reception achievement levels

[PrincessScrumpy]

What do they mean and what is the aim for schools to get dc to by end of reception? Dd gets school report on Friday and I want to be able to understand it. I don't want to bother the teacheror get into comparisons with other parents but i've seen about levels on here and can't find any charts that explain if they are good or not. Any ideas?

My DD's report came with an explanation of the levels.

That would make sense :)

as I understand it they would like all children to get 'expected' in each of the different areas. some children might get exceeding in some areas and others will get emerging which means they haven't quite got to the expected levels yet.
we haven't had ours yet from school but I would assume as it is a new system they will enclose some sort of explanation of what it is about.

We got our reports today and it came with a letter explaining expected, emerging and exceeding.....

I got mine this morning, but no letter explaining it? Is there somewhere I can look up what they are actually required to be able to do for each classification. Not worried at all, was really pleased with how well DD has done, but she has 2 "emerging" marks (which I was expecting) just wondered how I can support her over the summer.

With our school they sent the reports out with a key, so what the numbered levels meant, 1 = emerging etc.

There was also a slip for us to fill in should we wish to discuss anything with the teacher at all.

this might help you gintastic - this (if I understand it right) shows what is required to get an expected in each of the 17 areas.
www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/assessment/eyfs/b00217443/eyfs-exemplification

We have just had ds's report, it doesn't give any levels, just a description of how he's doing in each category. Though in 2 categories (mathematical development and language/literacy) it says he's 'exceeding expectations'. I assume that means he's working as expected in other areas? I would have been told if he wasnt, wouldn't I?

Oh we're in Wales which I think is different, I'll start my own thread, sorry op!

we got 6 categories exceeding, 11 expected, and 0 emerging. I'm very happy as she is August-born and the youngest in the class! the report includes a general description of all levels.

the 17 categories are grouped into 7 prime and specific areas; for each prime & specific area there are comments on how she's doing. there's also an ending comment from the teacher at the end of the report summarizing progress.

also, there is a note saying that exceeding means NC1 level, and children who get exceeding are likely to be working at the level expected by seven yr olds, for those categories where they get exceeding.

We only have 7 categories!

*sorry typo exceeding = working at NC level 2, not 1

@cat98: there are 7 main categories split into 17, we were given detailed categories, I understand that they are also reporting on 17, but some schools chose to give to parents only the grouped categories.

Some schools don't give levels with the reports until year 2 - I assume you can get them if you ask though

We had expected across the board apart from literacy which I knew was weak and was emerging...I am just thrilled that it's not behind tbh as it means the work we've been doing has paid off...and her own work to be fair to DD!

I am not worried at all. They're very small...I think if your child is doing well socially that's everything at this stage.

We've got lots of emerging, which I was v upset at as every parent teacher chat has stated he is doing well. Great reports on ds's behaviour and attitude but nothing as to what we do to help him academically.

I know the teacher chat will go "he's lovely, don't worry about anything yet, etc". But can anyone point me in the direction of summertime stuff we can do with ds to make sure he is properly ready for the rigours of year one, rather than just being lovely.

Irony is that his teacher is classically 'lovely', as opposed to rigorous which is wanted we wanted, but after these results I feel we need to try a bit harder...

HELP PLEASE.

Trixy I am not a teacher but I do have an older DD as well as my reception DD...and I would say to you...he IS fine Really...they're babies still.

What matters now is learning to learn...through play and lots of different experiences.

These are 5 year olds we are talking about. SOME will be able to read and write well...others not so much...look at the strengths of your DS....read with him, count and play...and have fun. That's what I'm going to do.

Trixy - my friend had similar with her son, every parents evening she was told what a lovely child he was, so caring etc. In the end, she said "Yes, I am aware of how lovely my son is, but what I want to know is where he needs extra help so I can help him" and soon things started getting done. This was after 3 yrs of school though.

"Emerging" covers a wide spectrum - for example in writing, it could be a child who cannot write their name to a child who is nearly (but not quite) writing sentences. The expectations have changed for reception this year and the new "expected" is similar to the levels that were previously expected at the end of year 1.

I would speak to your child's teacher - I have children who are "emerging" that I am concerned about and other's that I feel just need a bit more time (usually because they are summer born). If your child's teacher has concerns, I would have expected him/her to have spoken to you before you received the report.

mitzi....would you have been concerned before the new expectations?

Spoke to teacher today and much happier. DS can do lots of the required stuff, read, write a sentence etc, but doesn't iyswim. He has the ability but doesn't always apply it, esp under pressure. It's a confidence issue.

Loved the point made that they're still babies though. In many countries, incl where DS started his pre school education, children wouldn't even have started school at this age. Hopefully maturity will come through in year one.