How we Assess

Introduction

All children attending Traceymchildminder have a personal on-line Learning Journey which records photos, observations and comments, in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage, to build up a record of your child’s experiences during their time with us.

We use Tapestry, a system, which is hosted in the UK on secure servers. You will have secure access (via email address and password) to your child’s Learning Journey and, in addition to viewing our contributions, we encourage you to add to it by uploading photos and comments, or commenting on observations made by us.

We haver completed courses and training to enable us to move forward with the introduction of the new EYFS in September 2021. All our systems are now fully compatable and Tapestry has been adapted to fully meet the new EYFS.

What is Tapestry?

• An online Learning Journal System.

• We record children's progress and activities on mobile or tablet devices.

• Parents can view their child's progress and observations on their own devices or computers with a secure login system. They can also make observations themselves and add them to the journals.

• Once a child leaves a parent is given an electronic copy of the full journal. This can be shared with family members or forwarded onto other educational establishments such as the following on school. This can aid transition and avoid repetition of assessments already made.

Where do you start?

Once you have given us an email address, we will set up an account for you. Go to https://eylj.org on your computer, or if you have an iPhone or iPad, visit the iTunes store and download the Tapestry app from the Education section (search for TapestryMobile) or Google Play for the Android version of the App.. Login using your email address and the password we give you. We strongly recommend that you change your password on your first visit.

Changing your settings

On the computer

At the top right of your screen you will see your name, and selecting this will give you the option to ‘Edit Preferences’. Choose this option and you will be presented with a screen giving you the option to change your email address and password.

You also have the option to receive an email whenever a new observation is added to your child’s Learning Journey – just tick or untick the relevant box if you would like to change this setting.

Viewing my child’s Learning Journey

Once logged in, you will see your child’s observations on your home screen in a list – selecting any one of these will open up the observation for you to look at. You may add comments in the box at the bottom of the observation if you would like to - and we would love to receive such comments!

Adding an entry to my child’s Learning Journey

Choose the ‘Add Observation’ option and add the relevant information in the boxes on screen. Photos and videos may be uploaded by choosing the ‘add media’ option. When you have saved your observation, you may go back to the home screen at any time by choosing ‘home’.

Any problems, let us know so we can fix it!