Not sure what to make of DD's report.

[MrsGravy]

I know, I know, not ANOTHER report thread!! DD is in Yr 1 and has just had her end of year report. They don't give us levels or grades or anything like that, which is fine. Thing is though, the report basically details what she can and can't do without giving much of a sense of whether she is doing ok or not i.e. 'GirlGravy's reading has progressed throughout the year'. Well, great, but she's gone from not being able to read to now being able to read but I don't know from this whether she is reading as well as she should be. Is she average? Above average? Below average? And it's the same for most of the report, in specific areas like maths or language it just lists what she can do i.e. 'GirlGravy can make simple graphs' 'GirlGravy recognises 2D shapes'. Again, I have absolutely no clue if that's good or not. Should she actually be recognising all her 3D shapes by now?? Or is she where she should be?

The more general paragraph at the start of the report is a little more revealing it says she is 'mature', 'works diligently', 'shows enthusiasm' which I'm obviously very pleased with. Her targets are to work on her writing and to be more careful/neat with her work - so am I to assume from this that all the rest is ok?

DH thinks I'm being overly anxious, that the report is a bit lukewarm but there's nothing to be concerned about. He doesn't really get why I want to see a few more adjectives and get a sense of whether she's doing well or not. Possibly I am being a bit PFB and just want to see some gushing which is daft really! I've certainly been happy with the teacher and can see DD has made lots of progress this year. I'm not sure now whether to go in and see the teacher. Would you in these circumstances?

Dispite all our complaining, I was reading my school reports from primary. They consisted of two or three lines of writing for maths, reading and writing, and the position where you were in the class for each subject. reports have moved on a long way since then.

I just wanted to update this really. I went in to see the teacher today and she was very nice and very honest about DD's abilities. She said that she doesn't really listen properly and rushes her work with the result that her maths/reading etc are 'middle of the road'. I think she finds DD pretty frustrating actually - and can understand this having done plenty of homework with her. She said she is very inconsistant, can sometimes do quite complicated stuff quickly and easily then struggle on the easier stuff. She asks lots of very bright questions and 'thinks outside the box' but struggles to think of 2 numbers that would add up to 12.

I'm not surprised her report was a bit vague and confusing, I'm not sure the teacher knows what to make of her!!