Transition to School Report

TRANSITION TO SCHOOL REPORT

Rationale

The previous transition report that children had clearly spelt out many criteria for the teachers to simply tick as a way of letting the parents know what their child was able to do within the first 6 weeks and what they were still to develop.  There was a clear outlined letter as information for the parents and the teachers simply had to tick so it was time efficient.  Excerpt:

However with the new play based learning approach that is developing within Heretaunga Ararau a lot of the criteria (and the general abundance of them) meant that the report didn't necessarily support our new approach.  We wanted all documentation to begin supporting our new way.

Secondly, the branding our school has recently undergone was not reflected in this report format.  The Triple A's needed to take a front and centre place to initiate our learners and whānau to Frimley School and it's 'ways'.  Their meaning needs to be something we begin educating our parents and caregivers about from the 'get-go'.

Thirdly, in reflection of Tātaiako competencies, we wanted our whānau to feel as though their child was well known by the end of the 6 weeks we give before the report goes home.  The report needs to reflect their strengths, interests/passions, social and emotional observations, and our future focuses with their child.

Next steps:

• Support teachers new to Frimley to have a calendar organised to timetable these in a personalised way for each child.
• Support new teachers into the Triple A's and what they mean.
• Gain some whānau voice around the usefulness of these reports.

Whānau voice:

"I loved reading Keani's report.  It's what he's like.  He likes to sit back and watch before he does it.  It's good but we are talking about not always taking the easy way.  Maybe you have to be first sometimes."