Goal Setting Conversations

Please click on the link to open the pdf, Goal Setting Exemplar.

For Learners, Goal Setting Conversations are for:

• hearing about strengths and gaps in learning and sharing these with parents/caregivers

• identifying and sharing learning goals with parents/caregivers

• discussing how successfully the learner is meeting the TNIS expectations (e.g.homework, key competencies and PYP Learner Attributes)

For Parents and Caregivers, Goal Setting Conversations are for:

• accessing and discussing information about the child’s strengths and gaps, with parents and caregivers

• accessing and discussing learning goals

• accessing and discussing information relating to TNIS expectations (e.g.homework, key competencies and PYP Learner Attributes)

Learner-Led Conversations

For the Learner, a Learner-Led Conversation is:

• giving importance to learner reflection, review and accountability

• enhancing self-respect and self-esteem as learners are asked to focus on strengths and to give their perspective on their next learning steps

• learners to be supported by making it possible for them to move into a leadership role where learning is articulated

For Parents and Caregivers, a Learner-Led Conversation is:

• listening to the child’s reflective thinking

• encouraging the child’s development of self-respect and self-esteem as they share strengths and perspectives related to their next learning steps

• supporting children to demonstrate leadership during their SLC presentation and for giving constructive feedback

Reporting to Parents-Mid and End of Year

For the Learner, reports are for:

• • accessing information about achievement and effort related to curriculum levels at mid and end of the year in Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Inquiry and Physical Education

  • Accessing information about the following:

    • social skills

    • time management

    • commitment to learning

    • significant improvements

    • special achievements

    • impacts on learning

    • PYP attitudes

    • IB Learner Profile Attributes

    • attendance if necessary

For Parents and Caregivers, reports are for:

• child’s achievement and effort in relation to curriculum levels in Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Inquiry and Physical Education

• social skills

• time management

• commitment to learning

• significant improvements

• special achievements

• impacts on learning

• PYP attitudes

• IB Learner Profile Attributes
• attendance if necessary

Year 8 Exhibition

For the Learner, Year 8 Exhibition is:

• participation in a culminating PYP project

• synthesizing the essential elements of the PYP (knowledge, concepts, skills, attitudes and actions) and sharing them with the whole school community

• demonstrating independence and responsibility

• providing learners with an opportunity to explore multiple perspectives

• providing an authentic process for demonstrating understanding

• demonstrating how the learner can take action as a result of their learning

• collaborating in an in-depth inquiry

• synthesising and drawing on experiences from previous learning and to reflect

For Parents and Caregivers, the Year 8 Exhibition is:

• experiencing the culmination of their child’s learning

• learning about the essential elements of the PYP (knowledge, concepts, skills, attitudes and actions)

• observing a child showing independence and taking responsibility

• observing their child explaining something from multiple perspectives

• their child to demonstrate their learning using an authentic context

• their child to demonstrate they can take action as a result of their learning

• their child to demonstrate collaborative skills

• their child to share previous experiences and reflective thinking

Seesaw

For the Learner, Seesaw is for:

• presenting learning-related reflections

• sharing formative assessment (feedback, feedforward, success criteria, reflections and goals) related to current learning

• sharing snapshots of the school day with parents

• accessing parent feedback related to snapshots of learning that have been uploaded

• accessing home learning tasks and guidelines

For Parents and Caregivers, Seesaw is for:

• accessing learning-related reflections

• accessing shared formative assessment (feedback, feedforward, success criteria, reflections and goals) related to current learning

• accessing snapshots of their child’s school day including specialist class learning

• accessing teacher feedback related to snapshots of learning that has been uploaded

• accessing home learning tasks and guidelines

• sharing feedback related to their child’s learning goals