At Whitby Collegiate, to regularly communicate about our students’ progress, grades are published to KAMAR when they are available. Student data can be accessed through the KAMAR Parent Portal. Click here for instructions on how to access the Parent Portal.

From Term 1 2024, alongside grade reporting, students will also receive Term Progress updates. During the second half of each of Terms 1, 2, and 3, these updates will be published to the KAMAR portal. On Monday evenings, when there is a new update or grade on KAMAR, an automatically generated email will be sent to parents/caregivers and students. Different subject areas and teachers will publish Term Progress updates at different times over the second half of each term.

Term Progress updates will provide more immediate feedback on student achievement. It also allows teachers to report more specifically on different areas of the curriculum, as well as more clearly on progress towards certain assessments. Teachers will comment on what a student is currently working towards and what they need to do next. Comments will be brief and provide specific feedback linked to either Achievement Standards (in the senior school) or curriculum objectives and/or learning for the term (in the junior school). The comments might be more informal than traditional reports.

Whitby Collegiate issues formal reports twice a year. 

The Mid Year Report goes live on the KAMAR portal at the end of Term 2. Your child’s Tutor Teacher will comment on their progress over the first half of the year, and give Tutor Group Attribute descriptors towards:

• Punctuality,

• Personal Presentation,

• Personal Organisation Skills, and

• Participation and Contribution.

Additionally, there will be a list of your child’s Activities and Achievements for the year to date.

Subject teachers make no formal comment in the Mid Year Report, but do give subject specific descriptors towards:

• Effort,

• Organisation, and

• Engagement.

A summary of the Progress updates and grades/curriculum levels for Terms 1 and 2 are also summarised for each subject.

The End of Year Report is live on the KAMAR portal for Senior students before the beginning of the NCEA examinations, and for Junior students on the last day of the academic year. In addition to the Tutor Teacher’s comment, Tutor Group Attributes, and Subject Attributes, each subject teacher will also provide details about areas of strength, areas of challenge, assessment results, and comments about next learning steps as appropriate. For senior students preparing for examinations, comments will provide specific feedforward about preparation for success for the external assessments.

For students in Year 10, the Mid Year and End of Year reports can help guide decisions about NCEA courses next year. We have different pathways through NCEA to help students structure their learning according to their needs. More information and assistance will be provided to help students through this pathway.

Subject selection for the following academic year will be available from Term 3.

These are opportunities to meet your child’s subject teachers face-to-face and get a brief synopsis of their progress. There are two opportunities for Parent Teacher Interviews per year, and students are encouraged to attend along with their parents/caregivers. More information regarding booking interview times is in the newsletter and sent via email before each PTI evening.

Achievement Standards appear on the report as Not Achieved (N), Achieved (A), Achieved with Merit (M), or Achieved with Excellence (E). These are both internally assessed by the school and externally assessed (by national examinations at the end of the year). Students are learning towards the externally assessed standards throughout the year. Teachers may comment on and give progress grades towards both internally and externally assessed standards over the course of the year. The grade and credits gained will be reported to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and will appear on the students’ Record of Achievement.