Student reports will be sent home this term on Wednesday 17 June. Reports are an important way for families to understand how their child is progressing against the year-level expectations of the Australian Curriculum.
This term, on Wednesday 17th of June, our school reports will be sent home with your child. It’s important to take note of the grades on that report, as this will give you an understanding of how your child is achieving against the at level expectation outlined in the Australian Curriculum. The purpose of student reports is to provide families with a clear understanding of how their child is progressing in relation to the year level expectations outlined in the Australian curriculum.
They summarise your child’s achievement in core learning areas, offer insights into their learning behaviours, and outline next steps in English and mathematics. These next steps are written by class teachers and help families understand the direction for continued learning and improvement.
Teachers use a wide range of assessment tools to inform report grades.This includes post assessments, classwork, bookwork, and participation in class discussions. No single task determines a final grade. Rather, a grade is a holistic judgment based on multiple sources of evidence. In addition to academic assessments, we also gather and analyse wellbeing data, including PAT and Youhue data.
This information helps us identify trends across cohorts, and we use this data to plan targeted activities to support students. Staff also interact with our school data wall. We look at trends in student learning and make adjustments in our teaching to address areas of concern, but also areas of strength.
Students interact with data folders weekly and create goals based around their own learning. This allows students to really own their learning and acknowledge when they have achieved a goal to make sure they are tracking as well.
This is my data folder where I can see all my, almost all my things in rubrics, which shows my grade and achievements.
So, a data folder is about where you put all your spelling results in and save my Lexile level in. We also put some of our tests and our levels what we’re in for spelling groups. In this data collection test, I can see all my grades and what I have achieved. So I got one, two, three, four “At” and one “Above” (level).
It is important to take note of the effort level awarded to your child. This determines how they apply themselves to lessons. A child can be above in their academic ability and only receive a satisfactory or needs improvement effort. This may mean that they do not try as hard as they could, or that they may not apply themselves consistently to every single lesson. On the other hand, a child may be below level with their grade and achievement. However, they get an excellent effort level. This means they try really hard and put forth their best efforts always. This is most certainly something to celebrate with your child. At Larrakeyah Primary School, we are committed to working in partnership with families to ensure every student is achieving their best and growing in their learning.
