Aims
0-2-5 Nursery Ltd ensures that all children attending the setting have a personal Learning Journey which records photos, observations and comments, in line with Early Years Foundation Stage, to build up a record of each child’s achievements during their time with us.
It will also show children’s developmental progress through the different age bands of the EYFS.
EYFS key themes and commitments:
| A Unique Child | Positive Relationships | Enabling Environments | Learning and Developing |
Procedures:
- Each child will have a Keyworker allocated to them who will be responsible for the compilation of that child’s Learning Journey.
- 0-2-5 Nursery Ltd uses an online Learning Journey system (Tapestry), allowing staff and parents to access the information from any computer via a personal password protection login.
- Staff access allows input of new observation and photos or amendments of existing observations and photos – parent logins do not have the necessary permission to edit existing material.
- Observations input into the Tapestry system are moderated by a senior member of staff before being added into the child’s Learning Journey.
- Parents logging into the system are only able to see their own child’s Learning Journey.
- Parents are asking to sign a consent form giving permission for their child’s image to appear in other children’s Learning Journeys, and to protect images of other children that may appear in any photos contained in their child’s Learning Journey.
- The Learning Journey is started once the child has started nursery.
- In all written observations, other children will not be referred to by name.
- New observational entries to a child’s Learning Journey will usually be uploaded within 2 weeks of the observation being made.
- All photographs taken of children are deleted from the iPad as soon as they are uploaded onto Tapestry.
- Tapestry is no used as a general communication tool between Nursery and home./ A child’s Learning Journey is a document recording their learning and development and parents may add comments on observations or contribute photos, videos, or information about activities they have been doing at home.
- Parents may contact us through the usual channels for any other day-to-day matters, e.g. absence, lost property, etc.
Security
- The Tapestry online Learning Journey system is hosted on secure dedicated servers based in the UK.
- Access to information stored on Tapestry can only be gained by unique user id and password.
- Parents can only see their own child’s information and are unable to login to view other children’s Learning Journeys.