You and your child will be assigned a member of staff as your keyworker.  It is the keyworker’s responsibility to ensure that your child settles in and to keep you informed about your child’s progress at Yarnton Preschool.

Please feel free to talk to your keyworker about any concerns you may have about your child and keep them up to date on your child’s progress at home, but obviously you can speak to any other member of staff at any time as being a small team we all work closely with the children.

Throughout your child’s time at Yarnton Preschool, your key worker will make informal observations and assessments of your child.  These are part of the everyday activities of playgroup and your child will not be aware they are taking place.  They form the basis of the records that we are required to keep by Ofsted and will be passed on to your chosen school.

These records are confidential and viewed only by staff and yourself.  We also use these observations to plan the activities for your child based on their interests, needs and abilities.

The key worker is also responsible for your child’s portfolio where their work and photographs are kept. Not only are these folders an invaluable source of evidence for Ofsted, but a fantastic record of your child’s time at Yarnton Preschool to take with them when they leave. These folders are kept in drawers by the front door and are available at any time for parents to see.

Your child’s key worker will update this record on a regular basis and it helps us share achievements and to work together to make sure your child fulfils his/her potential. Not all children make things that can be easily put into a folder or even handed to a parent/carer at the end of a session. Staff will try and take digital photographs of your child involved in activities or of the things that they have made.