Nursery to Reception Transition Documents and Age stages

[Louisep80]

Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone can share information on their childs transition document or if any pre school teachers can provide me with info.

My daughter received her transition document last week and everything apart from her reading was marked as 30-50 months. My understanding (after a bit of research) is that this is the age group a child should have when they start nursery at age 3 and that attainment for entering reception should be 40-60 months. I thought it a bit strange as she is very a confident young girl, able to speak confidently using correct tenses etc. She can count to over 100 and identify any number between 1-100. She can read books, by herself without any adult assistance and has been able to for some time. She toilets independently etc. and all round is quite advanced for her age.

I looked over some friends reports, all of which had their children marked predominently in the higher 40-60 category and when I mentioned the lower stage they all said it must be an error.
I intend to take it up with the nursery, but am working away at the moment and can't see them until late next week. If any one has info on how these documents work, or what the correct aging is etc, I would be keen to know.
Many thanks1

The 40-60+ months is where they should be at the END of reception not going into it. Most children start reception in the 30-50 month bracket with a couple of the 40-60+ which are the Early Learning Goals.

She may be able to do all the things you say she can but unless the practitioners have evidence of it they cannot mark it down.

Ask them if they feel it is correct but don't be too disheartened as the whole point of the EYFS is to learn through play and she has another year to consolidate all the learning she has done so far.

Does everyone get these specific "levels" on their transition document?

Just curious because the only transition paperwork I have seen from DS1's nursery is just a descriptive document and says more about his personality and attitude to learning rather than describing what he can actually do (which incidentally was bang on, so its sort of nice to see they are seeing the same characteristics at nursery as I do at home.) As I say it give no information at all as far as I can see regarding the level he is working at other than a brief mention that he can sound out 3 and 4 letter words.
There was a section at the end for me to comment so I added a couple of little bits but I get the feeling he will be going into reception with the teacher seemingly knowing little about what level he is working at and therefore where activities should be aimed. Fortunately I'm not too worried as DS1 is going into a small class in what seems like a fabulous and very switched on school and I am sure the reception teacher will make her own assessment anyway but its interesting to note that some people are getting something more specific.

Interesting post. Cheers.

The levels are referring to the age bands that are stated in the EYFS, so the documents are supposed to reflect what evidence the staff have collected of that child. In order to assess a child in the 40-60 bracket they need to be reflecting the majority of those skills the majority of the time. I really wouldn't worry to much if they have said your child is in the 30-50 bracket, but maybe ask them to elaborate on the areas that she is still working on or where she might need any extra help and support.

It won't make any difference to anything so I would chill.

What Tgger said.

If a pre-school teacher hasn't seen enough evidence of a child working independantly to tick the next box, they can't, it doesn't mean that your DD can't do things. Simple.