Recor_Keeping

What are Assessment, Record-Keeping and Reporting' Assessment is concerned with judgements of ability, attitude and achievement. It includes formative and summative assessment. Record keeping is concerned with organising and storing evidence of assessment and with monitoring children's progress through the National curriculum. It is a continuous, integral process, aiding communication between teachers, children and parents. It informs curriculum planning at all levels through the completion of manageable formats. To be effective, records should be updated regularly. Reporting is concerned with informing others about the learning that has taken place. It fulfils legal requirements, but is also a vital part of our relationship with parents and those striving to support and promote children's learning. Aims to enable teachers to reflect upon children as learners to enable teachers to assess children's progress in terms of skills, concepts, knowledge and understanding to assist teachers in future planning to provide a range of evidence of pupils; achievements in all areas of the curriculum to support pupils in identifying the next step and thus to improve standards to set targets to inform parents and Governors Assessment Baseline assessment will help in our assessment of children's needs on entry to school Formative assessment will be ongoing throughout KS1 and 2 and will be used as a basis to assist teachers in deciding how pupils' learning can be taken forward. It will also provide teachers and other adults involved, with the means of identifying the possible need for further assessments or support for particular pupils with Special Educational needs. It will involve: Observation - formal and informal; listening and discussing work. It can include observations from parents, other teachers/adults and the learners themselves. There are daily Evaluation boxes on our Planning Sheets for teachers to make note of any significant observations of individuals or groups of children. Marking - the school has a marking policy to ensure consistency and continuity. Testing - end of unit/topic tests in Science and Maths will enable teachers to assess what knowledge/understanding individual children have retained. All classes will use the Heinemann Maths End of Half Term Assessments. In Science, Concept Webs or other examples of Assessment formats found in the Assessment Folders may be used. Guided Reading Group Reading Records - during Guided reading sessions, a group reading record is filled in, where judgements are made on the children's reading ability. Targets are set for each Guided Reading Group on at least a half termly basis. These are shared with parents. Ongoing Writing and Number Targets – each ability group will be set Writing and Number targets. These will be set at the end of the year by each class teacher, for the next teacher to work on in September. In September the targets are written into Group folders, which will be shared with the children and made available on the tables were the children are working. Staff members may write comments in these folders when appropriate. Teachers will constantly review these targets and set new ones, when it is felt that the targets have been met by the group. Writing Sample Books – a writing sample for each child, taken at the end of each term will be kept in individual books to show pupil progress and levels of achievement. The books will stay with the children until they leave school. Summative assessment will focus on pupil achievement. It will indicate what a pupil knows, understands and can do. This includes the Mandatory SATS that take place at the end of Years 2 and 6. These focus on children's responses to tasks and tests across selected attainment targets across the core subjects. Timetable of Assessments/Testing Class Test When Reception Teacher Assessment through Agreement trials Baseline COP See next page Autumn, Spring and Summer Terms Autumn, Spring and Summer terms Year 1 Teacher Assessment through Agreement trials Work from Baseline targets ELS Screening for Literacy See next page Ongoing Autumn Term Year 2 Teacher Assessment through Agreement trials KS1 SATS See next page Summer Term Year 3 Teacher Assessment through Agreement trials Year 3 Optional SATS See next page Summer Term Year 4 Teacher Assessment through Agreement trials Year 4 Optional SATS See next page Year 5 Teacher Assessment through Agreement trials Year 5 Optional SATS (Secondary Transfer) See next page Summer Term Year 6 Teacher Assessment through Agreement trials KS2 SATS See next page Summer Term Agreement Trialling - time will be allocated each term for staff to come together with samples of work to agree the levels that children are achieving in the 3 core subjects – Writing, Number and Science Investigative Skills, and look at ways of moving children forward. Record keeping The means of maintaining a record of children's progress through our school and the National Curriculum will be as follows; each year group will have an assessment folder, which will contain the following information; any test results e.g. SATS, Optional SATS end of year summary sheets in core subjects of children's levels and targets for Writing, Number and Science Investigative Skills for the following year a copy of the front cover of the Annual Report which outlines areas such as trips, assemblies, visitors etc. highlighted Numeracy and Literacy Objectives form the National Strategy for each Year Group and QCA Units of Work including coverage in the Curriculum groupings for English and Maths Special Needs register for that class class teachers will also pass on Reading records and any other Special needs information class teachers will be allocated time in the Summer term to hand over information to the next class teacher Reporting Reporting to Parents - Parent's evenings will take place for all year groups in the Autumn and Spring Terms. An opportunity will also be given for Parents to discuss Annual reports in the Summer Term. Parents of Years 2 and 6 will also have SATS results fed back to them in the Summer, when possible. Annual reports - will inform parents of pupils' achievements and set targets for the following term. The report will be sent to them at the end of the Summer term. Governor's Annual Report to Parents - will take place in the Summer Term