"wow" slips?

[SixthSenseofEntitlement]

DD1 comes home with a "wow" slip for parents to fill in each week. On the first week we were told it was so that the school could keep a record of how the children are doing, and we should write down something that the child has done that week that was good. Examples were dressing themselves, drawing a nice picture, etc. We were also told we could send in said nice picture.

Now, my question is - is this an invitation to send in things like letters that DD has written, stories she has dictated, mention things she has said that show she has learned something and so on, or does the teacher want to hear about more practical things like in the examples?

On the one hand, I don't want her to think we are showing off, on the other, does the teacher want to see what the children can do, in case they are nervous at school?

Either way is fine, I'm just a bit confused and too shy to ask

wtf is a wow slip?

oh just re-read your OP.

Tell them not to be such nosey bastards.

A little photocopied slip with "WOW!...Name...Achievement..." printed on

I think the things you suggested sound great and not showy offy.

I've done this with a nursery class before - just a way to strengthen links between home and school and give parents a way to get involved. Put down anything your DD has done at home that you or she is proud of!

It's not a test, or the teacher snooping

Who cares if they think you're showing off? You should have seen mine! :) I sent in samples of writing done at home pasted to the WOW slip, I felt he was capable of more & higher quality work than that usually produced at school. I believe it helped. Enjoy.

Ours are usually related to what they are doing, so we had one asking which songs they like to sing and if they ever made up songs. In mine I warned them that her songs usually rhyme , but not always appropriate (when does toilet humour abate?); but that she can sing a fair number of horrible histories songs. I reckon if you don't boast a bit about your own children, no one else will.

we used it to keep teacher informed of what DS was doing outside school

BIke ride distances , helping build something in garden, using tools, working something out for himself...

What a fab idea. If we were being asked to do this I'd assume the teacher was asking for an update on anything your child has done that they're proud of, so the whole point is to 'show off.' Whether it's getting a new badge at beavers/rainbows, riding a bike without stabilisers, writing a thank you note to an aunt by themselves or drawing a picture of a frog (that actually looks a tiny bit like a frog). Take it as an invitation to give the teacher an insight into what your dc enjoys/finds interesting & what they can do.

we get these for DD in nursery and so far I have put things like: DD managed to dress herself with no help, DD wrote her name, DD practised her letters, used sissors etc

I also think its a fab way of finding out what your child has done at home that you are proud of

Update: This week the teacher actually asked for details of how the child interacts with words and books - the examples were things like whether they turn the pages, can remember the odd word from familiar books, etc.

So I put "DD1 reads at least one book every night, as well as being read to. She also reads words that she comes across on shops and in newspapers, and enjoys writing letters and stories and reading them to the family"

DD1 also asked me to write down some sums for her, then demanded more, harder sums (all with answers under ten, adding, subtracting and multiplying by two), which I happened to write on the back of the paper game the teacher had sent home which was introducing the concept of "more and less", then she wanted to measure things with her new ruler, so I wrote down the names of some objects, which she measured. DD wanted to put them in her bag to show the teacher, so I agreed, but now I have remembered that one is on the back of the game - will she think I'm being a bit off? Considering sneaking it out of DDs bag, but she is proud of herself and will want to show the teacher...what to do?

I'm pretty sure the homework is purposefully simple, so as to not put off the few that haven't mastered the skill yet, and that is fine - I trust that the teacher knows that the kids are at different levels, it just seems a bit weird to send in things on the back of the homework.

Should I send in a photo of the boudicca costume she helped make today? (Horrible histories again)

DS's preschool has WOW sheets, and they just want you to tell them anything at all that your child has managed to achieve for the first time eg completing a jigsaw puzzle by themselves, putting their shoes on the right feet etc.