We understand the importance of monitoring growth in children’s learning and development and ensuring they are reaching their full potential. At Portland Nurseries, when a child reaches the age of two we contact parents to organise the two year progress check. This check is a requirement in the early years foundation stage and takes place between a child’s second and third birthday.
The ‘Progress Check at 2’ is a comprehensive evaluation conducted. This assessment examines their progress across various essential areas of their learning and development journey. Its primary aim is to identify any areas where additional support or intervention may be needed. By closely monitoring children’s progress, early years providers can tailor their approach to meet each child’s unique needs and thereby ensure children’s optimum growth and success.
The age of two is a pivotal period in a child’s development. It is during this stage that a child’s progress in learning, speech, language, cognitive abilities, physical growth, and social-emotional development becomes increasingly clear. Ensuring that each area is developing optimally at this early stage will have long-term benefits for the child, so it is important to confirm that everything is on track. A solid foundation for the child’s long-term growth and success can then be built.
In Kirklees Locala have worked together with us to offer a two year Health and Learning review in setting, this was previously offered as two separate reviews, one by a practitioner from Thriving Kirklees and one with the child’s keyworker in the setting. We carry out this assessment at the same time so both checks are carried out together.
Research illustrates that between birth to two-years old children’s brains develop at their fastest. When we undertake this check;
- We will organise a meeting with parents to speak with them about their child’s development
- We will provide parents with plenty of information about the check and send the questionnaires for parents to read before the meeting
- We will seek their views on their child’s development
- We will give information on nutritional, oral health and child development
Parents have specialist knowledge about their own children so as part of this progress check we will listen to their views and share this information with them. We can email parents a copy of ‘What to expect in the early years foundation stage: a guide for parents’ which can support parents with child development and activity ideas to do at home.
