Special report: EYFS profile - A real achievement

Nursery World, 5 July 2007

How to use the profile to record the whole child is explained by Brenda Spencer, Tina Bruce and Marion Dowling of the Early Years Advisory Group to the DfES.

Successful assessments and judgements about young children are founded on observations of their learning and behaviour. But observation is a complex skill, which is honed with experience. It is too easy to look and not see, or listen and not hear, and so miss critical moments of children's development and learning. These moments are most evident when children are engaged in play and selecting their own activities. Observation involves watching with...

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