SIMS Teacher Comments

What’s new?

SIMS Teacher Comments

Completely rewritten to address the new curriculum from EYFS – KS3

At EYFS both individual and summative comments for Working towards ELG attainment

Attained ELG

Exceeding ELG

At KS1-3 subject and subject areas aligned to new programmes of study

Levels replaced with comparative reporting statements

At KS1 – 2 more emphasis on core subjects

Will align to International Curriculum if required

What are they and what do they do

SIMS Teacher Comments are a selection of thousands of curriculum-based and general comments designed to inspire high quality report writing. They reflect fully the changes in curriculum for 2014

Written by teachers and modelled on best practice our comments are proven to improve quality and save valuable time without compromising on the individuality of each report.

Make report writing easier and less stressful

Save up to 30 minutes per report

Harness and share good practice across all teaching staff

Improve parental engagement by providing high quality, meaningful and constructive reports for each individual that can also be displayed online via SLG

Teacher comments for every stage

Comments for all years and abilities KS1

KS2

KS3

KS4

Import to SIMS Profiles in seconds

Copy and rename as appropriate

Specific teachers and their classes are associated to the appropriate comments ensuring focused report writing

Comment banks are divided into ‘Areas’

Divided into areas which mirror curriculum objectives for each Key Stage

An area is provided for schools that wish to export comment selections to Word to create graphical images (see later slides)

Area names can be changed

Areas can easily be merged, split or additional ones added

Areas divide into ‘Sections’

General comments, including personal and social development, have an important place when reporting to parents

SIMS Teacher Comments contain up to 200 comments in sections in this key area

There is a section for schools that wish to export comment selections to Word to create graphical images (see later slides)

This is a place where many schools add their own comments to reflect the ethos and specific learning objectives of the school

Reporting National Curriculum subjects

Reports to parents meet the requirements specified by the Department of Education

Introductions are edited to describe the students’ learning experiences

Comments on achievement match NC objectives

Next Steps inform parents of the direction of learning

Each subject contains ideas to help engage parents in their child’s learning

Comments are contained in the sections

Each section contains the comments. There is no limit to the number of comments in the software but grids and OMR entries do have limits

These contain the markers to substitute Name, He/She, his/her and so on

It is here that editing or adding of comments can be done

Report writing in SIMS – 1

With SIMS on your PC or tablet, writing reports to parents becomes a much easier task

You can select comments and watch the report build into a fluent and informative document

Report writing in SIMS – 2 and 3

Many teachers prefer to enter a comment reference on a grid

This method is used if schools choose to let teachers complete OMR sheets

Grid entry directly into SIMS sees the reports build on screen

Editing selected comments

Whether done as the report is being written or after all reports are completed, any and every comment may be edited with teachers’ own words

Part or full sentences may be added or parts of the original comments deleted

THIS IS THE POWER OF SIMS TEACHER COMMENTS

Clear, concise, constructive reports

Embed comments into a Word document to facilitate graphs and images

Comments to produce these graph style images are included in the SIMS Teacher Comments

Design as you wish, create amazing reports by embedding the comments into a Word document

SIMS Teacher Comments Inspiring quality reporting to parents