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4. Communicating progress
How will both you and I know how my child/young person is doing and
how will you help me to support my child's/young person's learning?
Assessment and celebration of achievements
We have high expectations of our young people in all areas of their lives. Through
careful planning, which includes parent's views, we set goals and targets for each
young person's development in many areas of their life including independence
and behaviour management as well as curriculum areas.
Progress at Prior's Court is measured using our I Can statements system. An I Can
statement is what a young person is able to do in any given task, activity or
learning scenario across our seven Areas of Learning, which span learning in
Learning, Wellbeing and community settings. I Can statements, hosted within
our data recording system Prior Insight, build on each other but are broken down
into achievable steps towards a much bigger goal.
I Can statements include a high frequency of reward and motivation to
encourage learning. We celebrate young people's achievements and progress in
a multitude of ways within both Learning and Wellbeing departments on a daily
and weekly basis with praise, achievement boards, certificates and rewards and