Print, fill in, put on the wall

Room boards & family notes families actually read.

Big, bright A4 boards for your door and wall, plus a weekly family note, a new educator guide and a transition-to-school portfolio. Write on them with a marker, or fill them in on screen and print.

Every sheet has a Print / Save as PDF button and carries the Discovery House mark.

Room boards

Put one on the door before families arrive. They answer the question every family asks: what is happening in this room right now?

This week we're exploring…

The week-ahead board: big idea, play corners and how families can join in.

  • Big idea written large for the driveway
  • Studio, outdoor, STEM and role-play corners
  • Observation focus for the week
  • Bring, tell and try-at-home invites
  • MTOP, QKLG and NQS strip at the bottom

This week we did…

The recap board: what happened, the children's words and what comes next.

  • We noticed / we added / we achieved
  • A child's quotation, large
  • Three photo slots for the week's work
  • Follow-up line for next week
  • Outcomes you can evidence

Today in our room

The daily board: what you've set up and who is welcome to drop in.

  • Table, outdoor, trolley and quiet-corner setups
  • The challenge children are working on
  • A family invite with a time
  • Today's outcome links
  • Works in a clear sleeve with a marker

Family notes

The take-home version of the board — five minutes of writing that gives families the story behind the photos.

This week we noticed…

A one-page weekly note to send home or post to Storypark and Xplor.

  • What we noticed and how we followed it up
  • A child's quotation
  • Outcomes worked towards
  • Three ideas to try at home
  • Pre-fills from any pack week you choose

Transition to school portfolio

A one-child summary for the receiving school, built from what you already observed.

  • QKLG learning areas with evidence lines
  • Independence and self-care checklist
  • Learning, communication and physical development
  • Family goals and what the school should know
  • Consent and sign-off blocks
Print, fill in, file it

Service forms your service needs every week.

The everyday compliance paperwork, ready to print. Each form names the National Quality Standard areas it supports, so your records double as evidence for assessment and rating.

Sunscreen register

Daily application and reapplication record for every child.

  • Morning plus two reapplication columns
  • Allergy and own-sunscreen flags
  • UV rating and SPF 50+ product line
  • Supports NQS Quality Area 2

Active supervision roster

Zone-by-zone staffing map with a named coordinator for each session.

  • Four sessions across the day
  • Named educator per zone, plus floats
  • Ratio checks and handover notes
  • Supports NQS QA4 and Element 2.2.1

Incident, injury & illness record

Facts-only reporting with first aid, notifications and sign-off.

  • Injury, illness, trauma and near-miss ticks
  • First aid and action-taken record
  • Notification times, including serious incidents
  • Supports NQS QA2 and Element 2.2.3

Active supervision lanyards

Badge-sized zone cards — sandpit, softfall, play area, water play and more.

  • 12 zone cards in lanyard-badge size
  • Educator, session and watch-for lines
  • Swap cards at every session handover
  • Supports NQS QA2 supervision and QA4

Surface temperature checks

Astro turf and basketball court / concrete forms with play-stop temperatures.

  • 45 °C no-play threshold, from Kidsafe guidance
  • Green, amber and red action bands
  • Palm check plus daily check log
  • Supports NQS Quality Area 2

For your team

Laminate one for the staff room so every educator documents the same way.

Observing, planning and writing learning stories

A four-page starter guide for new educators.

  • The learning cycle: notice, recognise, respond, reflect
  • Observation versus judgement, with examples
  • Sentence starters for noticing, analysing and planning
  • A worked learning story
  • Quick reference for MTOP, QKLG and the NQS

Printables already inside every pack

Each week of every pack comes with its own activity sheets, prompt cards and observation records — plus ready-to-print resource sets like the café picture cards for pre-readers.