Assessment and Reporting Survey

Thank you to all parents and caregivers who attended our interviews last week. I am very keen to know how successful these interviews were and whether the portfolios are delivering the information you want about your child. Please take the time to fill in the Assessment and Reporting Survey (See link in the Web menu) as this will give me valuable information as we remodel our reporting system to accommodate National Standards.

Portfolios and Assessment

Teachers and students alike have been working hard to prepare portfolios. Portfolios were reinstated at YMS as a way to keep a record of student achievement. The landscape has changed over the last two years in respect to assessment and reporting. At a recent principal's meeting I saw a range of reports and there simply is no two schools that report in the same way.

It is becoming clear that technology will have a positive impact on reporting to the point that over time paper reporting may become replaced by e-portfolios. Whatever the system it must be meaningful and manageable. In the light of this and the mandated requirement for National Standards reporting I think it is time that we began to review our portfolio reporting system. This is not to signal an immediate change but instead to indicate we are beginning to look at what reporting works for all of our community.

Look out next week for an online survey in respect to portfolios and interviews.

Cantamaths

A brilliant effort by our Year 7 and Year 8 teams at the Cantamath Competition in the Christchurch Town Hall last night. When you see this competition you would think that it should be an Olympic Sport. Great to have the parent support and wonderful to see our students working together to problem solve in such a pressure cooker environment. We already have the questions from last night and are beginning to think about next year.

School Interviews.com

A great response to booking online for our upcoming interviews. Well done to our school's executive officer (Mrs Penman) for arranging this pain free way to book your interview times. If you are having difficulty then please see Jane in the office and she will gladly enter your interview time.