R-6 Reporting ReviewTerm 2 2012Parent Group

What do we aim to achieve? Firstly Port Broughton Area School wants to

provide a quality reporting system to parents that informs them clearly of how their students learning is progressing.

Secondly Port Broughton Area School wants to support its teachers by providing a quality report proforma that does not represent an unacceptable work load thereby taking time away from other valuable teaching/learning tasks.

SACSA & The Australian CurriculumFrom semester 2 2012 PBAS will be reporting against the Australian Curriculum in: English, maths, science & historyAll other subject areas will be reported against the South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability Framework (SACSA). Australian Curriculum Geography, Languages,

Arts will be phased in during 2013. Australian Curriculum HPE and Technologies will

be phased in in 2014.

What does the Education Department expect?

Schools must provide two written reports per year that report on all areas of learning.

A written report refers to a report which can be from 1 page up in length and could include (or not) blocks of writing, continuums, tick boxes etc…..

Schools must use plain language.

The mid year report should reflect learning to that point.

The end of year report should reflect learning across the whole year.

What does the education department expect? Reports must be based on the 5 levels A-E or

their word equivalents.

 A

Your child is demonstrating excellent achievement of what is expected at this year level

B Your child is demonstrating good achievement of what is expected at this year level

C Your child is demonstrating satisfactory achievement of what is expected at this year level

D Your child is demonstrating partial achievement of what is expected at this year level

E Your child is demonstrating minimal achievement of what is expected at this year level

Our current R-6 processTerm 1 Class teacher decides what will go home to parents.

Take home books/portfolios are generally sent home providing work samples and teacher comments.

Term 2A written report goes home Friday of week 8 with parent teacher interviews scheduled for week 10.Term 3 Optional parent teacher interviews?Term 4A detailed written report goes home in week 9.

What sort of information do you want and when? Major written reports x 2 a year Take home books/folders Parent teacher interviews Minor written report

Traditionally information is given out at the end of terms. Is this appropriate or are there better times during the term for parents to receive reports from teachers?

Report Formats Examples

Spend time looking through examples provided.

Parents to ask questions as they look through examples.

Positives, Interesting, Negatives

What do parents want in a report? A school report should inform parents of the

progress their child is making at school.

Format (the way it looks)What makes a report easy to read and understand? ContentWhat are the four key things you want to learn about your child from their school report?