called tapestry.

Key Persons work on the next steps for individual children and these are recorded within jotters. Rooms overall will, within weekly meetings identify the needs of groups and these ideas will be indicated on the termly planning boards.