In each child's individual journey, the Stages are organised in a table format. This allows you to document, assess, and reflect on their progress at each stage against the customised Stages for your centre.
Learning documents provide evidence for a stage. Run an audit manually, or use automatic audits where enabled, to save an assessment. Adding documents alone does not update the saved assessment used in reports. See Audit Journey stages and keep reporting up to date.
Adding Learning Documents to a Stage
Choose the stage that matches the evidence it supports. A stage’s starting document type is a default; other types of learning document can appear there too.
Each stage (e.g., Observe, Plan, Implement) is displayed as a heading in the table.
Select Create document under the relevant stage.
The button’s type label (such as Story, Assessment or Plan) shows the starting document type for that stage.
Use the options available for the document to add your learning details.
1 Implement stage.
2 Create document; Story is the starting type in this example.
Documents under No Journey stage have not been assigned to a stage in this Journey. To place one, open that document’s Options, select Change column, then choose the appropriate stage. This organises the document; it does not by itself update the saved assessment used in reports.
Stage Statuses Explained
Stage dots can show that work has started before an audit. Open the assessment to check its saved result; reports use that saved assessment:
Not Started: No work is currently shown for the stage, with no saved In Progress or Complete assessment. Use Create document to add relevant evidence.
In Progress: Work has started, or the saved assessment is In Progress. When an audit result is available, review:
Explain the reason: You’ll see a note explaining why this stage hasn’t been marked as complete.
Offer suggestions: Mana will guide you on how to fulfil the stage requirements, whether it's adding more detail, reflections, or specific observations.
Complete: The saved assessment marks the stage Complete. This can come from Mana’s audit or an assessment you save yourself.
Reviewing Progress and Completing Stages
You can regularly review each child’s progress by checking the table. It will display the status of the Journey, giving you a clear view of where additional learning documentation is needed or where stages have been completed. Review Mana’s assessment and, if you disagree, save your own assessment.
Mana helps ensure that each part of the planning cycle is addressed, providing feedback and suggestions along the way.
Child Journeys use Stages view.