Engagement with learning

Abstract

School. Cathie has supported a wide range of schools to utilise the tool and now shares some of the teaching and learning journeys that have unfolded across New Zealand as a result. reporting achievement The ultimate goal cited in The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) (Ministry of Education , 2007)isforachildtodevelopintoa"confident,connected,activelyinvolved,andlifelong"learner(p.8),someonewhoenjoystheprocessoflearningandhastheskillstocontinuetolearnindependently.Whenfamilieslookattheirchild'sreport,howmuchofthatdotheyseereflectedinthewordsornumbersonthepage?TheinformationthatparentsandwhānaureceiveinstudentreportsacrossNewZealandcanbequitevariedincontentanditdoesbegthequestion:whatarethereportstoparentsandwhānaufor?ReportingtoParentsandWhānau(EvaluationAssociates,2014)statesthepurposeofreportingasfollows:Eachchild'sparentsandwhānauaretheirfirstandmostimportantteachers.Buildinglearningfocussedrelationshipsandconnectionsbetweenparents,