Norfolk County Council

Norfolk County Council Norfolk Education Advisory

At your service Service

Constance Tyce

NEAS/CT/LP

06 January 2003

constance.tyce.edu@norfolk.gov.uk

To teachers working in the Foundation Stage

Dear Colleagues

Working Together in the Foundation Stage

Evaluation of the Norfolk Assessment Document

Many of you will already be aware of the decision to evaluate the Norfolk Assessment Document. The introduction of the Foundation Stage Profile means we will need to look at the current document, evaluate it and adapt it to build continuity in assessment over the Foundation Stage.

Attached to this letter is a copy of the questionnaire that has gone out to all non-maintained settings. Your comments related to these questions would be valued too.

We invite schools to evaluate the assessment document as a transition document identifying:

Has the information received been useful?

How were you able to use the information to plan for children’s entry into school?
What adaptations and changes do you feel would improve the document?
Was it used during home visits or pre-entry visits?
How well were parents and carers able to discuss the document?
Would shared training in the use of the document be of value?
In what ways would you like to receive future assessment information?

Please could you return your completed questionnaire and comments on the above to: - Becky Ward, Norfolk Education Advisory Service, Professional Development Centre, Woodside Road, Norwich, NR7 9QL by 7 February 2003.

Yours sincerely

Constance Tyce

Adviser (Early Years)

Norfolk County Council

at your service

Norfolk Education Advisory Service

Working Together in the Foundation Stage

Evaluation of the Norfolk Foundation Stage Assessment Document

Name
Setting
Tel Number	Date

Please can you identify which sort of assessment document you are using already? Please tick 3
Norfolk Foundation Stage Assessment Document	Yes	No
Commercially produced document, eg. Sound Learning	Yes	No
One you have designed yourself	Yes	No
Using a variety of the above	Yes	No

Are you using the above in conjunction with the school to which your children transfer? If so, comment on the ways in which you work together (with the parental consent).

If you are using the Norfolk Foundation Stage Assessment Document – Please tick 3
Do all staff contribute to the assessment process using the document?	Yes	No
Do you feel the Norfolk Foundation Stage Assessment Document is manageable?	Yes	No
Are parents able to support and contribute to assessment?	Yes	No
Do you use the Norfolk Foundation Stage Assessment Document to help you with your future planning and understanding of individual children?	Yes	No

In what ways do you think the document could be improved?

What sort of guidance and training to support the use of the document would you find useful?

Please return by 7 February 2003 to –

Becky Ward, Norfolk Education Advisory Service, Professional Development Centre, Woodside Road, Norwich NR7 9QL