Hi, we are the team at Beancross ELCC.

We would like to take this opportunity to share al aspects of our personal plans in digital format.

In August 2022, as part of self-evaluation, parental feedback, and identifying our improvement priorities we hoped to increase parental involvement with children’s learning by transitioning to digital Learning Journeys. Common feedback received was that the biggest barrier to families being involved in children’s learning was that they physically had to come into the nursery to view their Learning Journeys – transitioning to digital has ensured that families that cannot come in can still be involved as equally as those that can come into the setting. To transition to digital all staff were provided with iPads and Apple Pens, and together we created a new format for recording children’s individual significant learning – on PowerPoint Presentation. The introduction of learning journeys on a digital platform inspired us to transfer all other paperwork within a child’s personal plan on to digital platform.

As a team, we knew we wanted all aspects of the personal plans to run seamlessly on the digital platform, as – included within the plan – the WMTM is the first source of information we obtain, allowing us to Get It Right for Every Child right from the beginning of their nursery journey. We took the original template provided and recreated it to fit the format of our new Journeys.

We removed all sensitive information from the digital platform and have this stored separately. We use images and children’s drawings as much as possible to engage children in their learning.

We feel the benefits of a digital Personal Plans include:

• • • Staff can update and edit instantly.
    • SEYO can airdrop Learning Journeys/WMTM to audit without preventing the children/staff from accessing them.
    • Photos and videos can be added to support children’s input and understanding.
    • Reduces the risk of them being damaged or lost.
    • No intimidating template putting families under pressure to fill all boxes/have answers for everything.
    • Freedom of creativity for staff and child
    • Families can access them at a time that suits their needs.
    • Parental feedback/comments can be added easily
    • Children can access their journeys through their personal QR code
    • Children’s progress can be tracked and updated immediately after focus child meetings.
    • 6 week and 6-month reviews can be updated instantly ensuring that we are capturing changes in the child’s progress.

Please find attached the QR code to Lewis’s Learning Journey if you would like to have a look.