Assessment
Your child’s work is assessed continuously during the session. Personal and Social development is monitored as well as academic progress. This is done informally by the class teacher who observes oral, written and practical work. Record sheets
are kept so that each child’s progress can be carefully supervised. Pupils are encouraged to work with the teacher and their classmates to assess their work and to identify how to improve.
The programe of assessment has 4 elements:-
- Observation by the teacher on a daily basis
- Teacher produced assessment tasks
- Diagnostic tests
- Peer and self assessment
1) By observation of child’s daily work the teacher assesses where additional support is required and necessary and when it’s appropriate to progress to the next stage.
2) On occasions the teacher will set assessment tasks in mathematics and language to ensure the child is meeting the criteria for first or second level in line with Curriculum For Excellence.
3) When necessary further diagnostic test may be used to identify areas where support is required.
4) Children are encouraged to assess each others work as well as their own in order to raise awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses.
The purpose of all assessment is to ensure that the child is making satisfactory progress and that the teaching programme is appropriate.
Parents meetings are held twice a year when a verbal report is given to parents – October and May.
Pupils Individual Learning Plans are sent home throughout each term on a regular basis to inform parents of the progress being made by their child.
