2024 Reporting to Whānau | Student Progress, Achievement & Wellbeing (including Hero Progressions)

Reporting to whānau is not a twice-yearly event. It is an ongoing conversation between learners, teachers and whānau. Sharing progress regularly is vital for each child’s ongoing learning and success. Sharing quality learning information between all stakeholders helps everyone to understand and support the learner. At Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū we have chosen to report to whānau on progress (individualised learning pathway goals known as progressions), achievement (a curriculum level based on our school’s expectations) and wellbeing (through both learning posts and general comments).

You are welcome to discuss your child’s progress, achievement and wellbeing at any stage throughout the year. Please email your child’s homeroom teacher to arrange a convenient time.

Term 1 | Whānau Connect

Getting To Know You

The Whānau Connect conference has a focus on sharing and discussing your child’s passions and strengths and provides you with the opportunity to share with us what you believe is important for your child to focus on from the start of the year.

Either before or after your 10-minute conference there will be an opportunity for...

• parents and children to look around the learning spaces, familiarising themselves if they are new to the team

• students and parents to take home any newsletters and information relevant to their team

Term 3 | Whānau Reconnect

These conferences provide a mid-year opportunity for learners and their whānau to meet with their Homeroom teacher to discuss student wellbeing, progress and achievement.

Your child’s homeroom teacher will lead a discussion on your child's current curriculum goals (progressions that have been set in reading, writing and number & algebra) and what your child, you and the teacher might do to support these goals. Teachers will be having a conversation with you to ensure that you understand the information contained in your child’s progress summary (located through the icon ‘2024 report’) on HERO. This is also an opportunity to discuss the wider curriculum, the key competencies, our school values, and to reflect on the aspirations and focus areas discussed at the Whānau Connect conference in term 1.

We strongly encourage students to be present during the learning conversation, however, you may choose to meet with the teacher without your child.

We invite you to spend time in the learning spaces before or after your learning conversation so that your child can share and celebrate their learning with you. We believe that it is important for students to have this voice in their learning and be able to share the things that they are proud of with you.

Ongoing | Curriculum Progressions and Learning Goals

Your child’s progress across the curriculum areas of reading, writing, and number and algebra is shared via curriculum levels. These relate directly to the levels of the NZ Curriculum. Curriculum levels generally span two years of a child’s schooling. To better understand these levels please refer to the Ministry of Education’s NZ Curriculum Year and Levels Graphic below.

Progressions, or learning goals, relate directly to the Curriculum levels. Each curriculum level is broken down into learning goals (next steps) for students. You can see what goals have recently been achieved and the current goals set by teachers when you log into your child’s HERO account. This information can be viewed at any time by clicking on the ‘2024’ report icon.

Goals are reviewed and updated throughout the year by teachers as students provide evidence that they have achieved their learning goals. Students may revisit goals that have already been completed, to deepen their understanding, and to apply these skills in different contexts.

Ongoing | Teacher Comments

Teachers will make other comments (wider curriculum) on your child’s learning page each year. The purpose of these comments is to illustrate your child’s learning across the wider curriculum. These comments are accompanied by examples of your child’s learning that give relevant context to the curriculum area.

Teachers will also post a general comment twice per year highlighting your child’s strengths as a learner, their learning disposition, and their understanding and ability to display our school values of bravery, kindness, connectedness, and respect.

NZ Curriculum Achievement Objective Levels

The chart above shows how curriculum levels typically relate to years at a school. You can see that a curriculum level usually takes at least 2 years of learning. Learning is a complex process of mastering and applying skills and knowledge and is personal to each child. Consolidation and breadth of experiences are essential across all curriculum levels.

Curriculum Expectations

Because a curriculum level covers around two years of learning, we think of it as divided into three sections:

Beginning (the first third of the level 0-33%) eg: Level 2 Beginning = 2B

Proficient (the middle third of the level 33%-66%) eg: Level 2 Proficient = 2P

Advanced (the final third of the level 67%-100%) eg: Level 2 Advanced = 2A

Your child’s progress against our school curriculum expectations is illustrated by the graphs on their 2022 report page. This data is generated as students achieve the progressions set. An algorithm based on the information above generates this curriculum level.

HERO | Understanding the Progression Wheels

The progression wheels show where your child is learning in relation to the NZ Curriculum. The student in the above example has completed Levels 1 -3 of the curriculum (mastering all the learning goals/progressions for number and algebra). Students can be working on more than one level of the curriculum. This student has mastered 88 % of Level 4 goals, has mastered 11 % of the Level 5 goals (represented by the green), and has 11% of the Level 5 learning goals currently assigned (represented by the buff).

You can click on the curriculum level button (Eg. Level 5) and this will open up a window that lists all of the progressions within that level. The colour coding from the progression wheels transfer across: green represents goals achieved, buff represents goals currently set and black represents the goals yet to be set/achieved.