NSW Kindergarten Report Comments

NSW Kindergarten (Early Stage 1): 300 subject comments + 114 opener, closing and work-habit lines (414 in all) and a five-level comment picker for Excel and Google Sheets. Type first names, pick an English level and a maths level from the list (Well beyond, Beyond, Achieved, Working towards, Needs support), and the picker builds three comments for every student: English, mathematics and a general comment. Strengths come from the focus areas you taught this semester, and each English and mathematics comment ends with a next step and a strategy. Then read, edit and paste.

Written for the NSW English K-10 (2022) and Mathematics K-10 (2022) syllabuses.

Fits your school’s scale: NSW does not require A-E grades in Kindergarten and schools choose their own scale. A three-point school uses Beyond, Achieved and Working towards; a four-point school picks the nearest level for each of its labels. The comments never name a level.

What’s included:

• 165 English comments across all 11 focus areas, including Phonological awareness and Print conventions
• 135 mathematics comments across all 8 focus areas, from Representing whole numbers to Data, plus Working mathematically
• Strengths for all five levels and next steps for three bands in every focus area
• 30 subject openers, 48 openings and closings (Semester 1 and Semester 2; Positive, Steady and Supportive) and 36 work-habit lines, in first-year-of-school wording
• The comment picker for up to 40 students and a 38-page PDF of every comment with character counts

How the picker works:

• Mark the focus areas you taught (Y/N); the picker rotates through them so neighbours get different strengths, or you pick one yourself
• Word and character counters with your school’s limit for each comment (the file starts at 150, 150 and 200 words); a comment over the limit turns red
• 1-3 strengths and 1-2 next steps per subject; the general comment takes its tone from the levels; optional Effort (H/S/L) picks the work-habit lines
• Semester 1 or Semester 2; He/She optional; Try another and Variation reshuffle the wording
• Add your own comments to the Bank tab

Written for Kindergarten classrooms: short, concrete sentences, plain English for parents and carers, third person, strengths first, kind and specific working-towards comments, Australian spelling. Works offline: no add-ons, no sign-ins, and names stay in your own copy.

Not included: English, mathematics and general comments only; no science, HSIE, PDHPE or creative arts lines.

Try it first: a free Kindergarten sampler with four focus areas is in the Diya & Dot shop. The Stage 1 (Years 1-2), Stage 2 (Years 3-4) and Stage 3 (Years 5-6) packs are there too.

Please read and edit every comment so it is true for your student. Not affiliated with or endorsed by NESA or the NSW Department of Education.
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