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School Reports - Chat thread

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IndigoBell · 05/07/2011 13:28

How's everyone feeling about their children's school reports?

I've just got DS2s report and it's glowing - which stupidly makes me upset because he's a very difficult child at home, and it makes me feel like it must be me that's the problem.

Apparently he's fine at school and is only a monster for me, DH, the nanny and Beavers.....

Anyway, what are your school reports like? Do they describe your child? Or someone else totally......

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ragged · 09/07/2011 18:05

I am pleasantly surprised by DC's. I must share this gem about DS2, who is... shall we say... a bit of a stubborn little git who likes to ignore adult instruction single-minded:
"ENGLISH: LittleToeRag has been a fluent and keen reader throughout the year... He often prefers to keep reading, particularly Roald Dahl -- who has sneaked into other lessons." :)

TheEnigmaticFlea · 09/07/2011 18:27

Word of warning to any teachers, from my experiences proofreading and printing 250 reports over the last couple of weeks. If you are going to cut and paste and then use find and replace to change 'her' to 'his' and 'she' to 'he', then make sure you put a space before and after the words in the 'find' box. This way, you will avoid changing a child's name on the front of the report from 'Shepherd' to 'Hephisd'. Also remember 'her' has two male equivalents, 'his' and 'him', so make sure you change to the right one.

HTH

MigratingCoconuts · 09/07/2011 20:56

Ours came out on friday. DD (yr1) was a mixed bag but a very detailed and accurate description of her. She is 'slightly below expectations in literacy and numeracy...which I saw coming. She has made progress but it does not come easily. However, I was quite surprised by the language used to describe her visual/artistic/creativity areas. It reads far more as exceptional than I had expected and it is clear this is where her learning skills are completely focussed. I am now wondering if I should query if they really mean it to read like this or if they are bigging her up too much!

Blethermouse · 10/07/2011 00:07

Had ds 3 yesterday and his reflects a change in headteacher at the school this year..gone are all the endless repetitions of which numbers he can order or beats he can tap out and instead we got an intelligently written account of his work and personal progress.
No levels, but this is Wales and also in yr 4 .
It was lovely though

WesternIsle · 10/07/2011 00:56

Just read ds report and I think my dh summed it up the best - 'he doesn't need to go to school he can do everything'.

His report is: He can read, he can do 3D shapes, he can swim etc.

No whether there was any challenge, no what is the next step. I'm paying for this - I won't be for much longer.

MigratingCoconuts · 10/07/2011 11:56

nice to know your DC has reached perfection .

maybe they think by being so glowing that you will feel like you have had your money's worth of education this year

munstersmum · 11/07/2011 14:44

Decided to read through DS's yr2 report with him. He just sat there nodding & saying "true" after each paragraph. Hard to argue with that !

There were areas for improvement included but he was already aware of them as his targets. Didn't tell him the SATs no.s as they were on separate sheet.

BetsyBoop · 11/07/2011 17:10

Got DD's (YR) today, and am very pleased, it is fab :)

The onlly slight negative was that she needs to develop her co-ordination further in PE, but can't complain about that as unfortunately she seems to have inherited her mother's lack of co-ordination

sittinginthesun · 11/07/2011 17:25

Just got ours, and am very proud of him. Best thing is the school obviously understand him. There were no surprises, he is bright, hard working and is gradually getting neater and better at coping with change/disappointment. In fact, every target he needs to work on is exactly what I have picked up from his homework.

molesworth2 · 12/07/2011 10:38

Very depressed about our report. Firstborn is in reception year and is very young (30th August) birthday. Despite this I have thought that she has done very well this year and we've put in a lot of effort tutoring at home because she is a bright young thing. The school seem unable to find anything positive to say about her. Where the average score level is 6 she is consistently scoring 4's even in areas I know she is very good at.

I'm cynical though. I've had to raise some complaints at the school about bullying and sloppy practise and I think that the report was payback time. Makes me furious though.

strictlovingmum · 12/07/2011 11:04

molesworth please don't feel depressed she is very young not even 5 in fact she has way to go, yet to turn 5.
It could very well be total oversight by teacher(heard it all before here on MN)
Concentrate your energy and hers onto Y1.
I am sure she will blossom and embrace challenges Y1 will bring. You said it yourself she is bright little thing, accept her as such and don't let the first school report dampen yours and hers enthusiasm.
You could always try to talk to the teacher and politely ask her to explain,
why she feels and thinks that your DS scored 4's instead of higher scores.
Lastly school should never use report for anything else, but to report child's progress, not as a payback of any sort.
Go and talk to them, good luck.

