Reports - share completely or edited highlights?

[TeenAndTween]

Just wondering. Do you show your DCs their primary reports, or only tell them the highlights? Does that change as they get higher in primary?

I only share bits, I don't tell DD2 her levels yet, she's finishing y4.

Only recently mentioned levels to Dd2 as she's just finishing year 5 with very good ones and I think it only fair to let her see in black and white the fruits of her labours and the expectations that next year will bring.

Dd3 couldn't give a monkeys but knows we weren't cross.

I always shared it all with dd1, it wouldn't have occurred to me not to. I think she and her friends read them together coming out of school by about y4. She hasn't really had any issues though, so I might have done differently if she did.

Your year 4 DD should surely know her levels though?

I teach year 2, 3 and 4 and throughout the year I tell them their levels and we work through the things they need to do to progress to the next level. They are then involved in the target setting and know what they have to focus on to achieve.

I don't see any reason why you would not tell a child their levels.

I get the children to level their own writing too, against the criteria. It helps them see what they have to concentrate on next. I celebrate the progress they have made (and all children always make progress) and they love comparing the writing they did at the begining of the year to the writing they are doing now, and how much progress they have made!

Yes from about y3 DS has opened his and read it. (He wasn't interested before. )

This year he also opened his Sats results too - he did the work!

My feeling is that nothing in the report should be a surprise. Any problems should have been flagged prior to end of term report.

I read the general teacher comments to my Y1 twins but didn't mention levels as I doubt they would understand. I'm not sure I would even bother mentioning levels when they are older as I wouldn't want them getting hung up on that.

mine read them before I do. Youngest is 7. It's his report.

I read the opening preamble to my YR DD after she asked. Didn't bother going through levels and comments against them for obvious reasons. She seemed pleased with what I read to her.

DS (7) tends to ask what it says and we discuss some of the teachers comments and were he could improve. I don't tell him his levels because he wouldn't really understand or be overly interested.
DD (11) has been opening her reports and looking at them in the cloak room with her friends since year 4 so she knows exactly what has been said and her levels.

We read it out loud with our dc. It wouldn't occur to me to keep it secret, and I think my kids would worry if I did. DD1 (Y5) definitely knows her levels, DD2 is less aware (Y2).

I think with DD1 we first talked about levels sometime in y5.

I don't get the impression that the school yet talks to DD2 about her actual levels, though she knows what she needs to work on. She has never come home saying anything like 'I'm a level X'.

The reason we don't mention them is mainly that she struggles with some aspects of school. She knows this, partly because of what table she is on, and partly because some less tactful children say things like her handwriting is rubbish . I don't want to make it directly quantifiable for her yet, and don't wish to encourage comparison of levels with her peers as some of them will use it to once again knock her self esteem.

overmydeadbody, that's really clever. I can see how that would make the children feel inspired and empowered in regards to their writing.

I would let them know all of I think. mine are still very young so don't want the standard wording bit but I read them all the stuff that actually relates to them.

I used to see all of mine at school.

I've always shared everything with dd. It's about her, so why not?! They all know their levels in any case.

I've always read the whole report with them, but we don't get their levels, except yrs 2 & 6.

year 5 DS reads them at school, the teacher gives the out and they read them then the child adds their comments. DD reception read hers with me, there was a comment in there written for DD (a keep up the good work and enjoy form 1 type comment) so I assumed the teachers expected the child to read them.

My two have always read their reports at school plus they've always been told their levels and their targets so they know it all before me! I do discuss it with them as well.

kids in our school all know their levels, teacher tells them what they are aiming at, and celebrates when they do it.

dd2 is in year 1, I put her report on the table and she picked it up and read it out loud for herself. She didn't understand it all, but I was thought it was quiet nice really.

The thing is, my kids reports have always been pretty positive and they get a huge boost by hearing that in black and white from their teacher. If there were problems I would give them the selected highlights, so as not to overwhelm them.

I would share completely in Y4 and beyond unless there was something particularly upsetting.

In dd1's secondary school, the children are shown their reports in class before we see them.

My year Y2 has read his report in it's entirety. He knows his SATs results too. It was all very positive, I'm not sure if I would have let him read it word for word if it was less so.

I think as they get to the later stages of primary then they
are more aware of levels. I share DDs report in full with her as she benefits from the positive comments as well as comments saying what she needs to do to improve.

Thank you for the range of views. Interesting how many children read their reports before the parents even get them! At our school they are sealed and addressed to The Parent/Carer of ....

I am expecting that some time in y5 DD2 will become more aware of her levels via school, but they certainly don't emphasise them at the moment.