Birth to Three

phew that's a releif !!!

Don't panic Maxim, I haven't done anything either. Not got my inspection for a couple years. I'm also starting in Jan. We're not obliged to do anything until next Sept when EYFS become legal.

i'm doing eyfs training in jan

but at the moment i don't do any observations/scrapbooks/photos

will i get in trouble with ofsted at my next inspection? i'm not due one for 2yrs

Thanks shosh! I do have the occaisional brainwave!

I hate planning but the new eyfs cd rom is really good - lots of ideas for each age group, the kind of experiences they should be getting and basic development in each age range.

I take photos, keep art/drawings they have done and make quick observations.

this photo thing is tooooooo pc for me
i have 4 photo ablums of the children which the children themselves like to look through it also reminds me of past mindees and past projects i have done
i hate ofsted photos of hands only!!! whatever next??????????

I lose my memory often so I'd be no use with a memory stick hahahaha!

I don't keep any photos of minded children or my own on the pc, I take them with only their hands showing doing the activity (as suggested by OFSTED inspector on last visit) which is safe and you cannot see their faces.

I have permission from parents to take photos but on the pc you never know who can access them.

Katy I would cry, but I am sick of the amount of paperwork I have around the house without the added extra photo albums!

As I've got 2 4 year olds who both attend pre-school, does that mean I don't have to do anything?!

So if you lost your memory stick....?

FL I was told at my last Safeguarding children training tht it was unwise to keep photos of minded children on the computer because lets say for instance if your computer was to be stolen these photos could be acsessedby anybody (if that makes sence?) I now keep my photos on a memory stick. (but I'm not sure what Ofsteds view would be of this).

I got a big book for each child, bought v bright post it notes and wrote obs on them, I then wrote them up later as I'd put the date and time on the note but not child's name (put child a,b etc so as not to get confused.)Its sounds complicated but you'll get the hang of it.

This is one of the tips I was given at the EYFS training. Hope it helps!

Helen

Fruitloop i send mine off once a month to Bousprint on line, only costa about 10p a print and you dont have to have that many prints.

You can just do written ones, lik eif a child has done apainting, stick a sticker on the back with what said child did how they did it etc (not my brill idea by the way London11's,)

Photos are best tho cos it is real evidance of what you do.

how do you show observations without photos? dont wanna be paying out for all that ink and paper/getting photos developed. Can we keep the photos on PC for Ofsted to see? It's quite an expense and my ink's run out on my printer and I dont know how to put new ink in

I keep a diary for each child under 3, in that I put obs of what they have done each day (I use stickers that I write short bits on)and stick photos in, photos have text on them, from that I can plan what to do next with them,

For the over 3's I have actual written curriculum, and obs and next steps, all very detailed, but that is because I am accredited and have to.

Have to say am quite enjoying only having under 2's this year so only have half the paperwork.

dmo they say eyfs is going to be better as it combines 0-3 + 5-8 nut hy do we have to do all this paper work? who sees it apart from the inspector once every 3 years!
I would rather play with my dc and my mindees.
i use some photos of activities on permission forms and a scrap book for new parents viewing surely thats enough.

scrap book is a great idea as you can add photos or the childrens pictures to the pages to back your obbs up

Whoops

Everyone work P/T (except me)

someone suggested a scrap book to me with one liners by each picture.
eg; Good team work lads.taking turns on the trampoline.

i have had my intro on the eyfs and it was great feels so much easier

katy you have 9 children and 5 staff
you have alot of staff!

i would make a rota and have 3 staff per week doing a one liner obb per week on 3 children

that means each child gets observed every 3 weeks which is more than enough
unless each staff has a named child of which they observe

So one line is good

But how many?

I suggested one per child per week (ie 9 per staff)

But maybe 3 per child per week would be better on a rolling rota

Just thought I'd add - have started EYFS training and it is much better/simpler than we thought it would be !

katy when i was a nursery nurse in a pre school room there were only 2 staff and 16 children per day (some were part time) so i had 25 children to myself to write obbs on and write up a report on them at the end of the year
lots of paperwork which i mostly did in my own time at home.

example of my obbs now:
3rd july 07
x built a tower of 5 bricks and knew the colours red and yellow

5th aug 07
x now can say the colours red, yellow and blue and show a toy of that colour

one liners are fab and to the point if you read through their books you can see the progress they have made