Nursery World - Learning & Development: National Strategies series - part 3

National Strategies series: Part 3 - From the child

In the third of our National Strategies features on the EYFS, Vicky Hutchin, Early Years Senior Regional Adviser and Pauline Hoare, Early Years Senior Adviser, reflect on the role of observation and assessment in planning for every child's learning and development

Observation, assessment and planning processes lie at the heart of getting provision right for children. The EYFS Statutory Framework (p37) requires that 'providers must undertake sensitive observational assessment in order to plan to meet young children's individual needs.'

EYFS Enabling Environments card 3.1 asks practitioners to 'observe children to find out about their needs, what they are interested in and what they can do; note children's responses in different situations; analyse your observations and highlight children's achievements or their need for further support; involve parents as part of the ongoing observation and assessment process'.

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