Foundation report interpretation please!

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Got ds' report today. No EYFS scores so how can I interpret the following?
PSRN- 'achieving elements of'
CLL- 'beginning to achieve some'
KUW- 'excels'
PSED- 'made some progress but still has work to do'

The other aspects sound about average, but these few I'm kind of unclear on.
The summary is that it is a very good report, but the way I'm reading it seems like he is not doing particularly well in PRSN or CLL, ie. the 3Rs. And pretty poorly in PSED. Am I right?

the child hasn't acieved points 4-8

achieved

Parents may be interested in completing the consultation for the new EYFS curriculum and profile (or just looking at proposed changes for 2012)
www.education.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=consultationDetails&consultationId=1747&external=no&menu=1

'working at 40-60 mths' means working at reception levels 4-8?
'beginning to achieve some of the early learning goals' means the child hasn't achieved points 4-8?
Is 'working at' a euphemism for not achieving?

CLL- 'ds is working at 40-60 mths of the EYFS and is beginning to achieve some of the early learning goals.'
This is followed by a list of 16 (out of the 20 CLL 4-8) that he can do; writing =7, letters & sounds = 7, reading =8, lang for comm/thinking = 6.
Those last two are surprising- teacher has said he is 'highly articulate' and has an 'excellent vocabulary', IMO he can do all 4-8, but only gets 6. But, with reading (although I guess he can technically do all 4-8 and they are all mentioned in the report) he is only on red level ORT (started on red in about October and has never moved on. We have told the teacher we are concerned but she says not to worry and that he is 'one of the better readers'). How can a child score 8 for reading when only on red ORT?