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School reports..How much do you share?

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starlight1234 · 15/07/2014 20:14

I don't mean with fb but with your child. I have read selective sections to my DS but have since wondered if this is what everyone else does?

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mrz · 15/07/2014 20:18

Depends on the age of the child

Picturesinthefirelight · 15/07/2014 20:20

The whole report.

MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 15/07/2014 20:25

My DD is given hers to bring home, its not in an envelope and she's already read it then I get her to translate the bits I don't understand to me, as its in German, so that I don't have to guess or resort to dicct.org or google translate until German DH gets home She's in year 3.

I can't see a reason for hiding it unless it seems unfair or would make a child who tries hard but isn't academic sad, or one prone to cockiness arrogant, perhaps.

MirandaWest · 15/07/2014 20:26

My DC are 8 and 10 and after I'd read their reports, they read them.

HeyN0nny · 15/07/2014 20:29

I read the whole report to my DD (aged 4, YR). Why on earth not? . How are they meant to learn from the criticism and be encouraged by the praise if it's not passed on? (Although actually I made her work for it - made her read the good bits herself )

My parents always let me read my report and spent time discussing it with me. It let me know that they cared, and that they took the report/school/teachers seriously, but also that they were on my side when we talked about going forward, improving, etc.

mrz · 15/07/2014 20:32

Do you need to read it to your child to pass on praise or criticism?

RufusTheReindeer · 15/07/2014 20:33

The whole report

PogoBob · 15/07/2014 20:34

DD only in nursery (school one though so will be getting her 'report' tomorrow') so a bit early to comment from a parents view but I remember from when I was a child that I always read my report before giving it to my parents. It was never given to sealed in an envelope or anything so nothing stopping me reading it first. Parents never seemed to have an issue with it.

Perhaps I'm missing something but why shouldn't a child read their report or even read it before their parents, as long as they pass the whole thing on to you, does it really matter?

ladygracie · 15/07/2014 20:36

I have it to my son to read & he said it was boring as it said his name too many times!
Very impressive that your 4 year old can read a report!

ladygracie · 15/07/2014 20:36

Gave it, stupid auto correct!

Cheebame · 15/07/2014 20:45

I'm ashamed to say that it hadn't occurred to me to share her report with DD until I read this - I guess because mine were never shared with me. She's just finished reception and her little face lit up with a huge grin when she read the teacher's and headteacher's comments. Do it!

(I didn't show her the more 'technical' summaries for each subject area, but wouldn't have stopped her reading them if she'd wanted to)

mrz · 15/07/2014 20:59

I may have to rethink what I write in reports

MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 15/07/2014 21:02

Mrsz how are the reports you write sent to parents? In the post or via child? Is there any indication given on the report that it is not for the child's eyes? What don't you want them to see?

Ours are given out "open" (not in an envelope) so of course the kids read them, any teacher would expect that!

MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 15/07/2014 21:03

Mrz not Mrs.

mrz · 15/07/2014 21:06

In a sealed envelope handed to the parent.
I would word my comments very differently for a child ... it is called reporting to parents for a reason.

Jacksterbear · 15/07/2014 21:06

At ds' school, the reports are written in the form of a letter addressed to the child (eg "Johnny, you have really impressed me with x; your next steps will be to work on y") which suggests they are intended to be seen by the children!

mrz · 15/07/2014 21:07

That's reporting to child not reporting to parents separate documents IMHE

MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 15/07/2014 21:12

Ours are not "reports to parents" either, as you are expected to be able to produce all your own school reports for future employers and as proof of residency and for various other reasons - they are Zeugnis in German, which I think is more literally a certificate of attainment... certainly no reason not to let the kids read them, though they can be quite blunt :o

mrz · 15/07/2014 21:23

Do future employers really want to know what you did when you were FOUR!

nonicknameseemsavailable · 15/07/2014 21:24

my children wanted to know what was in theirs so I read them to them. they are just listing all the things they can do with a short very lovely bit. I just told them the lovely bit first but they wanted to know why there was so much else there so I said it was just to tell parents what they could do and they asked to know so I can't see why not. I had read it first so I knew there was nothing they couldn't hear. Interestingly one child pointed out that she hadn't done one of the activities that was listed which made me laugh but their grandma was a teacher so I explained to them how teachers have so many of these to write and that it was lovely their teachers had taken so long to write such long reports. they agreed.

TeenAndTween · 15/07/2014 21:24

You missed my thread last week here

I share selected highlights only for my y4. The report is about my child but for me as the parent.
Secondary is only numbers, and they are shared and discussed with DD1.

TeenAndTween · 15/07/2014 21:27

Just in the same way that at Primary I am currently doing parents evening without my child so I can raise things bluntly with the teacher (e.g. is DD2 way behind in XXX or only slightly?).

In secondary we do parents evening with the child.

EustaciaVye · 15/07/2014 21:40

I have always shared the personal teacher comment and talked edited highlights of the rest.

This year (yr5) I gave gone through the report with DD.

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starlight1234 · 15/07/2014 21:51

Part of my reason for asking is I told my Ds his level for maths ( year2) he apparently sat a paper for the level above and was very upset he didn't get that level, even though he is above what is expected.

He has also struggled with Writing but has dramatically improved this year however is still behind in one area for English so I have put this into perspective , talked about how he has improved the level he was assessed at the beginning of year 2.

He has gone to bed happy enough now ( I think) but I wondered if I was giving him too much information.

I have given him the positive and the negative just picked out key points not pages and pages.

There are also comments in there which directly say you have worked hard Mini satrlight for example which suggest they are for children to read/ hear

Just read your thread Teenandtween.. It does seem everyone views them differently

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nonicknameseemsavailable · 15/07/2014 22:05

I think there is a certain level of common sense has to go into it though. I mean if I read it and think it isn't appropriate then I am not going to tell them all of it (no levels given anyway, not even any indication of meeting expectations or not) but on the whole then I can't see a problem. I wouldn't take them to a parents evening because that is unpredictable but a report I have already read myself is different.

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