Student Reports
Continuous Reporting
At GK our assessment is continuous and parents/carers are updated regularly about their child's progress.
Our continuous reporting is communicated through our school manager COMPASS. Every fortnight parents are provided with an assessed piece of work of their child's, against the Victorian Curriculum. These Learning Tasks feed directly into each students End of Semester Report.
End of Semester Reports
You will receive regular information on the progress of your child through learnign tasks posted onto Compass a a part of our continuous reporting program. A formal report is produced at the end of each semester, so two per year.
Key features of our End of Semester reports
- a chart with a scale of 5 levels, showing your child's current progress against the expected state-wide standard as well as the progress they have made since the previous year *
- a chart showing your child’s level of effort and class behaviour
- details about attendance
- easy to understand comments from teachers on students wellbeing and social progress
A common reporting scale
The report card’s 5 point scale rating will tell you how your child is progressing against the expected standard. For example, a dot in the yellow column means your child is at the expected standard and that his or her learning is on track. The reporting scale has the following consistent meanings across the state:
- 2 or more levels above - well above the expected standard at this time of year
- 1 level above - above the standard expected at this time of year
- Yellow column - at the standard expected at this time of year
- 1 level below - below the standard expected at this time of year
- 2 or more levels below - well below the standard expected at this time of year.
What the 5-point ratings mean
The 5-point scale linked to the Victorian Curriculum on student report cards means all Government schools in Victoria (with the exception of some specialist setting schools) now use the same approach to reporting student progress. The 5 levels of ratings have the same meaning at every school and student progress is reported against the same Standards.
End of Semester Reports are designed to provide students and parents with a clear picture of a student’s achievement at the time of reporting as well as the progress the student has made since the previous year so that action can be taken to ensure improvements are made. This means the report clearly indicate progress made and current areas of achievement at, above or below the expected standard. Due to the nature of continuous reporting there are no surprises at these times of assessment as parents/carers have been updated continuously throughout the semester of their child's progress.
All student learning tasks and end of semester reports are available via COMPASS.
