Hoolahoney Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Hi I am struggling to find a decent way to do this to show how groups of children are making progress. We don't have any computer programs like tapestry so its a bit of a nightmare. Appreciate any help/examples
lsp Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 I must admit, I see people writing about the data they can produce from Tapestry and am getting worried that this will become something that Ofsted will expect as routine. We do not use an electronic system so it could become very time consuming.
SueJ Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 We use PRAMS which provides this info and at my last inspection my inspector was more than satisifed with this method of tracking. 3
Foreveryoung Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 What I did when we was paper is, get staff to fill out a table where each prime area had its section so Psed had MR/MFB/SCSA with what they felt their child was at so 22-36E they did this at end of each term so over the year I could see progression in each child. I then as I'm a bit techno devised a spreadsheet that put these into bar graphs which in turn had a line for ARE to help guide if they entered below or above ARE and where they left us therefore giving me attainment record. The staff found it simple to pop these figures down so not time consuming for them at least. x 1
Guest Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) There'a a really straight forward one that is excel based on TTS - it allows you to put in individual children and uses colour codes to show those children working above or below expected development. It is easy to spot trends too ie if one area is consistently high or low, if boys out perform/under perform when compared to the girls and so helps to inform provision mapping. Edited September 3, 2015 by Ancaster
BedfordBoroughNicolaM Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 There is a massive variation in how settings in Bedford track children's progress; lots do use electronic systems but many still use paper/excel. I think the important part is that you are aware of how different groups of children are progressing i.e. funded two year olds, those that receive EY PP, EAL etc and what you have put in place to support this. I have attached an excel spreadsheet which some settings are using- many have adapted it to suit their own needs but it may be a good start?? EYFS tracking excel.xlsx 2
Guest Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 The one above is very similar to the TTS one - same principle!
lsp Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 Thanks for sharing the EYFS tracking sheet but I cant open it (very old version of office). :unsure:
flowlow Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 We use PRAMS which provides this info and at my last inspection my inspector was more than satisifed with this method of tracking. We do to. Out of interest though SueJ what reports do you generate from PRAMS. Some I find more useful than others and would be interested to know what other people thought.
BedfordBoroughNicolaM Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 Thanks for sharing the EYFS tracking sheet but I cant open it (very old version of office). :unsure: Oh, sorry- don't know how to put it in adifferent version
BedfordBoroughNicolaM Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 What does CLA stand for?? Children who are looked after..
SueJ Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 We do to. Out of interest though SueJ what reports do you generate from PRAMS. Some I find more useful than others and would be interested to know what other people thought. I use quite a few of the reports so that I can pull up individual progress stuff, whole group stuff and field defined groups e.g., EAL, 2 year old funded etc. 2
alechunter Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 Hi Sue, we are using PRAMS at the moment and are struggling with the group section. Wondered if you had any advice please. Thank you
MarshaD Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) Late taker to this post... I use Tapestry, but I'll be honest I really can't get my head around the analysis tools because it looks like they make no progress. Last year I made a grid with months down the side (performing) and across the top (chronological). I plot the children in when they enter, at a midpoint and when they exit (no midpoint if they only attend for a term. Then you can show hopefully them moving down and across the grid. This year I will add refinements. Edited October 10, 2015 by MarshaD 3
Helen Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 Hi Marsha, We're currently working on a different screen which sounds similar to the one you describe here. Hopefully it'll be of more use to you :1b
Foreveryoung Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 Hi Marsha, We're currently working on a different screen which sounds similar to the one you describe here. Hopefully it'll be of more use to you :1b That sounds positive! looking forward to this. As this way you should be able to see how many step progress has been made to determine good or accelerated progress etc. by looking at the increments in the ploted line.
nikkia77 Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 There is a massive variation in how settings in Bedford track children's progress; lots do use electronic systems but many still use paper/excel. I think the important part is that you are aware of how different groups of children are progressing i.e. funded two year olds, those that receive EY PP, EAL etc and what you have put in place to support this. I have attached an excel spreadsheet which some settings are using- many have adapted it to suit their own needs but it may be a good start?? EYFS tracking excel.xlsx I've just found this tracker and while it's easy enough to fill in and shows all the required info can you show groups like boys v girls or funded v no funded and if so how do you do that please x
eyfs1966 Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 Is it just me who is somewhat against this kind of cohort tracking? Where is the statistical significance particularly with very small groups....and what has happened to the concept of the individual, unique child? Seems to me that ofsted( who love this stuff) need to learn a little more about "lies, damned lies and statistics". Ok rant over for today...... 2
twinthinguk Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 I've just found this tracker and while it's easy enough to fill in and shows all the required info can you show groups like boys v girls or funded v no funded and if so how do you do that please x that is exactly what I would like to know! other than printing it all off and spreading it out on the floor to look for patterns in the various groups...I know nothing about excel lol 1
finleysmaid Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 Is it just me who is somewhat against this kind of cohort tracking? Where is the statistical significance particularly with very small groups....and what has happened to the concept of the individual, unique child? Seems to me that ofsted( who love this stuff) need to learn a little more about "lies, damned lies and statistics". Ok rant over for today...... feel exactly the same and ofsted was quite happy with the way we are doing it now.....she wasn't that interested in 'groups' but in the individual and how they were progressing 1
twinthinguk Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 feel exactly the same and ofsted was quite happy with the way we are doing it now.....she wasn't that interested in 'groups' but in the individual and how they were progressing oh that's good to hear, as long as we keep tracking eypp and 2 year funding, and monitor individual progress. 1
Guest Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 Hi can anyone tell me how I get the tracker to give me information from different groups i.e. 2 year olds boy/girls once I have imputed all the data in the spreadsheet, I am not too good with a computer so thank you in advance for anyone who can help
BedfordBoroughNicolaM Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 Hello, You can click on the heading tab i.e. where it says gender and then tick the boxes of the group that you want to view i.e. boys. You can sort more than one column at a time so you could for example select boys that are funded twos. This isn't a perfect spreadsheet but I hope you find it useful and please do feel free to amend
KimHow Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Hi - I have downloaded the Excel tracking sheet which is useful (as my Excel skills are somewhat limited)... however, the 8-20 months drop down in all the areas of dev - populate the cell as August 20th....!!!! It seems that the whole sheet is protected with a password (not just the cells - I have tried changing the cell to number from date but it will not allow it).... is there any way of changing this as my current cohort looks a little odd with dates as well as numbers! Thanks, Kim
Guest Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Hi I am new to this forum. Just looked at the tracker and I have to ask what does "CLA" stand for. The dropdown box just has 2 options yes or no thanks
BedfordBoroughNicolaM Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Hi I am new to this forum. Just looked at the tracker and I have to ask what does "CLA" stand for. The dropdown box just has 2 options yes or no thanks Children who are looked after / looked after children
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