P5 (above) researching about healthy body systems in library with Ms Bernadetha
In November and May we begin to write reports for each student in our class. In preparation the class teachers will prepare different assessments to support their understanding of your child’s progress during quarter 1 and 2. At our school we use a variety of assessment strategies for support the learning of students.
Feedback – Feedback on knowledge, conceptual understandings and approaches to learning supports students moving towards their desired learning goals.
Observation – Observing aspects of student learning as unplanned opportunities emerge in the classroom (informal observation) or observation of specific learning outcomes (formal observation)
Rubrics – Rubrics are established sets of criteria used to score or rate student work. The descriptors tell the student what characteristics to look for in the work and then how to rate the work on a predetermined scale. Teachers benefit from rubrics, as they provide specific criteria for evaluating student performance.
Checklists – A list of criteria against which students are assessed, for example elements that should be present.
Anecdotal Records – These are written notes based on student observations. They should be completed regularly, systematic, and organized.
Continuums – These are visual representations of developmental stages of learning, which include descriptors. They describe a progression of achievement or identify where a student is in a process.
Self-Assessment – Reflection on student’s own learning enable an understanding to grow in the future.
Peer feedback – a key activity through which students use the structure and language of success criteria to appraise and provide feedback on the learning of others.
Exhibition – In P6, the final PYP year at UWC East Africa, students participate in a culminating project of their learning. Students use the five essential elements in a Unit of Inquiry and will use all of their learning from their past years at school.
Amanda, Head of Primary Years Programme