SybilBeddows · 12/07/2011 11:04

that's an awful situation to be in Molesworth2. Can you change schools? It sounds like you're not happy with either the pastoral or the academic side.

molesworth2 · 12/07/2011 11:35

Thank you both of you. Good to hear some sanity inducing kind comments. We are trying hard to stay positive but it is hard not to let my anxieties seep into how I teach first-born. It is difficult not to take it personally as the relationship with the school has worsened recently and some of the comments that the teacher has made have been breath-takingly personal and unpleasant.

SybilBeddows - would love to move but ironically enough the school is classed as outstanding (!) and seems the best around in our small market town at the moment...

SybilBeddows · 12/07/2011 11:46

will she have a different teacher next year?

strictlovingmum · 12/07/2011 11:46

"comments breath-taking and unpleasant" go talk to them and tackle it head on.
"OUTSTANDING" school, my good, it seems there is no pastoral care nor consideration for child's or your feelings.
go and have a look at "not outstanding" school around and give it serious thought, good luck, i feel for you.

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IndigoBell · 12/07/2011 11:47

So what if the school is outstanding? It doesn't mean it's any good for your child.

If you are happy with her Y1 teacher than just forget it and put it behind you. It really doesn't matter what the reception teacher thinks or what her scores are.

If however you also have concerns about her next teacher and the HT and the SENCO and the dinner ladies...... Then the only way to resolve it is to move school.

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bellybuttons · 12/07/2011 12:26

I am getting myself a little worried about DD's report. Apart from the lack of concentration (total daydreamer) which we know about, I keep reading things on MN about how in KS1 they should go up 3 sublevels a year. Well, as much as DD is doing Ok, she has only gone up two in most. Last year she got 2B for reading, 1A for writing and 1A for maths. She is now a 2A+ (technically a 3C) for reading, 2A for writing and 2B for maths. I am worried that she has 'stalled' in reading and she hasnt been pushed or listened to this year - she has only read twice to the teacher or TA the WHOLE year which is dreadful. I know she did well in the level 3 paper as her teacher told me. Her maths really worries me as she hasnt tried at all with a very mediocre teacher who she will probably have again next year. Should I worry or just accept she is only just 7, doing ok with hardly any effort and hope things improve. Just worried I guess that it will only get worse in yr3 with a teacher who doesn't motivate her or push her. Please no one jump on me and say what am I stressing about! Just asking!

asdx2 · 12/07/2011 22:33

Our report is great, all hand written (no cut and paste) by the various teachers who teach the different subjects. Good targets for each area and very specific comments to my dd.Her class teacher shows she knows her really well and the HT really has taken time to read the comments and has commented on what he sees round school too. Very happy here couldn't ask for more.

chubbystuff · 13/07/2011 10:05

My dc school reports are a load of rubbish. Compared ds1 report to his friends report and only the names are different, whilst they are friends they have different hobbies my son loves computers and electronic gadgets friend totally not interested, his friend loves drawing and is quite good unlike my son who can't draw at all yet they had identical IT and Art reports .......... makes you think.
I would suggest if you are quite friendly with another parent in the same school yr ask to compare reports you might find that your dc childs report isn't quite tailored to your child after all

thestringpeople · 13/07/2011 11:02

I'm really pleased with ds's school report not because he is the star of the class or anything but because I feel that the teacher really "knows" ds. Academically he is doing okay better in some subjects than others however its the comments on his character that I'm so pleased about, his teacher said that its pupils like ds that makes her glad that she chose to be a teacher.

Very detailed report no cut and paste, must have taken an absolute age to write out 30 of those.

ragged · 13/07/2011 15:58

I keep reading things on MN about how in KS1 they should go up 3 sublevels a year.

Are you sure? I thought it was 2 sublevels, and anyway, it's only a typical progression profile, some will go up 1 sl and some will go up 4 one year and none the next.

Teachermumof3 · 13/07/2011 19:36

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MrsKravitz · 13/07/2011 19:41

I was disappointed in my ds' year 1 report. He got good solid levels with 2's and yet the comments appeared negative

spanieleyes · 13/07/2011 19:42

if children rose 2 sublevels each year in KS2 then a child leaving yr 2 at 2b-the "expectation"- would be a 5c at the end of year 6 (when the expectation is 4b.) The normal expectation is 3 sublevels over 2 years

SnowieBear · 14/07/2011 12:33

Finally got DS's report yesterday (YR). Very good report, we are exceedingly proud of him. He's even shown improvement since Parents Evening in writing/fine motor skills, which is by far his weaker area. Targets seem sensible - concentrate on those fine motor skills, continue reading practice daily, recognise numbers to 100 (which he does already - puzzled about this!).

His great challenge is developing listening and being still for one second during carpet time, but he's come up leaps and bounds here too.

Question - no levels anywhere, just comentary! Is this normal? I'm seeing his teacher next week, how do I request the levels without coming across all PFB and pushy (which I guess I am...)?

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