Quick Description:

This kit contains all the tools you need to sum up a child’s development and achievements, right from when a child starts with you, all the way until they leave to go to nursery or school. From ‘All about Me’ forms, starting points, transition and report templates as well as sample reports, tips and of course a gap tracker for when you need it.

This pack is supplied as downloadable PDF and Word documents.

More Information:

The the only report you must write by law is the child’s 2-year-old progress check. However, by writing just one report for the entire time a child is with you, which for childminders can be over 4 years, means you are missing out on lots of benefits both for the children and their parents but also for you and your business.

This pack has been carefully designed to be quick and easy to use, while helping you gain the most benefit from your work. The reports are quick and easy to fill in with sections for both you and the child’s parents to complete. They are all centred around the child, helping the child, their parents and you celebrate their achievements. By writing just one report a year you will help build up a record of the ‘story of the child’ and sharing the reports helps build a professional partnership with parents. If you have never written a report before there is also a very useful section which contains sample reports for each year.

Also included in the pack is a useful Gap Tracker. This has been designed to allow you to quickly spot any gaps in a child’s learning and development so that you can rapidly put things in place to support them. Included in the tracker, there is also information about sources of further support should you have a concern about a child, meaning all the information you need is in one handy place.

What is included in the pack:

1. All About Me Form templates for parents to complete giving you lots of useful information about their child before they start in your setting.

2. All About Me Update Form. You should get parents to fill in this form once a year or when there are any changes that they need to let you know about. It is especially important to be aware of changes like new people in a child’s life (for safeguarding reasons), and things like new allergies or medical conditions.

3. Starting Points template to record a child's starting points and begin to build on your partnership with parents right from the very beginning. The child’s parents will hopefully have given you lots of useful information about their child on the All about Me Form. However, when the child starts you can also use the starting point form to record anything you observe. The form is deliberately short as it is just designed to capture your very first impressions of the child and to help get your relationship with the parents off to a good start. Sharing this form with the child’s parents will help show you are professional, and that you will appreciate and celebrate their child’s unique qualities. For many children it will be their first ‘report’ and will become a special memento.

4. Yearly Report Templates which build up to tell the ‘story’ of each child. These include a poem written exclusively for Kids To Go by a published children’s author. Each report also has space for the parents to fill in what their child has been doing at home to help you make sure that you are providing the best Cultural Capital for each child. 

The reports are quick and easy to fill in with sections for both you and the child’s parents to complete. They are all centred around the child, helping the child, their parents and you celebrate their achievements. By writing just one report a year you will help build up a record of the ‘story of the child’ and sharing the reports helps build a professional partnership with parents. If you have never written a report before there is also a very useful section which contains sample reports for each year.  plus lots of tips and guidance to do so in a way that will be genuinely beneficial to you and your setting.

5. Transition to School report template to help you provide useful and professional information when the child moves onto another setting. This has been designed so that you can share information that the teacher will actually find useful. It includes a checklist of skills that teachers will find useful to know about as well as different sections for you to write comments. Each of these areas also has a bit at the bottom for you to circle giving the teacher an indicator of how the child is doing. There is also a sample Transition Report in the Sample Report section to give you some ideas.

6. Information Sharing Permission Form. You MUST gain parents’ permission to share information (unless to do so would put the child at risk of serious harm.) You can use this form to record permission if you need to share information about the child with other professionals.

7. Additional Report Forms. Just in case you want to write a report more than once a year I have included some blank ones with no ages at the top, including a transition report in case you need to complete one if a child moves on from your setting before they start school.

8. Sample Reports to give you ideas of how to write your own if you get stuck.

9. Ultimate Gap tracker, designed to use when you have a child whose development is not what you expect and may need further support. This has been designed to allow you to quickly and easily spot any gaps in a child’s learning and development so that you can rapidly put things in place to support them. Included in the tracker, there is also information about sources of further support should you have a concern about a child, meaning all the information you need is in one handy place.

10. A guide and tips on how you can use all the tools to very quicky and easily to record any information that is genuinely useful and use the tools to promote partnership with parents and other professionals.

Altogether you will receive your pack as 4 Word Documents and 4 PDF documents so you can choose which format you prefer.

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N.B This pack is supplied as downloadable PDF and Word documents. If you cannot find your download links please check your junk box first in case it has gone there. If you have any problems contact me at jennifer@wellywren.co.uk and I will help. 

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