Friday, June 19, 2015

Mid year reports go live on ALF today. 

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As we head towards half way through the year ( gosh, that went fast!) we are now reporting on each student's progress thus far. Our reporting is completed on ALF (Amesbury Learning Framework). Here is the link to ALF.  


Matt has completed a brief tutorial on how to access your child's report on ALF; here is the link to the video. Your child/ren will need to log in to ALF using their Google login to give you access. Students  in Harakeke Hub also know how to access their reports and will have viewed them at school today. They will talk you through the report and the different information contained within it.  The most recent report for each student will be at the top of the set of reports. To help you make sense of the information within the report, here are some details of what is contained with the report:


1) What is in the report? The report contains national standards information for reading, writing and maths, and also the most recent assessment information for your child in these three learning areas. Additionally, it contains links to the reading and maths matrices for your child. The writing matrix is housed within ALF. Your child will be able to show you how to access this, if you do not already know how to do so. At the bottom of the report is the end of year comment for your child, written by the hub teachers. 

2) What kind of report will my child receive? 

~For most students in year 4 and above, they all receive a mid year report for their current year. All year 4 and above students are assessed against the end of the school year standards for their current year level, regardless of their chronological age. 

~If your child turned 6, 7 or 8 part way through Term 1, throughout Term 2, or will turn 6, 7 or 8 at the very start of Term 3 this year, they will receive an end of year report, assessing them as at the end of their first, second or third year at school. 

~All other children will receive a mid year report for part way through their 1st, 2nd or 3rd year at school. 

~If your child turned 8 last year, or in the first few weeks of Term 1 this year, they will have already received their 'after 3 years at school' report and therefore they will receive a mid year 4 report. 


 ~ Please note: if your child turned 8 in the latter half of Term 1 or throughout Term 2, they will have an end of third year at school report, rather than a mid year 4 report. However, at the end of the year they will be assessed against the Year 4 standard and will receive an end of year 4 report, effectively missing out the mid year 4 report. 

For New Entrant children who have started school in Term 1, they will receive a mid year report for part way through their 1st year at school.  For children who started school in Term 2 they will receive a New Entrant report attached to a separate email sent to you.

We appreciate that this can be quite confusing. If you are unsure about the report your child should be receiving, or you would like further clarity around this reporting system, please do not hesitate to contact your child's whanau teacher and they will talk through it with you. 

3) What do the assessment levels mean?

~ National curriculum levels: All students will receive a national curriculum level for their writing. National expectations for these levels are: 

B = beginning the level P = proficient at the level A = advanced at this level

Level 1 = years 1 and 2 (yr 1 = beginning level 1, yr 2 = proficient or advanced)

Level 2 = years 3 and 4 (yr 3 = beginning level 2, yr 4 = proficient or advanced)

Level 3 = years 5 and 6 (yr 5 = beginning level 3, yr 6 = proficient or advanced)

Level 4 = years 7 and 8 (yr 7 = beginning level 4, yr 8 = proficient or advanced)

Level 5 = years 9 and 10 (yr 9 = beginning level 5, yr 10 = proficient or advanced)

~Maths stages: For maths your child has been given an 'achieved' stage based on their number knowledge and number strategy work. 

National expectations for maths stages are:

Year 1 = Stages 2/3

Year 2 = Confident Stage 4

Year 3 = Early Stage 5

Year 4 = Confident Stage 5

Year 5 = Early Stage 6

Year 6 = Confident Stage 6

Year 7 = Early Stage 7

Year 8 = Confident Stage 7

If there is any information or aspect your child's report that you do not understand or would like further clarification about, please contact your child's whanau teacher.

By Urs Cunningham

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