Semester reports live on Compass the afternoon of Wednesday, July 2nd.
This semester's report includes
- a description of the areas of the Victorian Curriculum taught, including Specialist areas
- a comment by their classroom teacher on the personal and social capabilities demonstrated by the student
- for English and Mathematics specifically, student achievement against the Victorian Curriculum. The most recent prior assessment (from 6 months ago) will be listed, apart from Maths (more information below)
- a 4-point scale assessing Attitudes and Behaviour
- a five-point scale for English, Mathematics, Connected Learning and one Specialist area
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) recently published its revised mathematics curriculum (Mathematics curriculum 2.0). All Victorian government schools will start using the Mathematics curriculum 2.0 in 2024 or 2025. We are using the revised mathematics curriculum for school reporting from the start of this year.. On your child's previous report, the teacher reported against the 3 strands of the achievement standard for mathematics (Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability).
Under the Mathematics curriculum 2.0, your child’s teacher will report against the achievement standard as a whole, providing a single, aggregated score. As the achievement standards reported on have changed, the first time you receive a report under the Mathematics 2.0 curriculum (this semester's report) it will only show achievement and not progress. For all reports after this, progress will be shown against the single achievement standard. This means there is no prior score presented for Maths in this report.
The subheadings in the five point scale provide more detail from the Victorian Curriculum. So, for instance, rather than just report on Number and Algebra, the five-point scale digs deeper by reporting on Counting and Place Value or Fractions and Decimals (different year levels will provide different descriptors to match their context). For more detailed explanation of these areas, the Victorian Curriculum website provides a wealth of information. https://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/
An important consideration when viewing your child's report is that it is a snapshot of this particular time - the middle of the school year. So, where, in the five-point scale it states Established, this means that your child is where they are expected to be at this mid point of the year.
In each subject area, your child has been assessed for their behaviour and effort in this the semester.
Behaviour - Adheres to the “Be Respectful” and “Be Safe” sections as per the Expected Behaviours Matrix
Effort - Adheres to the “Be a Learner” section as per the Expected Behaviours Matrix
Within these two areas, students are assessed using the following scale -
| Excellent | Almost all of the time |
| Very Good | More than most of the time |
| Good | Most of the time |
| Acceptable | Sometimes |
| Needs Attention | Often not |
Attendance data can be found in your child’s Compass portal under the “Attendance” tab. There you will be able to see a summary of the entire year’s attendance and a breakdown of the various reasons.