Tagging Es and Os on the Curriculum for Excellence
Tag the exact Experiences and Outcomes an observation shows, by browsing each area's organisers or by searching a word or code.
Who this is for
Who this is forChildminders registered with the Care Inspectorate in Scotland, for children aged 3 to 5 years 11 months (36–71 months). The CfE Early Level section appears automatically on their observations and activity plans.
1. Open the CfE Early Level section
On an observation, scroll to Curriculum for Excellence — Early Level. At first the section stays simple: tap an area, then the organisers it covers. Tap Add CfE statements and more frameworks under the curriculum areas (activity plans always show the statements) and you'll see the note "Tag the Es and Os your observation shows.", a row of area tabs (Literacy, Mathematics & Numeracy, Health & Wellbeing and the rest), and a search bar. Literacy is selected first.
2. Browse by area and organiser
Each area lists its organisers — for example Literacy's "Enjoyment and choice" or "Tools for listening and talking". Tap an organiser to open it and see its Experiences and Outcomes (E&Os), each with its code and full statement.
If you just want to log that an organiser was covered, tap its Tag organiser pill without opening it.
3. Tag the exact outcome
Tap an E&O to tag it. The organiser shows how many E&Os are tagged, and the area tab picks up a count too. Tap again to untag it. You can tag several E&Os under one organiser, and an organiser-level tag alongside them — they don't affect each other.
4. Or search for it
If you remember a word or a code but not which of the eight areas it's under, type it into the search bar — try "listening" or "MNU 0-01a". Results come from every area, grouped by organiser, and each result can be tagged in one tap. Codes the Es and Os document gives the same statement twice work too: "LIT 0-20a" finds LIT 0-01a.
5. See it on the saved observation
Tagged E&Os appear on the saved observation, in the practitioner feed, and in the parent app as, for example, "LIT 0-01a · Enjoyment and choice". An organiser tagged without an E&O shows its organiser name.
6. Check Progress
Open the child's Progress tracker. Only E&Os you've actually tagged are ticked — an organiser-level tag alone shows "Tagged at organiser level" instead, so the checklist never overstates what's been evidenced.
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