It's all about the learning

Report cards come home very soon.  Our principals are reading through each one, and teachers have spent long hours compiling evidence of your child(ren)'s learning over the past couple of months.   At our recent workshop on using our new standardised tests, we were again reminded of 'triangulation'.  We take multiple data points - work in class, quizzes, projects, tests, and performance exercises to come up with a professional opinion on how students are learning. No one single item should define how a child is doing.  Once we have a number of different indicators, then we can come to a clearer picture.  Alongside our data from the first report card, we now hopefully have a sense of growth and progression as well!

In the end, the report card is to help the student, teacher, and parent to collectively strategize how to learn moving forward.  What is working, what is not, and how we can continue to uncover the wonders of God's world. What goals can we set for the remainder of the year to finish well?  It is not a judgement of who your child is or is not.  It is not a communication of how 'good' a child is.  It is not a stick or a carrot that we use to entice behaviour.  It is a communication to you and your child about how they are handling the material for their grade level, and of course, you have the opportunity to respond!

Use this report card and interview cycle as an opportunity to continue our dialogue, to identify how best to work with the gifts and talents God has given your child(ren), and to encourage one another to live for Jesus, learn for life, and serve with gladness!