To bring this up with teacher..

[EverybodyLovesWine]

DS1 is coming to the end of reception and we have just had his report with parents evening today.

At the last parents eve the teacher predicted DS would move from six/seven where he was then in EYFS to eight/nine by the end of the year. Subsequently, we were asked to speak to the teacher as DS was calling out in class and not settling down to his work. We agreed that we would keep reminding him how to behave and she would keep us informed via his comment book. After a week nothing more appeared In the book and upon asking it appeared his behaviour had improved.

In his latest report, he is rated a seven in all areas, I.e. no improvement in the last three months. He has been given the highest rating for effort in all areas apart from writing, despite her saying in the narrative that he would spend all day at the writing table and needs to be encouraged to do other activities. There is no mention of his behaviour (good or bad).

So. AIBU to think more progress should have been made and reference should have been made to his behaviour in his report? I wanted to bring it up but DH thinks that maybe this is not the sort of thing that is put in a reception report and I will come across as a "my son is the best at everything" type of mum that I am actually very far from!

I posted a thread recently says g I was s little surprise to receive school reports so early (last week). Some of the replies suggested that the reports are written before half term. Bearing in mind the reports are based on recorded and documented observations which probably had to happen some time the before the report was written- so your son may well have moved on since your last parents evening but his written report is not as up to date as it seems....

Hope that makes sense .

7 in everything is still pretty good. It's also worth noticing that the staff can only mark off EYG as complete if they have sufficient observations to "prove" this. If your DS spends a lot of time in 1 area, it's quite possible that they may not have enough "evidence" to mark him off as having completed the goals. I wouldn't expect the behaviour to be mentioned as it sounds like a transient issue that was resolved (and it would be quite negative to bring it up again).

Unless you have genuine concerns about his lack of progress (that you had before you saw numbers on areport) I would suggest leaving it. Y1 is more structured and he wont' be able to "avoid" activities he doesn't like in the same way.

I wouldn't worry too much. My daughter only got a 4 for speaking and listening in the EYFS at the end of Recep, but then got a level 3 for speaking and listening in the SATs at the end of Year 2 which is a good grade.

It sounds a bit like the teacher might have been over optimistic when she made her first prediction. 7s are great for the end of the year, but probably not if you've been led to believe your child was a 'straight 9 student'! .

Children don't progress in a straight line. He might have found some stuff more difficult recently.

Not all of the profile scale points are progressive so a 7 isn't always a natural extension of a 6. IYSWIM

You would expect an 'average' progression of 3 profile points during the year so a child who entered with a 3 in an area of learning would leave with a 6. It's not an exact science, but is similar to the 2 sub level progress targets in KS1 and 2.

I'd be surprised if any child achieving 6/7 points in the spring term would be predicted to achieve 8/9 by the end of the next term. Realistically. Certainly not in all areas of learning. Especially when the teacher knows how early in the summer term they'll have to submit the final points totals on eprofile!

So I might go in with some specific questions. I don't think it would be negative to mention the behaviour thing. If you say something along the lines of "We haven't heard about the x, y, z issues recently. Am I right in thinking that's been resolved now?" will show the teacher you are interested enough to ask. Otherwise, you'll come home with all sorts of questions.

EYFS assessment scales are here if you're interested and might give you a better understanding of what the points mean/measure.

You might find she says he has shown 'elements' of the next profile point, but isn't doing so consistently or hasn't been observed doing it enough yet.