low EYFS scores what do they mean?

[purpledolphin]

Hi my Jan born DD is in reception. Her teacher has scored her a 4 on knowledge and understanding because they say she does not ask how and why questions, although she does sometimes at home - I am worried, not sure if its just she doesn't fit in their box - she shows what I think is good knowledge and understanding by other comments starting I am/ not doing this because or this/that happens because. Do all children have to verbalise their questions or can they find out other ways and still have this?? or is the school trying to tell us that our DD has special needs or is not very bright? and if so why not just say it straight out?

I think 4 on KUW at this point in the year is acceptable but would question why the teacher is scoring a child at this stage in the year when it is supposed to be at the end of the reception year.

In answer to your thread title it means absolutely nothing far too early in the year.

Most of the schools where I live score mid year mrz . It's so you can speak to the teacher at the time if you have any problems. It makes more sense than just leaving it to the end of the school year when the child is about to leave that teacher. They score at the end of the school year too.

purpledolphin if you have concerns then ask the teacher. Maybe your DD is just not asking questions at school? I'm pretty sure my DS doesn't but it doesn't mean he's not very bright - he's just not interested! Something we need to work on apparently

I assess and score my children througout the year and submit assessment details to the HT at the end of each half term.

I also track their progress informally on my own tracking system.

It helps me to clarify where the children are, identify their next steps and make sure that I am appropriately meeting their needs and moving their learning forward, whatever, their ability.

My dd's got a real mixture of grades in their foundation stage profile. I cannot remember dd1's, but dd2 scored 9 in two categories and also got some 4's and 5's. I do not think it is unusual for children to drop in some areas.

siblingrivalryisrelative It's perfectly possible to give a very accurate account of what a child can do and what they need to learn without putting numerical values to it the profile points just confuse most parents as is shown by numerous posts on this forum

In the Autumn term record children?s on-entry to Reception data. This should be completed as soon as a teacher is reasonably confident children are settled.

? In Spring term assess and enter data around February half-term. At this stage, in some strands, many children will not necessarily have made any recordable progress since the Autumn term. Observations could show good progress towards points 4 to 8 without a child having actually fully achieved any of them.

? In Summer term the end of the year assessments need to be completed by the end of June and the data submitted to the Local Authority.

That's interesting mrz So I'm assuming ALL schools do the assessments and enter the data but whether they actually send them to the parents in a report is up to the individual school?

DS is only in reception so I haven't been on the primary board for long and therefore haven't seen any confusion YET! I'm sure it will come

LOL just noticed the post below this one is about confusion of this exact kind! Will go and investigate now

Schools must report a child's progress against the profile to parents at the end of the summer term by law but do not have to share scores. Parents have a right to ask to see the completed profile.