Daniel's 'School Report'

I got Daniel's progress report for last 3 month on Thursday when I picked him up from nursery. Finally i got a glimpse of what my son was doing all day in the nursery. It contains so many pages (9 pages for a 14 month old! ;)) The report recorded Daniel's progress on 4 headings: 1) A strong child; 2) A skillful communicator; 3) a competent Learner; 4) A healthy child under an Individual learning Plan itemised into different action plan and they produced every 3 months.

On the summary page, I read that Daniel has made excellent progress with settling in after weeks of being upset. Daniel got all good comments under the four headings, e.g. 1) a strong child, i read Daniel has sense of belonging and being able to snuggle in; 2) A skillful communicator; Daniel sat well and used crayons well to make the marks; 3)A competent learner: being imaginative, mirroring movement;4) healthy child: growing,being well nourished. All evaluations are backed by individual Observation Sheet with photos attached. I particularly like one Observation Sheet dated 31/10/07, which read:

Daniel sat with a small group for singing, he had a tambourine in his hand. Daniel climbed up on a practitioner's knee, facing the other children. When the singing started, his peers play their instruments, Daniel put tambourine on his knee and pat it using his RH palm(open) smiling at the sound. Daniel sat well throughout Singing, tapped his tambourine using both hands while it still rested on his knee. he watched his peers and joined in most of the songs today, 'well done Daniel!'

Daniel enjoys songs and musical. I noticed that recently he would wave ans shout( his way of showing great joy) and move his body up and down or tap his leg once his familiar music was on. Nursery Singing session must contribute to this. I was quite delight to receive a report like this, but Terry think it's silly to do a detail report like this for a 14-month-old and categorize everything. 'that's what the money paid for' I said.