On Thursday 6 July you will receive your child’s Interim National Standard Report.
This Interim Report is student driven and shares your child’s current strengths and next steps.
Your child’s teacher will identify how your child is tracking to meet the End of Year National Standard in Reading, Writing and Mathematics.
There are different National requirements for reporting depending on Year level:
In Years 1 to 3, a judgement is made on your child’s birthday (anniversary) and a judgement is made between each birthday (interim). These judgements are reported to you mid year and end of year.
In Years 4 to 6, a judgement is made mid year (interim) and end of Year and reported at the same time.
Our teachers continue to use many different ways to find out where your child is at and how your child is tracking, according to meet the National Standard, in Reading, Writing and Maths. This is called an Overall Teacher Judgement (OTJ).
This includes:
- using a range of formal tests/assessments
- watching your child working in the classroom
- talking with them about their learning
- your child assessing their own and each other’s work.
At St Mary’s we have been focusing heavily on learner agency, learners being actively involved in the decisions about their learning. This year, our interim report will reflect learner agency, with your child personally sharing the information about their learning - what they are doing well and their next steps. Your child will have been involved in discussions with their teacher/s to co-construct their successes and next steps. It is important to let your child share their report with you and talk to you about their learning as we move from a ‘One-way reporting of achievement’ to ‘Information sharing that informs learning’.
Student Led Conferences will then be held at school on Wednesday 2 August.
We look forward to working together with you and your child in Term 3 and 4 to help them achieve their learning goals.
Anna MacKinnon
Deputy Principal
