Report planning and assessment in childcare settings-can anyone help

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by: timmylums

I would be grateful if anyone could give me some advice, I have recently qualified with a degree in Early years education, during my training and placement I was taught that observing, planning, assessing and evaluating was paramount in encouraging and supporting a child's development. I am currently working in a private daycare setting where this regime seems to be of little importance.  If a child attends full-time then they need to have one planned activity per week, part-time means one or two a month. Time to complete the process aformentioned is very limited and some staff are struggling to keep upto date but activity plans are never written out, the suitability of the activity is never assessed nor is the child's ability to meet the learning objective.  Am I being too fussy or have things changed since I did my training as I know from experience in school or education settings it was pointless doing an activity if you did not assess or evaluate the learning that had taken place. Can anyone tell me if there is a set requirement or guide for this within the private sector as surely children are entitled to some structured planning.        

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