Head of Primary Message Week 38

✅ Reporting to parents

📊 End of Year Reports and the Power of Home–School Partnership

As we near the end of another fantastic year, I would like to thank all our parents for your ongoing support and collaboration. A strong partnership between home and school makes a huge difference, and today’s sharing of End of Year Reports on Seesaw is a powerful example of how we work together to support every child.

🗣️ Pre Kindy & Kindy: Conversations that Matter

In Pre Kindy and Kindy, we’ve conducted individual parent conversations to reflect deeply on each child’s development, strengths and next steps. These conversations have been meaningful, and the notes from them are being uploaded to Seesaw so you have a clear record of what was discussed and celebrated.

🌱 Reception: The Early Learning Goals in Focus

In Reception, we’ve assessed each child against the Early Learning Goals, with reports that quantify both attainment and progress. These goals represent key developmental milestones across areas such as communication, personal development, literacy, and mathematics. A Good Level of Development (GLD) means a child is meeting expectations in the most critical areas for future learning. Assessing this comprehensively ensures that we are giving each child the best possible foundation as they prepare for the years ahead.

📘 Year 1 to Year 6: High Standards Across the Curriculum

From Year 1 to Year 6, teachers have reported on Attainment, Progress, and Achievement in all curriculum areas. These reports give a clear picture of how students are performing in relation to age-related expectations and also how they’ve grown over time. We believe in academic rigour and high standards, and our approach ensures transparency and clarity for families.

🎥 Video Reports: A Personal Reflection

In addition to the data reports, all teachers from Reception to Year 6 have recorded personalised video messages for each student. These thoughtful reflections help bring the data to life and offer a warm, meaningful summary of each child’s learning journey.

🔡 Phonics Screening: Building Strong Readers

We’ve also recently shared feedback from the Phonics Screening Check for all Year 1 students and for some in Year 2. This assessment helps identify how well children are mastering the building blocks of reading. Phonics is essential to developing fluency, and we’re incredibly proud of the progress our students have made in this area.

➗ Times Tables: Mathematical Fluency in Focus

We’ve also shared times tables heat maps for all students in Year 3 and above. These reports track fluency and speed in multiplication facts, skills that are key to wider mathematical confidence and success.

📬 A Complete Picture of Learning

We hope that the combination of data reports and video reflections gives you a rich and well-rounded picture of your child’s year. As always, feel free to leave a comment under your child’s post on Seesaw, our teachers really do value your feedback and kind words.

Our students have shown outstanding progress this year and consistently outperform international benchmarks for their age in all areas of the curriculum. We are incredibly proud of them all. 👏 👏

🎉 Looking Ahead: Celebrations and Transitions

As we look ahead to the final week of term, we have a few special events to mark the end of the school year. On Wednesday next week, all students are invited to bring a shared snack, a chance to celebrate with friends and enjoy some food together. More details will be shared by your child’s year group on Monday.

On Thursday, we will hold our ‘moving-up’ day, where students will spend time with their new class group for the next academic year. It’s an exciting opportunity to meet new teachers, explore new learning environments, and begin the transition into their new year group with confidence.

As always, thank you for your continued support and encouragement.

Mr Michael Everett | Head of Primary

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📌 At a Glance

• ✅ End of Year Reports now live on Seesaw, showcasing Attainment, Progress & Achievement from Reception to Year 6

• 🗣️ Pre Kindy & Kindy parent conversations held; notes uploaded to Seesaw

• 🎥 Personalised video messages shared by teachers from Reception to Year 6

• 🔡 Phonics Check results shared for Year 1 and selected Year 2 students

• ➗ Times Tables heat maps sent home for Year 3 and above – fluency in focus

• 🧁 Shared snack celebration on Wednesday – more info from year groups Monday

• 🔄 Moving-Up Day on Thursday – students meet new teachers and explore next year’s environment

🗓️ Fri 27th June - Public Holiday

🗓️ Fri 4th July - Last Day of School