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KATE RASMUSSEN
Austinmer Public School 2013
What is Best Start?
The Best Start Assessment is a Department of Education and Communities initiative that provides schools with increased support for the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy during their first years of school.
Students each start school with a varied range of literacy and numeracy skills.
It is important for Kinder teachers to find out what EACH student knows so they can effectively plan and teach what their students need to learn next.
How is it implemented?
Your child’s teacher will administer the Best start Kindergarten Assessment.
It is not a test! The teacher will observe
each child individually. They will be asked to
answer general questions and the teacher will record what they can do.
Best Start Assessment Process…Teacher Individually administers assessment to each student within first week of attending school. Data is recorded
confidentially on the Best Start website (Only accessible by the classroom teacher).
Parent feedback letter home.
Best Start information night.
What is being assessed?
Recognise familiar print in the environment
Retell details from a story book
Write their own name
Understand about how books work
Recognise sound and letters
How well a student can count
Which numbers they can identify
Can they add small numbers
Can they subtract small numbers
Recognise a repeated pattern
Do I need to prepare my child?
Beginning school should be exciting and a happy time for your child.
Parent Feedback…
Learning Continuum
Confused?
Remember you can always have a meeting with your child’s
teacher if you have any questions.
Remember you can always have a meeting with your child’s teacher if you have any questions.
If you need information your child’s teacher can provide you with parent information or direct you to a parent help website
And most importantly…This information is for the teacher to
create learning plans that help your child learn and grow!
Let’s make starting school a happy experience…
Let the teachers do the stressing and assessing!
Thank youKate Rasmussen