What is the our main way of reporting progress and achievement of students to parents and whānau?

At Rototuna Primary School, we value real time reporting.

What is Real Time Reporting?

Real time reporting is a shift away from traditional written reports. Real time reporting allows parents and whānau to see student data live (anytime, anywhere) through our online digital portal, SPOTLIGHT. Parents and whānau can access their child’s digital learning portfolio through the @school parent portal. Spotlight enhances three way communication about learning between the student, teacher and parent/whānau.

What are the benefits of Real Time reporting?

The benefits of real time reporting are many! SPOTLIGHT enables and parents/whānau to:

Access their child’s learning pathway (anytime, anywhere and on any device) in the core curriculum areas of reading, writing and mathematics. The learning pathways clearly align with progressions of learning for each year level of the NZ Curriculum;
Monitor their child’s progress towards achieving year level expectations in reading, writing and mathematics;
To see, at a glance, if their child is achieving at the expected level for their year level. Parents don’t have to wait for a parent -teacher interview or written reports to know how their child is progressing;
Access their child’s daily and weekly learning timetable each week, seeing what learning goals their child will be working on with the teacher and any assigned follow-up exercises;
See their child’s progress towards meeting their learning goals;
Get up-to-date feedback and comments from teachers about their child’s progress with each learning goal;
Provide feedback and comments to their child about their progress with each learning goal;
Support their child with home learning connected to each goal by being able to access digital learning content and examples of what success looks like for each assigned learning goal;
Upload evidence of their child’s learning at home for each learning goal so the teacher can see what their child can do;
Access their child’s progress graph anytime for a real-time overall picture of their achievements;
Engage in learning conversations with their child and their child’s teacher at any time throughout the year.

What other ways to do report to parents?

In addition to real time reporting, we value an open door relationship with parents and whānau where they can, at any time, ask teachers about their child’s progress and whether they are on track to meet the NZ Curriculum level for their year level in any curriculum area.

We provide many different opportunities for parents and whānau to connect with their child's classroom teacher. Parents can do this in a variety of ways:

Whakawhanaungatanga Hui in Term 1 to get to know you and your child;
Regular email connects with the teacher. Parents can find their email on the Rototuna Primary website.
8.30am-9.00am: Teachers are available in classrooms for drop-in conversations each day during this time. Parents are welcome to come into the classroom and view their child’s learning and books.
3.00pm-3.20pm: Teachers are available in classrooms for drop-in conversations each day during this time. Parents are welcome to come into the classroom and view their child’s learning and books.
Hui Nohotahi: Parent Teacher Interviews: These are held in Term 1 and Term 3 each year. Student progress and achievement in Reading, Writing and Mathematics is discussed at these twice yearly parent teacher interviews.
Learning Celebrations where whānau are invited to attend
At any time during the year, parents may organise a time to meet with their child’s teacher to discuss their progress and achievement.

Do we provide a written report?

Yes we do! We provide a written report of each student’s progress and achievement against the NZ Curriculum level expectations for their year level at the end of each term. This is provided electronically for parents at the end of each term. It can be accessed at www.atschool.co.nz and printed. The reports are designed to:

Report each student’s progress against the New Zealand Curriculum level expectations for their year level in Term 1, 2, 3 and report each student's achievement at the end of Term 4;
This reporting is aligned with the NZ Curriculum expectations for each year level in all curriculum areas (Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Technology, The Arts, Health & PE).
We also report on progress and achievement in Te Reo Māori and our school tikanga related to our Vision.

This report is strongly supported by individual learning pathway goals on SPOTLIGHT which students and parents have shared access to via username and passwords.

At Rototuna Primary School, we strive to be as transparent as possible with parents about their child's learning, so that parents can throughout the year, and year upon year, understand and create an overall picture and understanding of their child's learning progress and achievement while at Rototuna Primary School.