Did anyone's child NOT get those EYFS points in their Reception reports?

[blisterpack]

I am confused because mine didn't. I thought it was the norm to give them out? The report just had comments about what the DC is or is not doing.

There isn't a requirement to report them. We don't, and neither did my ds's school last year.

Thank you Feenie. I was wondering if the teacher has missed a page perhaps .

My daughter didn't. But she did get a really personal report (two sides of small type A4) detailing all her strengths and weaknesses and it is very clear that her teacher knows her really well. I prefer this to a bunch of numbers, personally.

I didn't get them either. Its not something that I feel i need to know really, as the comments tell me how DS is doing.

I always felt they were more of an internal thing for schools and that its better I don't know otherwise I might get hung up on them and obsess as to why my DC didn't get this number or that number

Actually, that's what I thought too - that the report seems highly personalised. Turns out that it's just a general c+p job!

I got her scores from here, easily translated as it was a word-for-word reproduction of her report.

What will a score of 6 in Knowledge and Understanding of the World actually tell you about your child?

We got an A4 page with a paragraph on English type stuff and one on Number.

Thought it was a bit thin, but we also got a lovely ppt of photos and comments on things he had done through the year, saved onto a CD for us.

We didn't.

I am sulking, I have parents evening on Monday and I still haven't had a report yet.

That is a bit crap really, isn't it? I asked the class teacher and they have submitted them 'to be checked' so it is the school itself, not the teacher that is holding them up.

Well I'm sure I used to get mine on the very last day. Tbh there was nothing in it that was a surprise (only nice) as any issues have been discussed in year

"What will a score of 6 in Knowledge and Understanding of the World actually tell you about your child?"

Well - presumably the scale of 1 - 9 exists for a reason? Isn't it supposed to be an indication of how a child is 'meant' to be doing at a certain age / stage?

I would have thought that a number would give a bit more meaning to the c&p blurb from each assessment column.

The number tells you nothing about what your child can do which is why the requirement is to provide a summary of what a child can do rather than a meaningless number ...A score of 6 could indicate a child has achieved 1,2,3,4, 5&6 or 1,2,3,6,7& 8 or 1,2.3.4.6 & 8 or 1,2,3,5,6 & 7 or any other combinations (as KUW covers history, geography, science, ICT, RE,DT which is your child good at and which are they struggling with?)

I thought a 6 was meant to indicate the had achieved that and all the ones beneath?

No, stealthpolarbear, the numbers can be achieved in any order after 1-3 (and 9 can only be awarded if 1-8 have been).

Yes that's exactly what I meant
So "6" cannot indicate 12346 as the previous poster said

StealthPolarBear I suggest you read what I wrote

could indicate a child has achieved 1,2,3,4, 5&6 or 1,2,3,6,7& 8 or 1,2.3.4.6 & 8 or 1,2,3,5,6 & 7 or any other combinations

"6" could mean anything.

It could be:
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,6,7,8
1,2,3,5,6,8
1,2,3,4,7,8

Etc.

But in your second example I am suggesting their score should be 3. Probably I am wrong but I thought the score indicated they had it and all the ones beneath

So it just means they have any 6. But not necessarily the 6th one?

mrz - of course a number alone wouldn't mean much without the C&P blurb.

But seeing the whole grid - and knowing that your child is assessed as a 2 when the average child of their age would be on 7 or 8 - is more meaningful than sentences about how they can 'recognise a few familiar words' etc (which you probably knew already).

Their score is only 3 if they have only achieved 1-3.

After 1-3 each point awarded (in any order...except 9) adds a point to their score.

Badger you said earlier that 9 could only be awarded if 1-8 had been. Is that just because it's the highest or is that a general rule?

Yes it is any six from eight as long as they have achieved 1,2 & 3 (although in exceptional circumstances that may not be needed) They can't have point 9 unless they have all the previous 8

It's just the way it works.

Sometimes it makes sense (9 being an extension of all 8 earlier skills) and sometimes it's completely daft. Sometimes 9 has no correlation to earlier points and is easier than some of them.

I'm not a big fan of the current system at all.

The early learning goals aren't hierarchical so 8 isn't more difficult than 4 and 7 isn't harder than 6 ...
9 indicates a child who has achieved all the ELGs and working beyond expectations for reception