Bishop John RobinsonBishop John Robinson

Church of England Primary School

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Parent WorkshopParent Workshop

Assessment without Levels◦A translation for parents ahead of

parents’ evenings on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th November 2015

Assessment and Assessment and ReportingReporting

Assessment without LevelsSteps not pointsYear group ‘Bands’ not levels

Reception Base lineYear 2 and Year 6 SATs

Beginning in the Year Band

Working within the Year Band

Secure in the Year Band

B B+ W W+ S S+

Levels to Bands Levels to Bands ConversionConversion

Purpose of the parent Purpose of the parent meetingmeetingA brief (10 minutes maximum) summary of;

◦ How your child has settled into their new class (Effort – behaviour in and around class, willingness to learn, engagement etc)

◦ What progress your child has made since the last assessment

◦ Targets set for your child for the end of the year

◦ Achievements this term◦ Areas of learning your child is currently

working toward

ProgressProgressMeasured on the number of National

Curriculum ‘statements’ have been achieved in ½ term period

Progress is based on teacher assessment which is informed (sometimes) by tests

6 steps in a BandMost children should make at least 6

Steps of progress

Two documents will be Two documents will be shared with familiesshared with families

Parent Report

Pupil Summary

Parent ReportParent ReportGives basic information about

◦Last Year’s attainment (in italics)◦Current attainment (in bold)◦End of year target (no formatting)

WARNING!!WARNING!!It is VERY LIKELY that your child

will still be working within the previous year’s BAND during the Autumn Term

Teachers are currently working to ‘Fill in gaps’ from the previous year WHILST teaching this year’s curriculum

Differentiation

Beginning in the Year Band

Working within the Year Band

Secure in the Year Band

B B+ W W+ S S+

◦Last Year’s attainment (in italics)◦Current attainment (in bold)◦End of year target (no formatting)

Finished Y5 at 5S

Y6 ChildMaths

Currently 5S+ so has made 1 step

progress (expected)

Targeted to end Y6 in

the Y7 band

◦Last Year’s attainment (in italics)◦Current attainment (in bold)◦End of year target (no formatting)

Finished Y5 at 5S

Y6 Child

Writing

Currently 5S so has made no progress

Targeted to end Y6 in

the Y7 band

◦Last Year’s attainment (in italics)◦Current attainment (in bold)◦End of year target (no formatting)

Y2 ChildMaths and

Writing

Finished Y1 at 1W+

Currently 1S so has made 1step

progress

Targeted to end Y2 as

2S+ making 7 steps

progress

◦Last Year’s attainment (in italics)◦Current attainment (in bold)◦End of year target (no formatting)

Y2 ChildReading

Finished Y1 at 1S+

Currently 2B so has made 1step

progress

Targeted to end Y2 as

2S+ making 6 steps

progress

Have a go with this child’s Have a go with this child’s report report

◦ Last Year’s attainment (in italics)◦ Current attainment (in bold)◦ End of year target (no formatting

Y3 Child

Have a go with this child’s Have a go with this child’s report report

◦ Last Year’s attainment (in italics)◦ Current attainment (in bold)◦ End of year target (no formatting

Y3 Child

EffortEffortbehaviour in and around class, willingness to learn, engagement, friendships

Pupil SummaryPupil SummaryGives more detailed information

about what a child has achieved and they are working toward

Teachers willTeachers willIdentify one or two descriptors

for each subject to focus onExplain to the parent

◦What school is doing to help the child meet his/her targets

◦What home could do◦Give out STUDENT SUPPORT

CENTRE flyer

10 minutes10 minutes1 minute on welcomes and

explanation2 minutes on ‘Effort’2 minutes on ‘achievement and

targets’3 minutes on ‘Summary’ and ‘next

steps’1 minute for clarification1 minute for goodbyes

9 minutes – minute 4-59 minutes – minute 4-5Go though assessments

◦Last year◦Current◦Target

Role PlayRole Play

Dos and Don’tsDos and Don’ts Check you have the

correct day and time Arrive a little early to

make sure you can start your meeting promptly

Listen for the positive messages from your teacher

Keep children quiet and occupied during meetings

Make an arrangements for a longer meeting if you feel it warrants it

Ask for clarification is something is not clear

Arrive late or ‘just on time’ for your meeting

Focus on negative Expect to stay longer

than 10 minutes Leave children

unsupervised Bring very small

children who are likely to disrupt the meeting

Ask the class teacher to ‘rank’ your child