Evidence For Learning
Why Evidence for Learning (EfL)?
How do we show progress?
Our students are hardworking and amazing at what they do every day in school. Whilst we celebrate this individuality it does mean that there is no-one else like them to compare their progress with. We overcome this by comparing them to themselves and what they have shown us previously. This is an approach called “Ipsative Assessment”.
EfL allows us to capture examples of what students can do and the range of circumstances they are able to do it in.
EfL allows us to track the progress each individual student is making towards their Personal Learning Goals (PLG’s)
A conversation about learning
Being able to share what we are seeing with parent/carers allows us to create learning conversations. It means that we can send home reports at the touch of a button and keep parent carers up to date on the latest of their child’s successes. It allows us to capture and share several “firsts” or “significant learning moments” with you.
A collaborative approach
We want to work with you to celebrate your child’s progress. You can login to your Parent Portal on any computer, tablet or phone that can access the internet. Once logged in you will be able to see the evidence that we have shared with you. You can also if you choose to upload pictures and videos and share them with us. We look forward to seeing some of the pictures and videos that you share with us.
The Family App
The Family App is a great way for you to follow the progress of your child. You can keep up to date on daily progress and also have access to progress documents too. The best part of the app is that you can upload your own evidence too. This allows you to capture moments outside of school that link to their learning goals in school. Sometimes you may wish to share a 'wow' moment with us.
Guidelines and important things to remember
Photos and videos
Evidence usually takes the form of photographs and videos. We work hard to encapsulate the learning moment so that you can see what has taken place and the outcome we are working towards. All data in EfL is supported by the providers privacy policy and it is a closed system accessed only by our staff and the families of the children who evidence is being captured!
Evidence that we share
Do remember that not all pieces of evidence gathered will be shared. We will share the significant or key moments that we feel is appropriate to share with you. The evidence that we share may be as and when it happens, at regular intervals or within the end of term or academic reports.
Submitting evidence from home
We love to hear and to see how our learners get on when they are not with us, however, please be aware that teachers will not respond to every image or comment as we are busy teaching your children. It is very important that we use Evidence for Learning to celebrate and record the successes of our students. The app is not a home/school link to be used to communicate between home and the teacher about behaviours or other ongoing issues. This will always be done through home/school link books, emails or telephone calls.
Support Booklet
Below is a help booklet for setting up the app. Before you start, you will need to make contact with your class team to ask to be set up and a link and password reset sent out to you. Once you have this, you can download, log in and get started.