Nursery World - Foundation stage

By Jane Drake, a partnership advisory teacher in Leeds and author of Planning Children's Play and Learning in the Foundation Stage and Organising Play in the Early Years (David Fulton) To form a clear picture of how a child's learning is developing, practitioners need to record the child's progress throughout the Foundation Stage and ensure that the record passes with the child to their next setting.

To form a clear picture of how a child's learning is developing, practitioners need to record the child's progress throughout the Foundation Stage and ensure that the record passes with the child to their next setting.

Building an ongoing profile is an effective way of documenting young children's learning. The document should include information from both the child's home and setting, be updated regularly and be used as a reference for assessment and planning.

Systems for collecting and collating the information, and for compiling the profile, must be manageable and clearly understood by all the adults involved in the process.

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