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Staff at the George Perkins Day Nursery in Birmingham are now becoming more confident - and are even enjoying - writing reports about their key children under the EYFS. A series of 'prompts' has proved an invaluable tool, says manager Sarah Presswood.

We are coming up to parent's evening, but we realised that evenings are not always a good time for parents and so we now offer them a choice - from before work till mid-morning and from mid-afternoon till later in the evening. This ensures that everyone gets an opportunity to meet with their child's key person and discuss their development.

We also found that not many parents of the younger children made appointments, preferring to have regular updates on their day-to-day progress. We now offer appointments to all families of children over two, but tell parents of younger children to make an appointment if they would like one.

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