Reports and Standards

After many hours of work, we are close to having the format for National Standards reports ready to go out this term. I will be sending out more details about this next week and I will be running a parents meeting on Thursday 19th August at 2pm and again at 7.30pm.

We have also been working on the online version of Learning Reports and are at a stage where we really need some help from a web security expert. The system is up and running but needs auditing to ensure it is safe from hackers. If you are, or know of, a web security expert please contact me at paul.sibson@fendalton.school.nz. Thanks.

Learning Reports

Our new Learning Reports will be going home to parents at the end of next week. To explain a little more about what we are trying to achieve, with the new reporting system, I have posted a couple of videos on YouTube. We have also created a Frequently Asked Questions page on the school website to help parents.
As with any new system there will be teething problems and feedback from the community, staff and children will be key to ironing these out. Please take a moment to complete the feedback form that will be included with the reports. There is an online version available here.

Important information for this term

As part of our ongoing preparations for our new reporting system we have made a couple of changes that will affect parents next term. Feedback from parents suggested that it would be useful to send the new Learning Reports home before the Student Learning Conferences in May. To accommodate this, we have moved the Learning Conferences back by one week. Learning Conferences will now take place on Tuesday 26th and Thursday 28th May. Paul Norton will have his Learning Conferences on Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th May. Learning Reports will be sent home a week before the meetings so that you have an opportunity to have a read. It is essential that the report is then brought to the Learning Conference as it will form the basis of your discussions with the teacher.

We have a new system for booking appointments for Learning Conferences. To book a time to meet with the teacher, you need to go online to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz and put in our school code - VMECK. All interviews will be booked this way. If you do not have access to a computer, we will have one available in the office in week 1 of next term for you to use.

Next term we will be having a staff-only day in Week 7 on Monday, June 8th. The Ministry of Education gave schools two days to work on the new curriculum. We took one of those days in 2008 and this will be our second. The school will be closed on that day, so please make sure that you have arrangements in place for your children on that day.