Developmental Bands/age Appropriate

[Guest]

If a child is working in the 40-60+ at this point in reception then they are age appropriate?

However, if that is so does this mean that they must be 6+ at the end of reception?

e.g. if i say a child is age appropriate now in March but they do not them get 6+ does this then mean they are now no longer age appropriate?

I am all confused!!!!!!!!!!!

My head wants figures but there are a good number who will not get 6 esp in CLL so can i say at this point they are age appropriate if they are working on stands with in the 40-60+

Does this make sense, I am really confused

 

Hope someone can help

 

thanks

Natasha

[Guest]

Well, 40-60+ is quite a wide band. Can you not mark them as you have described - operating at an age appropriate level but unlike to achieve 6 by july?

[Guest]

That's the thing the band is so big and although they are working within the band it is as you say they are unlikely to get 6+. However, I am concerned that this looks as if they are age appropriate now but they will then look not to be age appropriate???????????

too hard for me to get my head round

[Cait]

You've lost me! When you say 6+ I'm assuming you aren't talking age, but a scale point?

[Rufus]

40-60 is age appropriate with regards to dev' matters. At the end of the FS year, the aim is for children to achieve 6+ scale points, especially in CLLD and PSED.

Therefore can you not tell your head that they are entering, developing or secure within 40-60? You will then be able to show progress from now to the end of the year, but they still may not get 6+. Would that work?

[catma]

Being secure in 40 - 60+ would indicate that a child was achieving the ELGs, ie working within the 4 - 8 points total range of the EYFSP.

A child can be within 40 - 60+ but not yet be attaining 6+ points. I would describe this as emerging if they were below a total EYFSP score of 4. and working at ELG level if scoring more depending on which aspect I was looking at, ie in CLLD there is LCT/reading, writing etc etc.

 

It's all about where they are at the end of the phase and the EYFSP was not designed as a predictive assessment tool

 

However to be at age related expectations in respect of EYFSP at the end of the phase I would expect them to be scoring totals of 6+.

 

78+ points total including 6+ in ALL 7 PSED/CLLD scales is a "good level of development".

 

Cx

[Guest]

Thank you. Yes i know all of what you have stated e.g. 6= points, magic 78, combined CLL+PSED etc. So maybe i should tell that for example 70% are working within the 40-60+ (APPROX 4-6 SCALE POINTS) But that not all these children will achieve 6+ and if i put 70% now and then at the end of the year only 60% achieved 6+ then this would look bad. Maybe it would be better to tell her the number of children who are on track to achieve 6+ in CLL, PSRN, PSED instead. I am all confused!!!!!!!!!!!!

[catma]

Why not tell him:

 

a) % children already at 6+. This gives baseline for his data as they won't go backwards.

Then b - % of chn who are in 4 - 5 band and likely to achieve 6+ by end of year. (June really cos that's the deadline).

 

a + b = current target % of children for end of year.

 

Any others who make good progress from below 4 to achieve 6 are a bonus.

 

Cx

Edited March 20, 2011 by catma