Learning Logs

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Has anyone been allowed in to look at other childrens learning Logs?

Do you mean their EYFS learning journals/diaries/logs? If so, why would anybody want to look at another child's?

I've seen a few bits from DD's friends but only because the parent has been stood next to me reading their own child's diary and shown me things

Our school is doing this as part of something they are organising but I just wondered if it was common practice.

Do the parents get a say in it? I wouldnt want all the other parents looking through DD's. Not because there's anything private in it particularly, but because it just breeds more competitiveness surely?

Yes, they have asked for parental permission. I think they are trying to educate us on how EYFS works and what children need to be be demonstrating. But will know more when it happens.

Doesn't sound that common then!

Personally, I wouldn't be happy. I can only see it breeding further competitiveness and, far from helping parents understand what children should be demonstrating in comprehension/ability etc, I think it is going to encourage parents to complain even more 'Well, X got a 7/8/9 on this scale point and my pfb DC is doing so much more than X is so why did they only score a 5/6/7?'

I'd really question the motivation and ideals behind this exercise and I think it is going to cause more problems than it solves.

Maybe they are trying to prepare us for potentially bad scores, so we understand why X didn't get 7, 8 or 9. I'm not expecting spectacular score for my dd as she is not particularly extrovert or demonstrative but I think some parents are expecting 9's across the board.

I think this is bad on many levels, and would want the inclusion governor to have a think about it.

It would, I think, be better practice to share anonymised examples, if they want to show a variety of work. Names really should be kept out of it.

I'm nosy, but still think this wrong.