Communicating End of Year Achievement and Progress with Parents
We are now ready to share your child’s end of year achievement and progress report with you. On Monday, 16th December you will receive an email from SchoolTalk with your child’s end of year report. The purpose of this communication is to outline what to expect and to answer any questions you may have.
You can expect to see how your child is achieving against each aspect of the School's Graduate Learner Profile (see below). There will be three main parts to your child's end of year achievement and progress report.
Please note if your child is in Hub Koru, you will receive a physical report from their hub teachers. This report will be about your child's experience at school so far rather than a measure against the curriculum level expectations.
How to read your child’s end of year achievement report
Reading, Writing and Maths Reporting
Each report shows you how your child is achieving against each of the areas of reading, writing and mathematics. Your child's achievement is shown on a continuum 'working towards', ‘working within’ and working above’. The yellow indicates 'working towards’ the expected level and the green represents ‘working within’ or 'working above' this level.
You will also see a view that illustrates your child's progress over time (since being enrolled at Stonefields School).
If your child’s dot is within the pale green band this signals that they are working within their current curriculum level.
The dots on the graph show the Overall Teacher Judgement for the progress your child has made in this curriculum area.
NOTE - The dots represent an Overall Teacher Judgement of what has been taught. Therefore, the dot represents a point in time. If your child is within the same colour band as they previously were, they have made progress, regardless of the direction of the line.
The bars underneath the Overall Teacher Judgement further break down achievement in each aspect of the curriculum areas
Next Steps
Your child’s next steps for learning are detailed in the right hand column of the snapshot. Up to 5 next steps are highlighted for each curriculum area. If viewing your child's snapshot on a mobile or smaller device, the next steps will display under the achievement bars.
Graduate Profile Reporting
Building Learning Capacity, Collaborating, Making Meaning & Break Through
Since opening, the School has been reflecting on what learning matters for our young people to ensure they are successful, life long learners and equipped for the predicted future world.
The NZ Curriculum, research and future predictions have informed the outcomes in our 'Graduate Profile'. The outcomes sit under each of our four vision principles. We aspire for all our learners to achieve these School expectations after 8 years at Stonefields School. These outcomes are shown in spider graphs and bar chart form, and show you how your child is meeting expectations in all aspects of our 'Graduate Profile'.
Below is an example of the Building Learning Capacity spider graph. You will see two additional spider graphs, one showing achievement against the 7 Learner Qualities expectations and the third, which shows Collaborating, Making Meaning and Break Through.
The key beneath the spider charts indicates whether your child is working towards, working within, or working above the Stonefields School expectations.
SchoolTalk Progressions
Once you are logged into SchoolTalk you can find out further details on your child’s progress and next steps by clicking on the progression button in the left hand sidebar. Click here to learn how to do this.
Green Highlighting - Your child has achieved the learning intention.
Yellow Highlighting - This is a current next learning step for your child.
Blue Highlighting - Your child has submitted evidence of achieving the learning intention and is waiting for the teacher to assess whether it has been achieved for it to be marked green.
Need Help? - Frequently Asked Questions
What do I do if I have forgotten my SchoolTalk login and want to access my child's progressions?
What if I don’t have a login for SchoolTalk?
Will I receive an end of year achievement report if I haven't registered in SchoolTalk?
What should I do if I haven’t received a report of my child’s progress?
How do I help my child at home with their next steps?
Where do I go if I have concerns or questions about my child’s report?
The blue bar sits in the range of 'working towards', what does this mean?
The blue bar sits closer to 'working within' and 'working above', what does this mean?
I don't know what the sidebar buttons do in SchoolTalk?
Can I print my child’s report?
Why SchoolTalk?
If you are new to Stonefields School, this short video outlines why we have been developing SchoolTalk more fully.