Assessment and Reporting at Puckpunyal Primary

To give parents the very best opportunity to be involved with their child’s education, we conduct formal Parent/Teacher Sharing throughout the year and send home Student Reports. Puckapunyal Primary School uses student reports and formal interviews to report student progress in a useful and comprehensive manner. At any stage of the year, parents and teachers may request an interview to raise a concern and we encourage close links between families & School as we strive to work together to achieve the best outcomes.

At Puckapunyal Primary School, assessment and reporting procedures are consistent with the guidelines outlined by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) and the Victorian Department of Education. 

In terms of assessment, Puckapunyal Primary addresses the requirements of the VRQA in the following ways:

Schools will use ongoing assessment of each student’s performance, and that this assessment will be embedded in the school’s curriculum program

• Cohort-level ‘Assessment Schedules’ dictate the schedule of the formative and summative assessments that will occur each term in English and Mathematics.
• Assessments that appear on the Assessment Schedule, will also appear in termly planners.

Schools will assess student performance against the Victorian Curriculum F-10 achievement standards

• Formative and summative assessments align with the Achievement standards of the Victorian Curriculum.
• The school formally reports achievement against the standards of the Victorian Curriculum through twice-yearly, official reports.

Schools will formally record assessment information for every student

• Assessment data is regularly collected, as per the ‘Assessment Schedule’ and this data is collated electronically using the Compass platform.

Schools will monitor student performance

• Analysis of student data is conducted weekly through PLCs.

Schools will have policies and procedures that outline expectations for the assessment, recording and monitoring of student performance

• Assessment and reporting expectations are outlined in our staff induction booklet, ‘Pucka at a Glance’ and reported to parents on the school website and in the school newsletter.

Schools will make sure that teachers, parent/carer(s) and students have access to accurate information about student performance.

Puckapunyal Primary School uses student reports and formal interviews to report student progress in a useful and comprehensive manner. The school publishes twice-annual formal reports to parent/carer(s) which are available both electronically, on Compass, and in printed form.

 At any stage of the year, parents and teachers may request an interview to raise a concern. Formal parent/teacher interviews are scheduled twice per year at the following times:

• Parent/Teacher Sharing Meetings –February
• Semester 1 interviews- Last week of Term 2

Student Led Conferences are also held twice yearly at the following times:

• Mid Term 2 & Mid Term 4

In terms of reporting, Puckapunyal Primary addresses the requirements of the Department of Education in the following ways:

Schools are required to formally report student achievement and progress to parents/carers at least twice per school year for each student enrolled at the school. The report must be a written report (print or digital), be in an accessible form and be easy for parents/carers to understand.

• The school publishes twice-annual formal reports to parent/carer(s) which are available both electronically, on Compass, and in printed form. Reports are published at the end of Term 2 and Term 4.

Schools must report directly against the Victorian Curriculum F-10 achievement standards. Both student achievement and progress must be included in the report.

• For each curriculum area taught, the semester report includes:

• a teacher judgement(s)
• an indication of progress since the curriculum area was last reported on
• a five-point scale.

• Each report shows individual student achievement and that achievement in relation to the standard of achievement expected of that student’s year level cohort. This is done through a graphic representation of student achievement in relation to an age expected level of achievement.

• Each report also includes individual comments in relation to student learning progress and information about student behaviour and effort in class.

Opportunities must be provided for parents/carers and students to discuss the school report with teachers and/or school leaders.

• At any stage of the year, parents and teachers may request an interview to raise a concern. Formal parent/teacher interviews are scheduled twice per year at the following times:
  • Parent/Teacher Sharing Meetings –February
  • Semester 1 interviews- Last week of Term 2.

• Student Led Conferences are also held twice yearly at the following times:
  • Mid Term 2 & Mid Term 4.