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Crow or Weep. School report stories here please.

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TheDuchessOfFawkesBride · 17/07/2007 20:30

I received my first ever DCs school report today. It's all really positive - she has lots of friends, cares for others, creative, confident, enthusiastic etc. It's such a relief to know that everything is going well.

In terms of those Early Learning Goals bar chart things she's nearly all number 8s, with a 9, a couple of 7s and a 4 for writing. All sounds fine to me. (and if it's not, keep it to yourself ).

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Tortington · 17/07/2007 23:27

My daughter gove rave sats results in art, RE and Drama ( above national expected..blah de)

this means she is going to be that nun on the telly who appreciates art.

great career for her there then.

the rest was great(higher expected national blah de) except for PE where she got a 3 for effort ha ha.

MY SON got the lower but expected national average for most. WHich i was terrifically pleased with. becuase i know how much this means to him

he also beat his sister i science - which has extra chuffed him - i am prouder of his achievements this year in comparison to previous years - he has done very very well.

I bought him a skateboard

I bought her a book of her choice.

it was an uexpected prezzie from me and it was to tell them that i was very proud of their efford this very important year 9 sats year (before GCSE streaming next year based upon these results.)

got

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TheDuchessOfFawkesBride · 17/07/2007 23:36

custy's girl

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Tortington · 17/07/2007 23:37

PMSL! tis true!

UCM · 17/07/2007 23:41

I have my neice's report here and it tells terrible lies

Says 'she is quiet and a pleasure to teach'. When she joins my DS she is a little monster so I think they got the names wrong

Isn't is weird how some of us parents get the wrong ones. Mine is a pleasure at home but a 'monster' at nursery??????

KerryMumbledore · 17/07/2007 23:43

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Tortington · 17/07/2007 23:44

accumilated interest....get him to work it out to get it

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UnquietDad · 17/07/2007 23:48

UnquietDD's report mostly consists of telling us stuff we already know about what the entire class has been covering, with an "excellent" or "good" highlighted for her under each bit, and a two-line personal bit at the very end saying "she has been a pleasure to teach and is very polite and attentive, blah blah blah."

I suppose we should be pleased, but it reads as if it's been written by a computer.

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TheDuchessOfFawkesBride · 17/07/2007 23:49

DD1 will be getting celebratory duck & pancakes for dinner tomorrow night. And a Ovex tablet.

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Tortington · 17/07/2007 23:55

UQD - the childrens reports in our secondary school ARE written by computer - they pick certain paragraphs that apply
all a bit wank

UnquietDad · 17/07/2007 23:56

Still, it's an improvement on my PE report from fourth year secondary:

"Quiet progress."

Ellbell · 18/07/2007 00:12

UQD... ours were a bit 'production-line' too. Apart from the bit about Babybel1's inability ever to bloody well shut up (oops, I think I mean 'exceptional conversation skills' ).

Tortington · 18/07/2007 00:12

UQD - to be completely sexist - theres a mum with a kid and the kid pressed buttons and mesed up the tv and its gone all fuzzy - she has a thread on active convos - can you help - i think i have tried but am talking out of my arse.

i'm only asking because your a man.

fairybit · 18/07/2007 00:23

Ohhhh for the day when we are allowed to write exactly what we think on school reports!! I have it on good authority, that years ago, teachers would give one copy to the parents and add 'little notes such as lazy child or not very clever' on the copy kept on file for the next teacher to see (that the parents would never see)
Sadly this is no longer the case!
And yes, there are parents who insist that their little darling couldn't possibly have done the dreadful thing they were accused of and that the teacher who witnessed the event must be lying. I'll be a first time mum in November... please tell me I won't turn into one of those mothers (does anyone know how to avoid it??)!!!!

Tortington · 18/07/2007 00:37

my eldest son ( now 17) always got a very vague
" he is polite and well mannered child"

its the implicit " your as thick as shit not to read between those lines" that i object to.

iwoudl rather they add " but little academic ability -s till he tries bless" to the end.

fairybit · 18/07/2007 00:50

Hoho, I remember getting my very first report cards back from the head teacher and being told to be less negative!! Eh?? I just thought I was being honest!! So now, I just wait until parents night or call the parents in early, so that the news is not a shock!!! And then the more positive aspects of their year are recorded on the report (and the bits that their parents would rather not be in print are given verbally) I remember my first sea of faces the day after parents night (most of the kids thinking I was a big traitor for telling on them!!)
I cant stand the reading between the lines thing either!

mankyscotslass · 18/07/2007 07:25

quattrocentro,
My Ds was in a similar situation to yours. He is in Reception but for him it was reading and word recognition that was a walk in the park. When I saw he had words he already knew (AGAIN) He eventually admitted that he did not wnat to have to learn new words at home! Spoke to the teacher and she took him out of his school routine one day and went through the words that were set for his year. He knew them all. So she did yr1 and yr2...he knew them. So now he is on spellings. But I had been writing in his planner for months before this! But i think he struggles with writing and maths, and being a May boy is a bit behind socially, so I think his report will be mixed. Due to get it this week (i hope)

tiredemma · 18/07/2007 07:32

DS1 - crow, excellent. But I am aware that he is one of the oldest in his class so dont really give it too much thought. I am very pleased with him, got fantastic levels in his KS1.

filchthemildmanneredjanitor · 18/07/2007 07:34

i have to go into pre-school today to discuss ds2's 'assesment sheets'.

they had an open evening the other day and i noticed that they hadn'ticked to say he could do lots of things that i know he can do-not that it really matters of course!

so they have asked me to go in today and go through these sheets which they have amended.

i know i am going to get cross. ds2 is an august baby so starting schoolin sept at barely 4. they keep comparing him to other kids who are 6 and and in some cases 12 months older than him! and they seem to have an attitude of 'ds2 couldn't do anything till he came here.'it's like we aere talking about 2 different kids.

wow-he can do a 12 piece jigsaw! he does 35 piece ones at home!

tiredemma · 18/07/2007 07:38

Thats what I worry about with DS2- he was only 4 last week and starts school in sept, he is nowhere near ready for school in my opinion- ds1 was, but of course he was already 5 when he started.

filchthemildmanneredjanitor · 18/07/2007 07:42

i know tiredmama-it makes a huge difference.

ds2 is goiing to do part time at first-certainly for as long as i can spin it out for!

his reception teacher is lovely and i think she will be very understanding of him.

i'm not keen on his pre-school teachers tbh and if he didn't love going i would remove him now after that open evening.

throckenholt · 18/07/2007 07:46

I take the playgroup ones with apinch of salt. They can only write what they actually see, even though they know they can do more but haven't actually caught them doing it - IYSWIM.

My boys have never really come out of their shells at playgroup - so when they say "knows some letters" I am not stressed because I know at home he can do most of them (not that knowing letters is the most important thing).

My 4.5 year old got "imagination: when asked what he would make with a tiny peice of playdo he had, he immediately said "a very small guinea pig".

filchthemildmanneredjanitor · 18/07/2007 07:48

lol!

there were lots of bits of paper in his folder with comments on them. one said 'recommend bluetack'

ie he can't sit still for long. he's 3 -why should he?

Katymac · 18/07/2007 08:19

Duchesse - that's not MY dad's boat......my dad's boat is on my profile

She did get the yellow boat (from a local sailing school for about a third of the ebay price) - but not for good work, apparently my dad thinks she is our next great Olympic hope