School reports explained

At the end of this term, you will be receiving your child's school report. This is shared through Hero.

In this newsletter and the next, we will endeavor to explain what some of the components of the report mean.

You will see that the report has seven main parts: (We will explain 5 of the parts today and the rest in the next newsletter)

Part 1. It is broken into Reading, Writing, Maths (Numicon), a general comment and attendance

Part 2. Under Reading, Writing and Maths there are:

Radial dials (referring to the green and blue circles on the photo below). These refer to how much for each curriculum level has been completed by your child. Please see the second photo (the one that looks like a graph) that comes from the NZ Curriculum which provides you with a guide of how many curriculum levels your child should be achieving per years at school. A general guide in NZ is two years at school per one curriculum level.

Part 3 and 4: Also, under Reading, Writing and Maths, you will see the current goals that your child is working on as well as you have the opportunity to click on and see the recently completed goals. This provides you with a chance to see what knowledge your child is currently trying to develop and what they have worked on in the past. See the photo below.

Part 5: Progress statement for Reading, Writing and Maths - under each, you will see that there is a statement on what the expectation for your child is depending on their year level and a statement where your child is currently achieving. Please note that each child learns at different rates and that this is a guide against the above graph. This is also something that you can discuss with your child's teacher at the 3 way learning conferences  which will be held at the beginning of Term 3.

Part 6: This term you will receive a General Comment for your child. The comment focuses on the following:

- Highlights progress on two of our school values

- General disposition and demeanor in class

- Celebrating a curriculum strength i.e. Reading, Writing or Maths.

- Incorporates a comment from your child

Part 7: Attendance data - a graph indicating your child's attendance so far this year.

Also, early in Term 3, there will be an opportunity to meet with your child's teacher. Please consider the meeting with your child's teacher to sit alongside the school report.

It is important that you have a good understanding of how our reports work and we are happy to answer any questions that you may have to clarify things for you.

Reports will go live through Hero on Wednesday 28th June (last week of the term).