Reception - have you had a parents evening or even a report?

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I thought we were having parents evening as usual but today we have had a 'record of achievement' home (it's a report!) and next week we can go into the class to look at our childs work and talk to the teacher if we feel we want to.

Anyway, I'm very happy with ds1's 'report', but what I'm thinking is, how do I know what 'X can recognise, describe and name 2D and 3D shapes such as triangle, rectangle, cube and cone' really means. I mean, is this good or is it expected or is it bad? Do you see what I mean? The whole report is glowing but I don't have anything to benchmark against - what are they meant to be able to do at this stage?!

On the one hand, it doesn't really matter - all seems to be tickety boo and I don't feel the need to see the teacher, but it would be nice to know whether what he can do is about right or not. It doesn't say anything about what he can't do iyswim.

This bit made me really laugh 'he shows imagination in dance and movement activities and moves carefully around others and equipment' - pmsl!!! Just the thought of him dancing in his pants and vest and moving 'carefully'!!!

noisy neighbours are having a BBQ - and it's too hot - and dh is still awake and in his office - and I'm freaking about a childcare problem (which I daren't post about cos I'm not anonymous enough).
Wish I'd been put down for a nap
I'll get around to sending your 'good luck in your new home' card at about Xmas time BTW. Night night.

DS is going every Thursday starting this week til the end of term for the morning. Our meeting is at the end of July.

DD1's report arrived on Friday for her first year in Reception. Our nanny was very intrigued as she did eight years of teaching Key Stage 1 in New Zealand before coming over to the UK. She read through it with a practised eye and quickly separated it into those parts she recognised as totally standard 'cut and paste' stuff and those parts that were actually written for DD1. I would say that about the split was about 70/30 (standard/DD specific) with an awful lot of that 'X can recognise, describe and name 2D and 3D shapes such as triangle, rectangle, cube and cone' nonsense.