Teachers assess students by following the PYP guidelines on assessment. Our school’s beliefs and practices on assessment define the purpose of assessment as a tool for LEARNING. We assess for understanding and assessment has a direct impact on our approach to teaching and learning.

The prime objective of assessing students’ learning and performance is to give feedback to:

• students-to encourage the start of lifelong learning
• teachers-to support their reflection on what to teach and how to teach it
• Parents-to highlight their child’s learning and development.

In our school we have developed to date a variety of assessment strategies which include portfolio’s, pupil reflection journals, rubrics, child observations, report cards, pupil-led conferences. This continues to be developed every year in accordance with the school assessment policy.

The formal reporting of pupil progress to parents happens five times during an academic year, as indicated on the school calendar; a Parent-Teacher conference and Pupil Report Cards in the Autumn term, Pupil-Led Conferences, Pupil Report Cards and Parent-Teacher conferences in both the Spring/Summer term.