{"id":170,"date":"2015-06-19T09:46:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/anntest3\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2016-02-09T15:24:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T15:24:39","slug":"parents-nights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/holycrossblog\/parents-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment and Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Curriculum for Excellence has the potential to enable all learners to be better equipped for the changing world through gaining a wide, up-to-date and relevant body of knowledge, understanding, skills, attributes and capabilities. This means that assessment needs to make use of a broad range of approaches, which match the nature of the learning and the way it was encountered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">In Holy Cross there is a carefully planned blend of approaches to the kinds of evidence used for assessment as we think about:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">What can the children say?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">What can the children write?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">What can the children make?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">What can the children do?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">\u00a0to demonstrate or show:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">What they know<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">What they understand<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">The skills they have acquired<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">The change that has taken place inside them<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">The ability they now have.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">All staff have been trained in the use of \u2018Formative Assessment\u2019 strategies and children are regularly involved in discussions about their work and their attainment. Staff write constructive comments in jotters and children are encouraged to reply to these.\u00a0 Children use a variety of strategies to show the teacher that they need assistance with a piece of work and confidence is evident in the use of these.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">A variety of methods of formal and informal assessment are used, including P1 baseline, commercially produces standardized assessments, end of unit Mathematics assessments, the National Assessment Resource (NAR), weekly spelling checks, teacher observations, discussions about learning, feedback, peer and self-assessments. All assessment results are used to form a profile of each child\u2019s needs.\u00a0 These are discussed regularly with the Senior Management Team on an ongoing basis and at formal timetabled forward planning meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>Parent\/Carer Interviews<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Parents\u2019 Meetings are arranged twice each school year, usually in the months of October and March, to give parents an opportunity to discuss their children\u2019s progress. Other, less formal meetings are also arranged where the children\u2019s work is displayed and teachers are given the chance to explain and demonstrate various strategies and approaches to learning and teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>Progress Reports<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Progress Reports are distributed to parents twice each school year. An \u2018Interim Report\u2019 is issued in the month of December, and a \u2018final\u2019 report is issued in the month of June. Parents and pupils are given the opportunity to comment on the written reports and to provide feedback to the teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum for Excellence has the potential to enable all learners to be better equipped for the changing world through gaining a wide, up-to-date and relevant body of knowledge, understanding, skills, attributes and capabilities. 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